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Peripatetic SEND Teaching Assistant

Village Primary Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 8DF

This job expired on 12 October 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  Pending completion of pre-employment checks

• Closing date

  12 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (Term Time plus 5 days)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade E (SCP 10 - 14) - £27,694 - £29,540 (pro rata to hours worked)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidates will have:   

• A passion and commitment to working with children with Special Educational Needs

• Understanding of the barriers to learning that children with special educational needs may face and be able to use effective strategies to support them 

• Experience of developing learning resources that scaffold and support learning

• Awareness of child development and knowledge of how children learn

• Experience of Working with or caring for children of a relevant age to those in the school 

• Communication skills to liaise sensitively and effectively with parents and carers 

• NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualification or experience  

• Literacy and Numeracy skills equivalent to Level 1 of the National Qualification & Credit Framework 

• Completion of Department for Education Teaching Assistant Induction Programme (or to complete within first term) 
  

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:   

• the opportunity to be part of our team, who are committed to educational excellence   

• friendly and supportive staff, parents and trustees,   

• a commitment to high quality professional development,   

• opportunity for future career development & progression within the Trust’s portfolio of schools and most importantly   

• the chance to transform the lives of children and really make a difference   

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.

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Additional documents

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Peri SEN TA L2 Job Description.docx - 1.02 MB (opens in new tab)

About Village Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 700 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Village Primary Academy website
• Email address: htrecruitment@theharmonytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/village-primary-academy

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