SEN Teaching Assistant
Abbey Infants' School, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 8JA19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
23 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC Points 14 - 17
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a candidate who is:
- Dedicated to high-standards and expectations
- An enthusiastic and flexible team player with the desire to motivate and inspire others
- An excellent communicator with a secure knowledge and understanding of English, Maths and Science to support the teaching of the curriculum
- Able to support pupil assessment and tracking of pupil progress and attainment and deliver interventions
- Able to offer curriculum strengths that meet needs of the school
- Able to lead and support others
- Energetic, positive, flexible with an I can-do attitude
- Ambitious with a desire to develop their career
Personable with a good sense of humour
What the school offers its staff
What we can offer:
- A wonderful place to work, learn and develop
- Pupils with excellent behaviour and a thirst for knowledge
- Happy and welcoming pupils, staff, governors and parents
- Exciting visions for the future
- Warm, collegiate and supportive environment
- Opportunity to work in collaboration with other schools
- High quality Continuous Professional Development
Further details about the role
The role will involve:
Working under the direction of the SENCO and class teachers in assisting in and contributing to the planning, delivery and evaluation of the learning process for the pupil/ pupils to whom you are assigned.
To assist in promoting the learning and personal development of the pupil to whom you are assigned, to enable them to make best use of the educational opportunities available to them.
The successful candidate will become part of a team which is enthusiastically driving the school forward and building upon its achievements and strengths. We aim to ensure that our children feel safe, happy and achieve their potential as a unique individual and as a learner.
Visits to the school are welcome, and will take place on Thursday 5 June at 4pm. To book a place on the visit please email Claire.Rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk
Commitment to safeguarding
Melrose Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant vetting checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Part 3, including an enhanced disclosure, satisfactory references, before an offer of employment is confirmed. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check as part of the safer recruitment process. Melrose Learning Trust welcomes a diverse population of both children and staff and is committed to promoting and developing equality of opportunity in all its functions.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to claire.rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Abbey Infants' School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 270 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Abbey Infants' School website
- Email address
- claire.rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01325 380748
Abbey Infants and Junior schools are located on the same large site in the heart of Darlington. The infant and junior schools federated in 2007, sharing a leadership team and local governing body, before joining Melrose Learning Trust in February 2024.
With 614 pupils,Abbey Infants and Juniors are warm, inclusive family schools with a strong sense of community and a commitment to excellence for all children in our care. We aim to ensure that our children feel safe and happy and achieve their potential as unique individuals
and as learners.
Abbey is a learning community, which evolves and changes. We believe that education is about expanding our expectations and building on firm foundations. It is critical for our success that every learner is well equipped with a balance of social, moral and academic skills. We have excellent staff who are committed to providing unique, stimulating and interesting learning opportunities, which motivate our learners to apply their skills.
Our vision is to provide a high quality, relevant educational community which enables children to achieve their best in a safe, creative and exciting environment. All are valued and inspired to flourish and grow as individuals, leaving us believing anything is possible. Our aims reflect our beliefs and values; they represent our vision and what we want to achieve as a school community. We endeavour to move the schoolforward to meet the challenges of an ever changing world.
We are very proud that bothAbbey Infants (November 2022) andAbbey Juniors (June 2023) have both been judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’ schools. Inspectors identified that the curriculum is ‘broad, well-organised and ambitious’ and led by ‘passionate subject leaders’. Inspectors also highlighted that although the infant and junior schools are in separate buildings, ‘older pupils act as role models, supporting younger pupils in their play at lunchtime’.
We believe that Abbey is a place that offers excellent opportunities for children, parents,the community and our staff.
Arranging a visit to Abbey Infants' School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email claire.rochester@abbeyschools.org.uk.
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