SEN Teaching Assistant - No experience necessary
Aurora Severnside School, Gloucestershire, GL13 9FB30 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 November 2025
Closing date
5 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,102.72- £24,103.93
SEN Teaching Assistant - No experience necessary job summary
Overview and Responsibilities
Teaching Assistant - Aurora Severnside School
Location: Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Annual Salary: £22,102.72- £24,103.93 actual salary - dependant on experience and qualifications Plus £1000 Welcome bonus*
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term time only
Aurora Severnside is a bespoke school for 11-16 year olds with SEMH needs, having taken the best elements of a mainstream school and the best elements of a special school to create an environment where young people can achieve their own goals and thrive in a future of their own choosing. We aim to prepare students for life beyond school, so further education and employability is truly at the heart of our culture and ethos.
The main purpose of the role:
The purpose of the Teaching Assistant is to support the children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. Where necessary this may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.
Key duties:
Establish a warm, caring and supportive relationship with pupils in order to support them feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn during their time at the School.
Promote and encourage independence and personal development in pupils and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
Contribute to providing high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through supporting the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.
Support the Class Teacher in all areas of the day to day running of the class
Respond to the varying and changing needs of the school and adapt to any task presented to achieve the smooth running of the school.
Promote pupils’ cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural, physical development and spiritual well-being.
Demonstrate a proven ability to work collaboratively within a multi-professional team
Under the guidance of a more senior TA or a teacher, ensure all documentation is completed correctly for records of incidents, health, behaviour etc. as necessary
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidate qualities:
Whilst previous experience isn’t essential; the ability and desire to build a professional & trusted relationship with our young people is.
A GCSE (or equivalent qualification) pass in Maths and English (Essential)
Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
Commitment to the role, the desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual
Be positive and creative in meeting pupils’ needs
Benefits and Additional Information
Full training and continued support
Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us!
Life assurance and Enhanced pension scheme
Health cash back plan
Car lease scheme
Bike to work scheme
Perk box
Free parking
Employee Assistance Program
* Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Aurora Severnside School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 39 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aurora Severnside School website
School location
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