SEND Teaching Assistant

Hillside Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 4HQ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 March 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  5 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

SEND Teaching Assistant required from

13 April 2026

30 hours per week, term time only, Monday-Friday 8.40am-12.30pm and 1.00pm-3.10pm

Grade 3 SCP 5 starting point SCP 5

FTE £25,583 pro rata payable £17,344 per annum

Have you got what it takes to make a difference?

We are looking to recruit an experienced learning mentor to join our friendly, supportive school team to support a child with SEND currently in Reception class.

Are you:

• Experienced in working with SEND children?
• Understanding and nurturing of different needs?

Enthusiastic, hardworking and passionate about helping children to achieve their full potential?

Caring, calm and committed?

Prepared for no day to be the same and to expect the unexpected?

Able to multi-task?

Able to be confidential at all times?

If the answer is yes to all of the above, then why not join our supportive and inclusive team here at Hillside School? We are looking to employ a caring and enthusiastic individual who would relish the opportunity to work with pupils who require extra support in school to enable them to succeed. The ideal candidate would have previous experience of pupils with SEND, would work in accordance with school policies and the SEND code of practice, and be committed to helping pupils with special educational needs flourish.

This post is a fast paced, highly varied role and offers the opportunity to join a professional, happy, hardworking, supportive SEND team dedicated to providing a high quality of education for our wonderful pupils.

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 Hillside Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 482 pupils
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hillside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillside-primary-school-rg6-4hq

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