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SEN Teaching Assistant - Hammer Lane

Waterton Academy Trust, Wakefield, WF2 6LD

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• Start date details

  Sept 2025

• Closing date

  11 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Special Education Needs (SEN), Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: G4 SCP 5 to 6 (FTE salary £24,790-£25,183) Actual Salary £20,890 - £21,221 per annum plus SEN allowance

SEN Teaching Assistant - Hammer Lane job summary

Waterton Academy Trust are delighted to be looking to appoint committed and experienced teaching assistants to join our brand new staff team in our new provision at Hammer Lane.

Hammer Lane Academy is a purpose-built independent specialist school for children in EYFS and KS1 that will open in September 2025. It provides an environment, that empowers children to make progress providing the support required to develop according to their personal needs as identified in their Education Health and Care Plan.

To join on us on this exciting journey, we are seeking practitioners with expertise in supporting children, or a willingness to develop within this area, with a range of additional and complex needs, particularly those with ASD and social communication/interaction difficulties. We are seeking applicants with experience of working with a range of communication interaction strategies and communication systems such as Pictorial Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) and Makaton signing systems and experience of working with bespoke/personalised curriculums to meet individual need.

The whole staff team will work in a positive and collaborative environment where the needs of the children are at the heart of all best practice and decision-making. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a strong and dedicated team who are committed to high standards and creating an inclusive learning environment for all children.

Waterton Academy Trust consists of 13 primary phase schools, 1 specialist SEN unit attached to a school, 1 specialist setting and 4 pre-schools in the Wakefield and Barnsley area. As part of this Trust both staff and children enjoy varied opportunities for collaboration in all areas of the curriculum.

We are looking for teaching assistants who:

Have relevant experience of working with pupils with complex needs

Are positive and confident in using their knowledge of current theory and practice in teaching and learning, and SEND

Are ready to utilise the benefits of a curriculum that is innovative and flexible in terms of delivery and content

Will be engaged with the provision’s ethos, thinking creatively and reflectively within an open and honest team, whilst keeping the needs of the pupils firmly at the centre

Are able to share best practice, be flexible and compassionate

Will develop positive relationships with pupils and able to use a variety of strategies to meet individual needs

Will be enthusiastic, confident and able to use their initiative

Will play a full part in the life of the academy and be committed to working in partnership with staff and parents

Will relish opportunities for continuing professional development

In return, Waterton Academy Trust can offer:

Friendly and supportive colleagues with a forward-thinking leadership team

A commitment to your professional development

An opportunity to complete a nationally recognised qualification

Fantastic opportunities for collaboration with colleagues across the Waterton family of schools

A health and wellbeing package

A cycle to work scheme

An excellent pension package

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Waterton Academy Trust is wholly committed to ensuring children and young people are fully supported and safe. We are dedicated to the safeguarding of all children and young people whilst promoting their welfare and expect all staff and volunteers to share this responsibility.
Waterton Academy Trust follows safer recruitment processes which all applicants will be subject to. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful candidates and two satisfactory references. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of any unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview.

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About Waterton Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Waterton Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waterton-academy-trust

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