SEND Teaching Assistant

Sheerhatch Primary School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK44 3TH

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £13.28 Hourly

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

SEND Support Staff Job Description

Level 2

Monday - Friday (8:45am - 2:45pm), Term Time Only

The children of Sheerhatch need you! We are looking to recruit a kind and hardworking new member of the team to work with our older children at Sheerhatch Cople.

This is a wonderful opportunity for someone looking to enrich the learning experience of the children at Sheerhatch Primary School.

This role will encompass supporting children with high level needs and working with a supportive team, to ensure all children have full access to school life at Sheerhatch.

If you are interested in this unique role and would like some further information, please contact Mrs Kipling at d.kipling@sheerhatchprimary.org.uk

Sheerhatch Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staff staff SEND TA job description October 26

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 Sheerhatch Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 129 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sheerhatch Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sheerhatch-primary-school

One form entry primary school across two sites in village locations.

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