SEND Teaching Assistant

The Hendreds Church of England School, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8JX

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,404.00 - £24,790.00 Annually (FTE) FTE £24,404 - 24,790

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for a caring and enthusiastic teaching assistant to join our committed staff team, to support SEND children on an individual and small group basis. We would particularly value an individual with experience of supporting children with special needs.

This role is a fixed term contract and is available on either a part-time or full-time basis (8:30am–3:30pm). We encourage you to get in touch to discuss the option that best suits your availability

In addition to the Teaching Assistant role with SEND children, you will also be providing some lunchtime supervision and some sessions in our daily Breakfast and After School Club.

What we can offer you:

A school where the wellbeing of each individual is at the heart of our interactions. We instil in our children a love of learning, and a sense of self and social responsibility during their time with us.

• A school which helps children ‘value who they are and who they can become’
• A school where staff wellbeing is a priority
• A strong ethos based on Christian values and principles
• A strong, creative and supportive team
• Positive relationships with children and their families

For more information or to look around the school, please contact the school office on 01235 833379 or office.3250@hendreds.oxon.sch.uk

The Hendreds C of E School, as a member of the Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust, is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check. Online checks may also be carried out to comply with KCSIE.

Please see attached job description for for a more detailed overview of the role along with the person specification. We welcome applications from candidates who may wish to apply for this role on a job-share basis. Although the role is fixed-term, there is potential for the contract to be extended.

Applicants are strongly advised to keep the interview date free; it is unlikely that we will be able to accommodate requests for an alternative date.

We hope that this advertisement provides sufficient notice for applicants to put suitable arrangements in place in the event of them being shortlisted for interview. Previous applicants need not apply.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Hendreds Church of England School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 139 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Hendreds Church of England School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-hendreds-church-of-england-school-wantage

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