1.1 SEND Teaching Assistant

Pilton Infants' Academy, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1JU

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26 Hourly Grade C | 27.5 HPW | 38 Weeks | Term Time Only

1.1 SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

Pilton Infants’ School is looking to appoint a 1.1 SEND TA to join our academy as soon as possible.

The appointed person will work in close partnership with the relevant class teachers and will help to support children with SEN and behavioural needs to engage with their learning and develop their social skills and emotional literacy within the nurture room. In-service training will be provided where appropriate.

The role is fixed term linked specifically to EHCP funding and will end when the children move onto their next phase of education, or they leave year 2 in July 2026 whichever is sooner.

If you would like to work and contribute to a Trust that is committed to providing children with outstanding learning experiences, aims to continually develop and grow, and where teamwork and the professional development of all staff is important, we would encourage you to apply.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team where you will be valued, welcomed, and supported within a friendly staff environment. Additional benefits include:

- Membership of a generous pension scheme (TP/ LGPS)

- Access to Medigold Occupational Health who provide our employees with a range of free health and wellbeing benefits including access to Thrive; a mental wellbeing app

- Free Seasonal Flu Vaccinations

- Cycle to work and IT schemes

- Competitive Salary

- Wellbeing and Long Service days

- Free onsite car parking

TEAM Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check will be undertaken and references taken up before interview. All shortlisted candidates are subject to a pre-employment online search prior to interview.

An application form should be fully completed; we do not accept CV’s.

We actively welcome visits to our schools. Should you have any further questions or wish to arrange a visit, please make contact with Head of Pilton Infants’ School, John Mortimer, via admin@piltoninfants.school

Full details and application form can be found on our website www.teamacademytrust.com

Applications should be hand delivered, posted or emailed to Sam Stobbs, via vacancies@team-mat.org.uk

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Pilton Infants' Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 177 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pilton Infants' Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pilton-infants-academy

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