SEN Teaching Assistant

The Brent Primary School, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6BA

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  18 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  25 September 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: £18,991.00 Annually (Actual) Actual Salary

SEN Teaching Assistant job summary

Post Title: SEN Teaching Assistant

School: The Brent Primary School

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Contract Hours: 33.75 hours per week, Term-time only

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday

Grade: KSA

Salary: Actual Salary £18,991 (FTE £24,513)

Position Start Date: November 2025

Advert Closing Date (We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date): 17th October 2025

Interview Date: To be confirmed

We are seeking to appoint a hardworking, flexible, and reliable individual, with a passion for working with children who have specific learning needs and who can work on their own initiative and be proactive in problem solving. We would like to appoint a person who has experience working with speech and language, autism, and communication boards. Relevant recent training in SEN specific knowledge would be highly desirable.

Experience of working within a school is essential. GCSE level English and Maths is a requirement and experience of working within a SEN setting would be desirable. Above all, you need to be committed to working as part of a team who are determined to secure the absolute best for our pupils and will work hard to ensure children achieve everything, they are capable of.

You will be working Monday to Friday, term time only.

If you would like to add your skills and knowledge to our team and join us as we grow and develop, please get in touch.

Visits to the school are positively encouraged. To arrange a visit or for further information please email office@brent.kent.sch.uk

For further information about the school, please visit https://www.brent.kent.sch.uk/

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact the school office on 01322 223943.

The Brent Primary School

With a great reputation in the community, The Brent Primary School prides itself on providing the best possible education for the pupils in its care.

The Brent Primary School, part of Cygnus Academies Trust, is situated in Dartford. It is an “Good” growing 3-Form Entry Primary school that is friendly and welcoming, with supportive staff and children from a variety of backgrounds. We are caring with effective structures to support staff in their roles across the school.

We encourage all our staff to be active in their self-development and training. We offer many opportunities for staff to develop their career within our mutually supportive team. We are a Growth Mindset school, without limiting pupil or adult learning. We encourage everyone to strive to be the best they can be personally and professionally.

With extensive grounds, which include a swimming pool, running track and wildlife areas; we are committed to an outdoor learning approach.

Further information about the school is available at: www.brent.kent.sch.uk and information about the Trust is available at www.cygnus.org.uk

If you would like to add your skills and knowledge to Team Brent and join us as we grow and develop then please get in touch.

Cygnus Academies Trust

The Brent Primary School is part of Cygnus Academies Trust who are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children. Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all. Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn.

Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness. While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.

For further information about the Trust, please visit www.cygnus.org.uk

We offer:

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• 28 days Annual Leave
  
• Employee support services.
  
• Effective CPD opportunities
  
• Collaborative working with other schools
  
• Excellent ICT facilities
  
• Opportunities for flexible working
  

Safer Recruitment

Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview. Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.

Equal Opportunities

Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Additional Information:

• References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.
  
• Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.
  
• Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.
  
• Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.
  
• The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.
  
• The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website

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.

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.

About The Brent Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 652 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Brent Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-brent-primary-school

At The Brent Primary School, we strive to ensure that our children receive the very best education that we can deliver. Our core purpose is to enable all pupils to excel in their academic, social and personal achievement. We achieve this through creating a safe, stimulating, supportive and inclusive environment where the health, safety and well-being of all members of our community are at the heart of everything we do.

At our school, we promote a passion for life-long learning through an engaging curriculum that develops independent learners. We develop citizens who will take their place confidently within a rapidly changing world at local, national and global levels. Respect for self and respect for others underpins all aspects of school life. We believe every child is entitled to enjoy his or her childhood. As a consequence, The Brent will always be a friendly and welcoming place, where laughter is often heard and definitely encouraged.

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