SEND Teaching Assistant
Homelands Primary School, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 4NT11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
27 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 March 2026
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: 31.67 hours per week Monday to Friday 8:30 am – 3:20 pm 39 weeks per year
Contract type
- Fixed term - Linked to SEND funding.
Pay scale
- Grade C, SCP 5
Hourly rate
- £13.26
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required for September.
The Headteacher and Governors of Homelands Primary School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic SEND teaching assistant to support children with a range of needs across the school.
We are looking for motivated team players, who have experience of working with children with SEND. A positive and encouraging attitude is essential, as is kindness, patience and an ability to use your initiative. You will need to have experience of working alongside staff to plan and deliver a differentiated curriculum and timetable based on the specific needs of children. We are looking for applicants, who are dedicated to making a difference to children’s lives and to ensuring that every child has the opportunities they deserve.
This post is fixed term and is attached to SEND funding, the continued attendance of pupils at Homelands Primary School and their continued need for support.
The successful candidates will have:
Experience of working with children with SEND
Understanding of attachment
Experience of delivering 1:1 and/or small group interventions
A positive and encouraging attitude
Kindness and patience
Excellent interpersonal and time management skills
High expectations
GCSE Grade C or above, or equivalent, in English and Maths
A commitment to our school vision, aims and ethos, its community and the school improvement agenda
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
A happy, welcoming and caring school
Children who are well-behaved, enthusiastic and eager to learn
A supportive and hard-working team who want the best for our children
A fantastic, well-resourced environment
Commitment to your continued professional development
An opportunity to make a real difference
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; an enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all successful candidates. It is an offence to apply for a role in regulated activity if you are barred under the Children’s Barred List. We will conduct online checks (e.g. google search and social media) on shortlisted applicants.
For further information about this post and an application form, please contact our School Business Manager, on 01803 328264. Visits are welcomed. Please apply by 9am on the closing date.
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Homelands Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 207 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Homelands Primary School website
- Email address
- sbm@homelandstorbay.org
- Phone number
- 01803 328264
Welcome to Homelands Primary School. Our school values of friendship, respect, independence, curiosity and empowerment enable the growth and development of each child so they can believe, belong and be proud of themselves, each other and our wider community.
Arranging a visit to Homelands Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@homelandstorbay.org.
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