SEND Teaching Assistant ( Maternity Cover)

Cherry Tree Primary School, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 6ST

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  3rd November 2025

• Closing date

  3 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 August 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: £24,027.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Pro-Rata ( Actual Salary) £14,070 - £14,746

SEND Teaching Assistant ( Maternity Cover) job summary

We are looking to appoint a caring SEND Teaching Assistant to join our supportive and friendly team. You will be working with children who have specific special educational needs. The successful candidate will need to be enthusiastic and dedicated to making a difference to children's learning. You will need to enjoy working with children and be passionate and committed to helping children develop as independent and confident individuals.

This is a maternity cover position from 3rd November 2025 until 31st October 2026. It is for 25 hours per week, spread over five days (Monday to Friday), between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, with a one-hour unpaid lunch break.

The successful candidate will need to have NVQ level 2 in numeracy & literacy (or equivalent), have excellent communication skills and will be able to work closely with the class teacher, the SENCo, the SEN team and external advisors.

The ideal candidate should be hard working, enthusiastic, flexible, and have an approachable and nurturing personality. Some previous experience of working with children with SEND, would be an advantage. The successful applicants will join a friendly, supportive and approachable staff team.

Why would you like to work at Cherry Tree?

• We love to learn outdoors in our beautiful grounds and provide CPD in outdoor learning
  
• We have a wonderful, diverse community and celebrate this in our learning
  
• We offer excellent CPD opportunities and invest in the career development of our staff
  
• We have an experienced, driven leadership team who are willing to mentor, support and listen
  
• We have a multiskilled and highly dedicated team who put the children first and support one another
  
• We work closely with our trust to support and share resources, opportunities and ideas
  
• We buy in to a healthcare plan which includes private medical care as well as wellbeing care, physiotherapy, stress counselling and lifestyle screening days.
  
• We have a 4-day wellbeing weekend every year in the summer term to give ourselves a chance to get away, rest and relax!
  

A visit to the school is recommended. Please email: admin@cherrytree.herts.sch.uk to arrange a suitable time. Further information about our school can be found on our website www.cherrytree.herts.sch.uk and our Twitter feed @CTS_Watford

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert early should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We require you to disclose any previous criminal convictions or cautions even if they are spent. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Criminal Record Declaration Form prior to interview.

When recruiting and selecting staff, the Trust is required to comply with all relevant employment legislation to ensure we are recruiting within the law as well as complying with the Trust’s Equality Policy. The Selection Criteria document is critical in the process and sets out the requirements which the person appointed should have in order to perform the duties of the post satisfactorily and against which applicants will be assessed. The selection criteria will be used throughout the recruitment process as an objective test of assessing candidates at shortlisting, test and interview stages. Shortlisting will be completed by assessing against the advertised person specification. Our interviews will always include relevant questions relating to teaching and will include questions on child protection and/or safeguarding, behaviour and safety. There will also be an observation element to the selection day and a task.

Shortlisting:: Thursday 4th September 2025

Please make sure you can be available for the interview on Wednesday 10th September 2025

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We require you to disclose any previous criminal convictions our cautions even if they are spent. Please be aware that that online searches may be completed as part of our pre-recruitment checks. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Criminal Record Declaration Form prior to interview.

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 Cherry Tree Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 444 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cherry Tree Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cherry-tree-primary-school-watford

Cherry Tree Primary School is situated in North Watford, near the Asda/Sainsbury’s Dome roundabout. We have two classes in each year group. We have well equipped classrooms, extensive grounds, a multi-use games area, an allotment, an outside classroom and wildlife area. We converted to academy status on 1st February 2018 and we are part of the Inclusive Multi Academy Trust (IMAT).

Please view our school video here https://www.cherrytree.herts.sch.uk/ourschoolvideo

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