SEN Teaching Assistant

Fountain Head House School, Cornwall, PL12 4AE

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.70 Hourly

SEN Teaching Assistant job summary

Fountain Head House school has bespoke approaches to learning, and we provide our pupils with fulfilling and meaningful experiences that prepare them for the next steps in their education and skills for life.

Fountain head House School is situated in Saltash. Pupils, Parents and Staff all work together to ensure that life in school is enriching and memorable and that pupils are well prepared to lead a full, active and productive life.

We focus on what our pupils can do and our learning packages are pupil focussed, flexible, and creative. Our staff team are highly committed to the school and the pupils, they offer a wide range of skills.

As a teaching assistant at Fountain Head House School you will be supporting pupils with special education needs, to engage in a creative timetable of education. We are on the lookout for enthusiastic, approachable, flexible and experienced teaching assistant who are open to learning our creative way of education for our SEN pupils.

Our school is built on great teamwork and mutual support. The successful candidate will be required to work alongside various class teachers and teaching assistants and have experience of supporting children with complex and multiple learning needs is desirable, along with the confidence to manage emotional or behavioural difficulty.

At Fountain Head House school, employee wellbeing is an important priority for us, we provide our staff the support benefit of Westfield Health where you have access to an online doctor, 24 hour helpline as well as counselling session, part of this benefit is discounts across many high street and online services.

You will be joining a committed Independent Special Educational school who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding checks appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and employment references.

As an equal opportunities employer, Fountain Head House School is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.

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 Fountain Head House School

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 16
• School size: 67 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fountain Head House School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fountain-head-house-school-saltash

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