SEND Teaching Assistant - Thameside Primary School

Thameside Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8DB

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 May 2025

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: 32.75 hours a week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,790 to £25,584 pro rata. Actual starting salary £18,307 to £18,892 per year

What skills and experience we're looking for

Term time only – Permanent - Start Date: September 2025 or sooner

Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm, 32.75 Hours per week (6.5 hours per day for 4 days and 1 day 6.75 hours)Would you like to work at Thameside Primary? Do you have an interest to work with children?

We currently have a SEN Teaching Assistant position available in the school to work in our SEND alternative resource provision (Rainbow/Garden Room).At Thameside we celebrate inclusiveness, belonging and integrity as well as valuing and nurturing differences between us. This is an exciting time to join Thameside as we continue our journey to improve provision and progress for all of our children.

At Thameside we have a SEND alternative resource provision known as Rainbow and Garden room. This role will be specifically to work in the Rainbow and Garden provision.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate SEND Teaching Assistant to join our inclusive school and to work with specific children with complex SEND needs including willing to work on a 1:1 basis.

We require a caring and supportive individual to work with young children with challenging behavioural needs to assist them with their development and learning.

The ideal candidate will have transferable experience of working with children with challenging needs. You must be resilient and be willing to persevere to build rapport with children with complex learning and behavioural difficulties.

It is a challenging but very rewarding role! You can make a world of difference to a child’s learning experience.

If you have experience of working with children in a similar capacity but not in a school setting, we would still like to hear from you.

Your duties will include:

• Supporting the class teacher to implement planned lesson learning activities for SEN children

• Interact and engage with individual pupils with complex SEN needs in a class and 1:1 basis through indoor and outdoor activities

• To provide one to one support to learners with learning difficulties and/ or learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.

• To help students adjust to their new settings, recognise signs of distress and offer reassurance, and to promote and encourage the acceptance and inclusion of all pupils.

• To supervise and support students to ensure their safety and access to learning and facilitate students’ physical, emotional and educational development.

• Keeping children safe in their surroundings and activities they engage in including dealing with first aid incidents.

What the school offers its staff

We are seeking candidates that have:

• Experience of working with children in an educational setting.

• Experience working with autism and attachment needs.

• Good levels of literacy and numeracy skills. (e.g. GCSE Maths and English, or equivalent).

• A desire to learn and a passion for working with children with additional needs.

• A patient, caring, compassionate and child-centred approach.

• Excellent observation skills and the ability to problem solve and think creatively.

• Emotional intelligence and resilience with the ability to react calmly in challenging situations.

• An ability to work with a team and diverse staff/pupil groups

If you are interested please contactsbm@thameside.reading.sch.ukfor an application pack or download fromwww.thamesideprimary.co.uk, About Us, Come & Work for us! Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

Closing date: Sunday 8th June 2025, however we will consider applications on receipt of application forms returned.

The school is committed to safeguarding children and is an equal opportunity provider. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Thameside Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 374 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thameside Primary School website
• Email address: sbm@thameside.reading.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thameside-primary-school-reading

Primary School ,situated in the heart of Caversham, we are an extension of our diverse local community with more than 30 languages spoken here.

We are very proud of our inclusive nature and believe that every child – whatever their ability or background - deserves the best possible start in life.

Arranging a visit to Thameside Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@thameside.reading.sch.uk.

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