SEND Teaching Assistant
Abbey Primary School, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 0AB7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
3 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 June 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
- Part time: 30 hours a week, term time only.
Contract type
- Fixed term - One Year
Actual salary
- £16,498 - £17,020 per annum
Pay scale
- Grade 2
What skills and experience we're looking for
Abbey Primary School (part of the ONE Academy Trust) are seeking to appoint an excellent Teaching Assistant to provide support to pupils with Special Educational Needs.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience of supporting pupils with special educational needs.
- Has a passion to work with children on an individual/paired/group basis and see them flourish
- Can build purposeful relationships with both the child and their parents
- Has high expectations of pupil achievement and behaviour
- Can provide a stimulating, safe and happy learning environment
- Has an understanding of the Primary School curriculums
- Can work alongside our specialist SEND Teaching Assistant and outside agencies to deliver specific programmes of work
- Has a knowledge of a range of methods and programmes to measure progress
- Has very good literacy and numeracy skills
- Has excellent interpersonal skills, a growth mindset, a good sense of humour and enjoys being part of a friendly and supportive team
- Is enthusiastic, caring and hard working
- Can maintain confidentiality
- Is willing to make a wider contribution to the life of the school
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer you
- Happy, hard-working and motivated children who enjoy learning
- A welcoming, inclusive school community
- Supportive and caring colleagues
- A supportive and forward thinking Governing Body
- A well resourced attractive working environment
- Commitment to your continued professional development
Abbey Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All staff and volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment. Appointments to any post are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check, a barred list check and Disqualification Declaration. A start date for successful job applicants will not be confirmed until clearance from all the above checks has been obtained. The job role you are applying for is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education recommendations, an online check will be carried out on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence.
A visit to the school website www.abbeyprimaryschool.co.uk will give you a good introduction to our school and we really hope it will encourage you to visit us.
Application forms and further details are available from the school website or by e-mailing office@abbey.notts.sch.uk, please contact the school office (tel: 01623 481117) to arrange a visit.
Closing date is Thursday 3rd July 2025, 12 noon.Shortlisting date is Thursday 3rd July 2025. Interviews will take place on Monday 7th July 2025.
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@abbey.notts.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Abbey Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 454 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Abbey Primary School website
- Email address
- office@abbey.notts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01623 481117
Arranging a visit to Abbey Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@abbey.notts.sch.uk.
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