1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant (Complex Needs & Personal Care)

The Cotswold Academy, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 2BD

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  8 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - fixed term contract relating to individual pupil
• Pay scale: From Grade 4, point 8 to Grade 4 point 10 ofthe NJC Local Government Pay Scale (£26,824 to £27,694 FTE)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Please see application pack

What the school offers its staff

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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

The Cotswold School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff, Governors, visitors and volunteers, to share the same commitment.

Applying for the job

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Cotswold Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1500 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Cotswold Academy website
• Email address: cchapple@thecotswoldschool.co.uk
• Phone number: 01451 823626
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-cotswold-academy

The Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, has earned an Ofsted outstanding school with a reputation as a popular and successful 11-18 comprehensive academy. It is an excellent place to teach, learn and develop; to share best practice and support the progression of fellow professionals and students.

Inclusive values

The values of friendship and knowledge, symbolised on our school badge, underpin all our learning and development activities and also ensure that we support the wellbeing of our students and staff. A non-selective school, we have a fabulous parent and carer community, who are supportive of and engaged with their children’s learning.

Excellent outcomes

Thanks to excellent student outcomes, we have been named Comprehensive School of the Year in the South-West, 2025 in the influential Sunday Times Parent Power league tables. We have been rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in the last four consecutive inspections.

Building the future

We continue to build on our success: we opened a Sixth Form centre in 2018 to support our thriving 16-18 provision; a fully refurbished theatre in 2019; and a £5.8 million 10-classroom space, new gymnasium and modernised science labs in 2021. Since September 2021, Year 7 student intake has increased by 30 places.

Outstanding learning and development

Our ethos is simple: a commitment to excellent teaching and aspiration, which drives progress and attainment. Children who learn with us thrive academically and personally, with opportunities to take part in a huge range of extra-curricular clubs; writing competitions and debates; performances; community fundraising; student leadership; and careers events.

Aspirations and destinations

The great majority of our students stay with us into the Sixth Form and progress, in many cases, to Oxbridge and Russell Group universities, and a variety of other prestigious destinations.

Arranging a visit to The Cotswold Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email cchapple@thecotswoldschool.co.uk.

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