SEN Teaching Assistants (1:1)
LIPA School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L1 7BT13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 37.5 hours per week, term time
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1st September 2025-22nd July 2026
Full-time equivalent salary
- Actual salary- £18,975.94- £19,276.76 (FTE £24,790- £25,183)
Pay scale
- NJC SCP 5- SCP 6
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our schools support team. Reporting to your Phase Lead, you will be responsible with assisting and supporting class teachers in the provision of a high standard of care and a comprehensive educational programme designed to meet the physical and developmental requirements of pupils with additional support needs. These needs can arise from: the learning environment; medical and/or disability issues; familial circumstances; social and emotional issues.
The successful candidate must have a relevant Level 3 Qualification and GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English A*-C. You also need experience working with children with additional needs in an educational setting and understand the needs of children in a primary school setting.
You will need be able to obtain satisfactory DBS clearance for this position.
The job description and person specification can be found below.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer a competitive salary, Employee Assistance Programme and a Local Government Pension Scheme,
Closing date for applications: Friday 13th June 2025 at 12pm.
You can download the attached application form and further details for this post. CVs will not be accepted. Please can you send your application to hr-enquiries@lipaprimary.org.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting children’s welfare. This post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to n.mcferran@lipaprimary.org
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About LIPA School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 544 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- LIPA School website
- Email address
- hr-enquiries@lipaprimary.org
- Phone number
- 0151 958 0020
Based in the centre of Liverpool, our school, sponsored by The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, opened in September 2014.
We are an all-through school that provides children with a broad and balanced curriculum and have a particular focus on the creative and performing arts. We currently have 585 children from Reception to Year 10. In September 2025, the school will be at capacity with Reception to Year 11.
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