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1-1 SEN Teaching Assistant

Boddington Church of England Primary Academy, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 6DL

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 3pm

• Date listed

  19 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years
• Working pattern: Part time: 30 hours a week. Mondays to Fridays 8.45 am to 3.30 pm with a 15 minute am unpaid coffee break and a half hour unpaid lunch break. Term time only.
• Contract type: Fixed term - linked to a child with additional funding to support educational needs
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 fte pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, friendly and hardworking with good communication skills and good levels of literacy and numeracy. Applicants should have, but it is not essential:

• Experience of working with children with additional needs, in particular Autism and PDA

Essential criteria :

• GCSE grades A - C / 9 - 5 in English and maths
• Good communication skills, both oral and written
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Commitment to providing high quality support to meet all needs of the child
• A work ethic which is driven by a desire to make a positive difference
• The ability to use your own initiative
• A friendly and approachable manner

In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy, all applicants will be DBS checked.

Closing date for applications - Friday, 5th December 2025

School visits are warmly welcomed, please contact Mrs Linda Paterson on 01327 260120 to arrange an appointment with the Acting Head of School, Miss Zoe O’ Malley

Interviews will be held the week of 8th December 2025.

What the school offers its staff

Well Being Support

Local Government Pension Scheme

Professional Development and training

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Boddington Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 48 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Boddington Church of England Primary Academy website
• Email address: hking@evolvecat.org
• Phone number: 01295 710500
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/boddington-church-of-england-voluntary-school-daventry

We are a small and friendly primary academy set in a village in the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside. We pride ourselves on putting our pupils at the heart of every decision we make and they will always be our first and most important priority.

Arranging a visit to Boddington Church of England Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hking@evolvecat.org.

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