SEND Teaching Assistant

Angel Road Infant School, Norwich, Norfolk, NR3 3HR

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  4 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 July 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: £24,790.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE)

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

SEND Teaching Assistant - Angel Road Schools

Fixed Term- Linked to SEN Funding

31.25 hours per week (includes lunchtime supervision)

Term time plus 1 week for inset days

Grade: Scale D £12.85-£13.05 per hour

Start date: 1st September 2025

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Angel Road Schools, part of the Evolution Academy Trust. We wish to appoint an outstanding Teaching Assistant to join our friendly and committed team.

The Angel Road Schools have both be graded as Good Schools by Ofsted in 2025. It is an excellent and exciting time to join our team.

The role will include:

• Attending high quality training and implementing this into practice
• Supporting children with SEND to access the curriculum
• Working in a strong team with children at the heart of everything
• Providing intimate care support to individual children
• Supporting children with SEND in their personal, social and emotional development.

The ideal candidate would have:

• Experience of working in early years
• A strong understanding of continuous provision and high-quality interventions with children
• A strong understanding of the EYFS and development of young children
• A record of professional development linked to the role
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of working with children with SEND, including speech, language and communication needs and ASD
• Ability to build strong and positive relationships with the school community

Closing Date: Monday 4th August

Interview Date: Friday 15th August

Please refer to the job description and recruitment pack for full person specification.

Evolution Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you will be required to undergo pre‐employment checks, including a social media search. This post will come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and a successful applicant would be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Why work for us?

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. We’re open to flexible working arrangements for roles where suitable. Please include your preferred working hours in your application for consideration.

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 Angel Road Infant School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 159 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Angel Road Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/angel-road-infant-school-norwich

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