SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Shawford
Salary: £14.25 per hour
Hours: Full time, term time only

We are looking for a caring, patient and reliable Learning Support Assistant to join our specialist primary school in Shawford, supporting children aged 4-11 with moderate learning difficulties and additional needs.

You’ll work alongside teachers and the wider team to help pupils access learning, build confidence and independence, develop communication and social skills, and manage emotions and behaviour.

You don’t need to have worked as an LSA before. We welcome applications from people with experience in education, childcare, care, youth work, support work or other roles where you have worked with children or provided support to others.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Caring, patient and dependable
• Calm and consistent
• Confident building positive relationships with children
• A good communicator and team player
• Enthusiastic about supporting children with additional needs
• Keen to learn and develop their SEND skills

• £14.25 per hour
• Full-time, term-time-only working
• A supportive specialist school environment
• SEND and PRICE training
• Ongoing training and development
• Support from an experienced team
• A genuinely rewarding opportunity to make a difference

If you’re looking for a role where your skills, experience and personality can have a positive impact on children’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check and appropriate pre-employment safeguarding checks.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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