Teaching Assistant / ELSA

Pewsey Vale School is looking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to join its friendly team and provide support to pupils, with effect from June 2026. Experience as an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) is advantageous as the role will involve working across with pupils with SEND and emotional literacy needs.

Required: September 2026. Working Hours: Part Time (22 hours per week, Monday- Friday, 38 weeks per year, no Teacher Training days).

As part of this role, there will be an additional 10 hours dedicated to driving the minibus between 8:00am and 10:00am to collect students, supporting the work of the attendance team.

Pewsey Vale is a small but thriving co-educational school, educating young people between the ages of 11 and 16 years. Located in the village of Pewsey, our school community works together to ensure that all students are supported to reach their full potential in both their academic and personal development. As a school, we provide a supportive and challenging learning environment where every student is recognised as an individual and empowered to succeed. We believe in teaching that engages students and challenges them to exceed expectation and take risks so they can be resilient, creative and successful individuals. In December 2024 we joined Acorn Education Trust, which provides exciting opportunities to improve local education and draw on collective experience.

As a Teaching Assistant, you will work across all age ranges within our school, supporting students of all abilities, including those requiring social and emotional support, SEN support, and will make a real difference to their school lives. You will be supported by our dedicated team of teachers, teaching assistants and the wider SEND team.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for young people;
• Has strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents;
• Has superb attention to detail and organisational skills;
• Is self-motivated dedicated and consistent;
• Enjoys working with young people and can develop good working relationships with them;
• Has the ability to deal with new challenging situations;
• Can be a strong team player as well as use your own initiative;
• Has a positive and flexible attitude;
• Understands and is sympathetic to the needs of young people, including their social and emotional wellbeing;
• Has experience of supporting children’s learning;
• Has experience as an ELSA (advantageous);
• Has a current First Aid or is prepared to undertake training;
• Holds a full, clean driving license and has experience in / is prepared to drive a minibus.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• An ambitious and vibrant place to work, with enthusiastic children and staff who are passionate about learning;
• A workplace where everyone feels valued and supported;
• Opportunities for training and progression;
• The support of Acorn Education Trust, with excellent opportunities to work with experienced colleagues;
• A supportive and clearly defined induction procedure.

For information about this role, including a full Job Description and Person Specification, please read our Applicant Information Pack. If you have any additional questions, please contact: 01672-565000

Closing Date: Friday 26th June 2026 at 12pm

Interview Date: w/c Monday 29th June 2026

Please note: while the closing date for applications has been set, we reserve the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate upon receipt of an exceptional application. Therefore, we would encourage prompt application for this position.