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SEN Teaching Assistant

Moretonhampstead Primary School, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 8NA

This job expired on 15 October 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  15 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.65 - £13.26 Hourly Term Time only

SEN Teaching Assistant job summary

SEN Teaching Assistant with mealtime duty

Part Time to commence November 2025

4 days per week (not Tues) 21 hrs as TA be paid at NJC Band C Scale Point 5 £13.26ph and 4 hrs as MTA paid at Band A Point 2 £12.65ph

This particular role is a fixed term appointment linked to EHCP funding to support pupils with high levels of complex SEND across the school. This candidate will need to be flexible and work in a range of classes across the setting.

We are looking for an individual who has excellent skills and knowledge in this area and is able to evidence previous experience of working with SEN children in a primary school to ensure the statutory needs can be met for these pupils. CPD will be provided along with support from outside agencies.

We offer you the support of clear systems, protocols, expectations and structures to help you to succeed. You will need to show initiative, creativity and demonstrate the aptitude to work as part of a successful and growing team to improve the life chances of our pupils and make every child feel ‘special’. We want you to come and join our happy, positive learning environments where our consistent vision is that through collaboration we will always be ‘Stronger Together’.

We are looking for someone with a strong, sensitive and caring approach to children’s needs, who is able to be an effective communicator and think creatively. You will need to show a high degree of initiative and be solution focussed.

Ideally, you will:

Provide a sensitive and nurturing approach to children’s needs
Be able to build positive relationships with children, staff and parents
Have excellent English and Maths skills
Be willing to work as part of a team and have a good sense of humour
Be able to use your own initiative when required
Have experience in a similar role in a school
Have prior knowledge and experience of working with children with special educational needs
You should have literacy and numeracy to GCSE A-C or equivalent.

What we can offer you:

• Salary Sacrifice offers, including Bike2Work, Tech Scheme and Gym Membership
• Substantial workplace pension
• Term time ‘Give Back Day’ to take for personal reasons
• Staff Wellbeing support
• CPD opportunities for all staff

You should have a good knowledge of phonics plus literacy and numeracy to GCSE A-C or equivalent.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and Social Media online check.

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

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.

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About Moretonhampstead Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 124 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moretonhampstead Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moretonhampstead-primary-school

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