SEND Teaching Assistant

SEND Teaching Assistant (TA)

Full Time or Part Time, Term Time Only (plus INSET days)

Salary: Grade 3 point 5 - 7 (£29,436- £30,288 FTE) equates to £22,763 - £23,422 (pay award pending)

Term time and INSET days

Hours: Full-Time or Part-Time (days and hours to be discussed)

Start date: 01/09/2026

Fixed Term Contract: 1 year

We are a friendly, inclusive and successful school with a caring and positive ethos, strong family values and professional staff development at the centre of our work. We are looking for a TA who would like to help our children grow and evolve in a way that truly reflects our caring and supportive school.

This vacancy is an opportunity for a TA to provide effective support to children of all abilities, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities in a caring and developmental environment in our outstanding two form entry school in Shirley. There are good public transport links and free off-site parking. Our recruitment process is about finding the right person with the right experience and personality, someone who will be as excited as we are about supporting and developing our children.

The successful candidate will be flexible and have the skills to provide excellent classroom practice and playground supervision across the school, and the ability to build good relationships with individual and groups of children of all ages. This role focuses on providing 1:1 support to individual children or groups who may have special educational needs and/or a disability (SEND).

Our new Teaching Assistant will have:

• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification/experience
• Experience of working in primary school classes; with SEND children would be an advantage but not essential
• A caring and positive attitude towards all pupils
• High expectations of children and themselves
• Flexibility and commitment to going that extra mile to ensure pupils achieve their best
• Good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
• The ability to plan and deliver appropriate interventions
• An understanding and support of the distinctiveness of church schools (you don’t have to be Christian).
• The desire to work in a busy inclusive and successful school.