10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    11 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    30 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,404.00 Annually (Actual) Actual Salary £18,047.26

SEN Teaching Assistant job summary


SEN Teaching Assistant (TA1)

32.5 hours per week - term time only

Monday - Friday

Actual salary approx. £18,047.26 due to working Term time only

( Annual pay rise is currently being agreed)

Surrey Street is a school at the heart of its community. It is a school where pupils and their families are supported and are supportive of each other.

We are a Good school in all areas. OFSTED (February 2025)

When needs are identified, the school engages effectively with their pupils and families to offer help.

Pupils are happy, safe and proud to be part of this school. They live by their school rules, which encourage them to be safe, be kind and be positive. The school ensure all pupils are fully included into school life.

It offers equal opportunities for all pupils, regardless of their needs and backgrounds.

Staff have high expectations. Pupils respond positively to these. They behave well in lessons and during social times. They show respect to adults and, consequently, relationships are strong.

We are looking to recruit SEN Teaching Assistants to provide general classroom assistance and to support children on EHCP's. You will also assist with lunchtime activities and run intervention strategies.

The post will be temporary in the first instance linked to SEND funding.

Applications are invited from candidates who

  • Have experience of supporting pupils with significant or more complex special educational needs
  • Are friendly, resilient, hardworking and nurturing
  • Are flexible and have high expectations
  • Are committed to developing good relationships with staff at the school, children, parents and outside agencies
  • Have a positive attitude and good communication skills
  • Have good literacy, numeracy and ICT skills equivalent to GCSE 4 or above ( C )

‘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 Criminal Records Bureau’.

Applicants for this public-facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse, and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English.

Previous applicants need not apply.

V Visits to the school are actively encouraged. Please phone Mrs Reid, on 01582 359390 to make an appointment.

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 are not accepted.

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About Surrey Street Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
436 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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