SEN TA

St Matthew's Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0NJ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  14 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,272.00 - £20,344.00 Annually (Actual) L3

SEN TA job summary

St Matthew’s Primary School is looking for a SEN TA to join their diverse & vibrant school in September 2026. This could be supporting our children in a mainstream classroom or our complex needs classes.

Whilst St Matthew’s is one of the largest primary schools in Luton, it has a calm, personal and happy atmosphere. We are a big school with small community habits and pride ourselves on everyone’s personal, academic and professional well-being and this is a cornerstone of our ethos. The sense of being in an ambitious, supportive family is often commented on by children, parents, staff and visitors alike.

Finding the right people to work with our children is paramount. So if you want children to feel safe, be happy, be excited, love coming to school and to progress each and every day and you want to work with a wholly child centred leadership team, please apply.

From our new, experienced SEN Teaching Assistant we would ask you to:

• Be a positive, flexible and proactive team player

• Show demonstrable impact in your current role

• Demonstrate knowledge and experience of working with a high level of SEN

• Support the teaching and learning of an individual with SEN

• Work in collaboration with teachers, contributing to planning and assessment of SEN pupils

• Build positive relationships with children and have experience of a wide range of strategies that can be used to engage, enthuse and support learners

• Be aware of the SEND Code of Practice

In return we can offer you:

• A truly child centred, friendly and holistic school

• A strong team and school community

• A safe and nurturing environment for our staff as well as our pupils

• A supportive and solution focused Team Leader and SLT who are dedicated to making a difference in children’s lives.

• A true sense of social and moral purpose that the whole staff live by.

• Recruitment and Retention allowance available for exceptional candidates

As well as:

• Dedicated specialist teams to support the work of teachers e.g. PE team, Language team and Family team, ICT Specialist TA, two SENCos and complex needs provision

• Teaching Assistant support in all year groups

• Lots of extra-curricular activities and trips for the children

• Career Progression pathways

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

• Comprehensive whole school CPD programme

• Comprehensive individual CPD programme

• Onsite parking

• A well-equipped staff room, access to school lunches and a central location with many amenities in very short walking distance

We all know a picture speaks a thousand words and a visit to St Matthew’s is the only way to understand why you will want to work here. Call Amy Ingleby on 01582 723970 to arrange a visit.

Apply now and take a step towards your future career at St Matthew’s!

This role is a fixed term post from 1st September 2026 to 31st August 2027, term time only, 32.5 hours per week - 8:30am-3:45pm.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools

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 school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools.

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 Matthew's Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 898 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Matthew's Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-matthew-s-primary-school-luton

St Matthew’s Primary School is a popular, oversubscribed and happy school full of enthusiastic and well behaved children eager to have fun learning. We are a well-resourced and energetic school which is well supported by parents, governors and the wider community.

Alongside our mainstream provision we host a Behaviour Provision on behalf of the Central Area Partnership (CAP), made up of nine schools.This provision supports children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs that can make full time mainstream education difficult for them. The aim of the provision is to provide an environment, pastoral and educational experience that keeps them moving forward in their learning but focuses specifically on their personal, social and emotional development.

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