SEN Teaching Assistant combined with After School Club Assistant

Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8PX

23 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
3 March 2026

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern: Part time: 16.25 hours SEN Teaching Assistant 12.00 - 15.15 Monday to Friday combined with 8.75 hours per week After School Club Assistant 15.15 - 17.00 Monday to Friday
Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed Term 31.08.2027
Actual salary: SEN TA £9,085 After School Club Assistant £4,892

What skills and experience we're looking for

SEN Teaching Assistant

Will be enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated working alongside the class teacher to support a child 1:1 across all areas of the curriculum
Will be responsible for ensuring the child has full access to the national curriculum and will use a range of strategies to ensure the child makes progress
Will be required to work under the direction of the class teacher and liaise with other professionals both within and outside the school
Will be responsible for working with an individual pupil and with small groups
Will be expected to show a high degree of initiative and be able to react to situations with integrity and compassion
Will have experience of working with children. Ideally, within a school environment
Can inspire and motivate children and enable them to be the best that they can be
Has the ability to encourage every child to learn and achieve and has enthusiasm, skill and desire to make a difference
Has a passion to ensure high expectations for all ensuring that they make outstanding progress
Can plan, prepare and promote constructive play during the lunchtime period

We are looking for a After School club Assistant to join our team and lead our established after school club, where children regularly attend and enjoy the opportunity to take part in games and activities. As an After School Club Assistant, you will be working to provide a caring and secure environment for the pupils who attend the club. You will provide engaging activities for our children and develop good working with children and parents alike.

What the school offers its staff

The Academies for Character and Excellence has twenty primary schools making up a dynamic and innovative learning organisation.

We live our mission and return to this constantly to help guide every action. At the heart of all we do is the pursuit of excellence; we want to grow an exceptional trust, comprised of excellent schools. We are achieving this through our shared core values of collaboration, community, equity, Integrity, and of course uncompromising excellence.

We are truly collaborative and we work together within, and across, our schools to ensure that all our children and members of staff achieve their potential. Together we work to create a full and rich curriculum offer allowing everyone to flourish - we translate our vision of excellence into our every-day practice. We are proud of our outcomes, but we aspire to achieve more than just academic excellence for our children. We also want our children to become healthy thinkers, curious explorers, caring citizens, knowledgeable participants and confident individuals.

We aim to serve our communities, and our schools make every effort to connect with families, local community groups and organisations to ensure that our children and families are nurtured, supported and provided with opportunities through our schools.

Our value of equity leads us to want the very best of every child and every member of staff. The Academies for Character and Excellence believes in ‘Personal Growth for All’ and we are committed to tackle inequalities and overcome disadvantage, and to provide bespoke opportunities for professional learning for all.

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.