SEN Teaching Assistant

Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary, Erith, Kent, DA8 2EL

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2026 or sooner

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,619.00 - £24,271.00 Annually (Actual)

SEN Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking to appoint a brilliant SEN Teaching Assistant/ Learning Support Assistant to join the team at Slade Green Primary​.

This is an opportunity to become a part of a forward-thinking team where you can develop your skills as a valued member of our support staff. You must have the skills needed to work with SEND children; the ability to be able to plan and deliver bespoke interventions; and the ability to manage the different behaviours that each child exhibits at any given time. ​

You will work as part of the Teaching Assistant team, delivering high-quality support to SEND students and focusing on the following areas:

• Improving pupil achievement and progress;
• Improving the quality of teaching and learning;
• Improving the quality of the curriculum;
• 1:1 Support

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post falls within the scope of regulated activity. Appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS with list checks (and other relevant checks). It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

Reporting

This role will report into the SENDCo.

Staff Development ​

Our staff are important to us. We know that without great staff, our children will not be as successful. Therefore, Professional Learning is key to our success. As a new employee within the Trust, you will be supported by the College and Trust staff, alongside your line manager to realise your full potential.​

We actively encourage applicants from colleagues from under-represented groups.

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 Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary

• School type: Academies, None, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 272 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/haberdashers-aske-s-slade-green-temple-grove

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