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SEN Teaching Assistant Level 3

Stradbroke Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S13 8LT

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week - 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,771 - £28,543 pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required for September 2025; an enthusiastic, self-motivated teaching assistant dedicated to improving the lives and education of young people with a range of special educational needs in our Integrated Resource Unit.

Stradbroke is a vibrant learning community with nearly 500 pupils including a two year old provision, nursery and an Integrated Resource for children with special needs. The school was last inspected in July 2022 and was judged as a Good school. We are looking to appoint a positive, energetic and professional teaching assistant to add to our hard working team in our Early Years department at Stradbroke.

Experience of working with children with SEND is desired and the ability to build good relationships with pupils and colleagues is essential.

The successful candidate will have the skills to work effectively with teachers and other support staff and be able to run key worker groups and interventions with individual pupils, where directed, with maximum impact, whilst also demonstrating great initiative and flexibility. Applicants must be patient, inspirational and inclusive in your work with pupils. You should demonstrate an ability to be organised and pro-active in your approach and to seek to forge good working relationships with the rest of the staff here in our IR and the wider Stradbroke staff to achieve the best possible outcomes for all of our children.

Visits to the school are encouraged; please telephone the school office on 0114 2399320 to arrange a visit with the Headteacher.

For further details or to arrange a conversation with the Headteacher, email recruitment@stradbroke.sheffield.sch.uk

What the school offers its staff

In return the school will offer you:

•Excellent professional development

•The support of committed, enthusiastic and dedicated colleagues

•A supportive and challenging environment

•Pupils who are eager to learn and a credit to the school

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

Please complete the online application.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Stradbroke Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 483 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stradbroke Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@stradbroke.sheffield.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0114 2399320
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stradbroke-primary-school-sheffield

Arranging a visit to Stradbroke Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@stradbroke.sheffield.sch.uk.

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