Closing date: 25th April 2024 

Location: ACES Academies Trust, Brampton Rd, Huntingdon PE29 3BN (this is a multi-site role covering Huntingdon area) 

Date posted: 5th April 2024

Start date: As soon as possible (Subject to pre-employment checks)

Contract type: 1 vacancy available, Fixed Term Contracts to 31 August 2025 (subject to a review of business needs, with potential to become permanent) 

Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, Monday - Thursday 08.00 - 16.00 and Friday 08.00 - 15.30, 39 weeks per year (term time plus 5 INSET days)  

Salary: Scale 4 points 7-11, namely £20,835 - £22,281, increasing with length of service (FTE £24,292 - £25,979) 

ACES Administrators for Special Needs –

At ACES Academies Trust, we are aspirational in every respect; for children, staff and the communities we serve. We believe in a technologically empowered education which prepares young people for their futures.   

We wish to appoint a SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Administrator into newly created roles within our established Central Team who will support our service provision to the schools in our Trust. This vacancy will focus on SEND support for Hinchingbrooke and the other SEND administrator will support the SEND administration for the Primary Schools. Both posts will involve working on some Trust-wide projects. 

The successful candidate will be proactive, with a strong ability to work both individually and as part of a team under pressure to meet deadlines. Strong administrative ICT skills and an understanding of data entry processes are essential.  

Each school within ACES Academies Trust provides a welcoming and pleasant working environment and benefits from committed, ambitious staff and delightful students who want to succeed.  Provision for pupils with Special Educational Needs is good and successful candidates will play a key role in creating the best possible provision. 

Include Staff Benefits:

• 23-30 days annual leave increasing with years of service (support staff only)
• O2 Staff discount
• Free use of HBK Leisure facilities including gym, swimming pool, fitness classes
• Free car parking
• Generous employee pension contribution scheme and death in service benefit (LGPS)
• CPD access and support
• Employee assistance package offering counselling & advice on a range of matters including financial, health, workplace, family
• Access to staff discounts from local suppliers

We welcome pre-application visits or telephone conversations. Please contact the Director of SEND, Antonia Drysdale, at 01480 375700 ext. 5260 if you wish to have one. 

Enquiries and applications to: recruitment@acesmat.uk (CV’S will not be accepted) 

Closing date: 25th April 2024

Interviews: Week commencing 29th April 2024

If you have a disability that you wish us to take into account during the application process or require adjustments to be made, please contact us directly. 

Please be advised as an employer we do not hold a Sponsorship license so are unable to support overseas applicants obtain right to work in the UK.

ACES Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share that commitment. The appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and references.