SEN Teaching Assistant

Aurora Hedgeway School, Pilning, South Gloucestershire, BS35 4JN

36 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  20 November 2025

• Closing date

  26 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,682.17 - £19, 283.15

SEN Teaching Assistant job summary

Overview and Responsibilities

Part Time SEN Teaching Assistant - Aurora Hedgeway

Location: Pilning, South Gloucestershire, BS35 4JN

Hours: 32 hours per week – Term time only (44.67 paid weeks)

Hourly Rate: £12.37 - £13.49 per hour

Annual Salary: £17,682.17 - £19, 283.15

Aurora Hedgeway is a dynamic and inspiring provision for children and young people aged 7-19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.

We offer every student the chance to explore and fulfil their own unique potential. With provision running from Key Stage 2 all the way through to post-16, we are set up to support children and young people at every stage of their academic journey.

Your Role:

As one of our Teaching Assistants, you will support the children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.

Key Duties:

Establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School.

Promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.

Contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.

Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class

Respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school.

Promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being.

Demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively within a multi-professional team

Under the guidance of a more senior TA or a teacher, ensure all documentation is completed correctly for records of incidents, health, behaviour etc. as necessary

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Skills and Qualifications

GCSE Maths and English Level 2/C or above qualification is essential.

Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.

Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN

Commitment to the role, the desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual

Be positive and creative in meeting pupils’ needs

L3 award in supporting teaching and learning in schools or equivalent (desirable)

Previous experience (at least one year) of working as a L2 qualified or equivalent TA (desirable)

Benefits and Additional Information

🌟What’s on Offer at Aurora?

We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:

📚 Grow with Us – Training & Development

Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.

💸 Save Money on Everyday Essentials

With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further:

Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more

Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme

💰 Competitive Pay & Reward

We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You’ll enjoy:

Enhanced Annual Leave

Company Sick Pay

Enhanced Pension

Life Assurance

🩺 24/7 GP Access – For You & Your Household

Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.

🦷 UK Health Cash Plan

Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!

🧠 Employee Assistance Programme

Your wellbeing matters. Get confidential support on a wide range of issues, including:

Freephone counselling (available 24/7)

Online tools and resources

👯‍♀️ Refer a Friend – Earn £1,000!

Know someone who’d be a great fit? Refer them and get rewarded!

(*Terms apply)

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. 

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

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 Aurora Hedgeway School

• School type: Special school, ages 7 to 19
• School size: 61 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aurora Hedgeway School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aurora-hedgeway-school

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