Communication Support Worker - BSL Trained

St Peter's CofE Primary School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 5BX

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 January 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,181.00 - £19,083.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only

Communication Support Worker - BSL Trained job summary

Core Purpose of Role:

• To provide learning and communication support for an individual pupil with special educational needs (SEN) to help work towards the outcomes on their education and health care plan (EHCP). This will involve working with the teacher to plan and deliver activities and supporting the pupil access to both learning and the wider school environment.
• Work under the guidance of the teaching staff to support access to learning for pupils and to assist the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom, including support for individual Education Health Care Plans (EHCP’s). This will include the preparation and routine maintenance of resources / equipment. Work with pupils will be carried out in or out of the classroom

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 St Peter's CofE Primary School

• School type: Academies, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 431 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Peter's CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-peter-s-cofe-primary-school-shrewsbury

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