SEND Teaching Assistant
St John's CofE Primary School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 6JF20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- Band 5
SEND Teaching Assistant job summary
As a valued member of our staff, you’ll work closely with our Inclusion Manager and the SENCO to provide personalised support for pupils with a variety of needs, including autism, ADHD, speech and language difficulties, and social-emotional challenges. Your day might include working 1:1 with a child, supporting small group learning, or helping pupils develop their confidence and independence throughout the school day.
Our ideal candidate will be a team player. You should have a track record of building positive relationships with pupils in order to support them to make exceptional progress, be committed to developing your own practice and share the school’s high expectations for all children.
You will:
- Support the learning and development of pupils with SEND across English, maths, and wider curriculum areas
- Adapt activities to meet individual learning styles and needs
- Promote positive behaviour and emotional well-being
- Assist with personal care (if needed) in a respectful and supportive manner
- Foster an inclusive, nurturing environment in which all pupils can thrive
Commitment to safeguarding
We have a duty of care to ensure all of our children are safe. In school we do this by making sure that everyone who comes into the building is suitable for working with children.
Due to safer recruitment guidelines, applications will only be considered on our official application forms which are available from the Career Opportunities tab of our website www.stjohnsceprimary.co.uk.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St John's CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 447 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St John's CofE Primary School website
Our school serves its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. At St John’s we pride ourselves on our knowledge of our children: the children come first in all that we do. We work hard to know every child, to know their strengths and interests, so that their learning is always challenging and interesting. We work closely with families to ensure that our families are empowered to support their children within and beyond school.
We are a popular two-form entry primary school with a nursery. The school is situated in exceptional grounds and draws children primarily from Bierley and the Holmewood estate. The team at St John’s work hard to ensure our curriculum is inspiring for our children, responding to their needs both academically and personally, building individual, independent children as they leave our school.
We are proud to be part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) family of schools. If you would like more information about our school or BDAT, you can browse our website or visit the BDAT website.
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