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SEN Teaching Assistant - SRP

Even Swindon Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 2UJ

This job expired on 8 June 2026 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  01 September 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,926.00 - £26,422.00 Annually (FTE)

SEN Teaching Assistant - SRP job summary

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and nurturing SEN Teaching Assistant to join our warm and inclusive team within our Specialist Resourced Provision. Working collaboratively with teachers, parents and external professionals, you will play an important role in creating a consistent and nurturing environment in which the children can thrive. You will be supporting children to engage in lessons both within the SRP and their mainstream classes and be proactive in supporting independent learning, confidence and wellbeing.

Hours would be Monday - Friday, 8.30am to 3.00pm with a 1 hour SEN meeting after school every other week, + 1 hour each week to run an after school club.

We are a large, popular primary school with 650 children on roll aged 2 - 11 including a Special Resourced Provision for children with SLCN. We require a caring, highly motivated and dedicated practitioner who is able to demonstrate consistently high standards. They will have skills of empathy, listening, and excellent communication skills and be able to respond with appropriate language to build a rapport with children, carers and colleagues.

The successful candidate will have some previous experience of working with children who have SLCN. They will also have an understanding of how children learn most effectively, be a team player with good interpersonal skills, and be committed to high standards of behaviour and achievement. Some experience of using signalong is preferred, although training will be available.

For further details about the role please contact us using the details below.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

We are part of the Blue Kite Academy Trust, a growing family of primary schools based in Swindon and Wiltshire, who offer excellent CPD and career opportunities, a competitive salary with scope for progression, a commitment to nationally agreed pay and terms, an excellent pension scheme and free staff health and well-being support.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Even Swindon Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 691 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Even Swindon Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/even-swindon-primary-school-swindon

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