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SEN Teaching Assistant

Stoke Climsland School, CALLINGTON, Cornwall, PL17 8ND

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: 9:00am until 3.00pm – 5 days per week term time only.
• Contract type: Fixed term - until 31 August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,413

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Enjoy being part of a team.
• Be flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations,
• Committed to further training and skill acquisition.
• Sensitivity, patience.
• Ability to work on your own initiative are necessary qualities.
• Ability to work as part of our effective and caring team.
• Good communication skills,
• A desire to facilitate children's learning.
• Commitment to working in partnership with parents and liaising with outside agencies.

What the school offers its staff

• Happy, welcoming environment where children and staff enjoy coming to school.
• Supportive governing body and staff team.
• Excellent opportunities to further develop your skills and expertise.
• Competative salary.
• Pension scheme.

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.

Stoke Climsland School are looking to recruit a caring and committed person to work one to one with a child in the school on a full-time basis. Ideally, you will need to have experience working on a 1:1 basis with pupils with additional needs. The successful candidate must enjoy being part of a team and be committed to further training and skill acquisition.

The role will be to provide interactive support to the child, facilitating their inclusion and enabling them to learn, feel safe and enjoy their time at school.

Sensitivity, patience and an ability to work on your own initiative are necessary qualities, as well as the ability to work as part of our effective and caring team.

Hours would be Monday to Friday (all day) 9:00am to 3.00pm.

The role will also include helping to supervise pupils during lunchtime break. This will include assisting with their lunch and supervising play activities/games in the playground at lunchtime.

The successful candidate should have good communication skills, a desire to facilitate children's learning and a commitment to working in partnership with parents and liaising with outside agencies. This is an exciting opportunity where you can make a real difference.

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 Stoke Climsland School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 180 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stoke Climsland School website
• Email address: sbm@stoke-climsland.cornwall.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01579 370457
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stoke-climsland-school

In the heart of the village, Stoke Climsland School is a place where we strive to make all feel welcome, included and valued.

We are hugely proud of our school and all that we achieve together: as staff, as parents and as members of the wider community, we work hard to provide exceptional care and support alongside excellence in teaching and learning.

Arranging a visit to Stoke Climsland School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@stoke-climsland.cornwall.sch.uk.

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