SEN Teaching Assistant
Liberty Primary, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3EB33 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
17 December 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: Full-time, 8.30am to 3.30pm
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £20,000 and £25,000
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Maths and English at GCE level C or above (or equivalent)
- Experienced Primary Teaching Assistant
- Proven experience of effectively supporting children’s learning in a primary school setting
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
- Able to relate well and professionally with children, parents, and colleagues
- Able to enthuse, motivate, encourage and support pupils to achieve the highest standards
- Able to promote a positive ethos and school values
- A good team player
- Ability to deliver 1:1 and small group teaching and learning in support of pupil’s needs and evaluate pupil outcomes accurately
- ICT confident with a good level of basic skills
- Organised and effective, yet flexible and adaptable
- Able to use initiative and solve problems
- Patient and calm, but with an enthusiastic and positive outlook
- Passionate about learning, creative and able to motivate children
- High expectations of self and children and able to be consistent and insistent at all times
- Friendly, approachable and able to form warm, professional relationships with adults and children
- Able to manage children’s behaviour effectively and positively
- Able and willing to follow procedures and policies but also capable of working under own initiative
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Commitment to continued personal professional development
What the school offers its staff
- Keen and eager children who are learning how to learn and ultimately love learning.
- Friendly and supportive staff, parent and governors.
- Varied curriculum and development opportunities.
- An amazing environment in which children thrive.
- A positive focus towards supporting wellbeing for all.
- Supportive Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body
- CPD offer
- Work closely with key professionals such as Occupational Therapists and Speech and Language Therapists
Further information about the job
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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About Liberty Primary
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 442 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Liberty Primary website
- Email address
- arp@liberty.merton.sch.uk
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