SEND Teaching Assistant

Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 3AS

37 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 September 2026

• Closing date

  16 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,471 (FTE Salary £24,131)

SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant Required to Join Our Wonderful Team

We are seeking a caring, dedicated and enthusiastic SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant to join our wonderful team.

This role is specifically to provide individual support for a named child with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Working under the guidance of the Class Teacher, SENDCo and senior staff, you will support the child’s learning, development, communication and wellbeing, helping them to access the curriculum and participate fully in school life.

The successful candidate will implement agreed learning and support programmes both within and outside the classroom, adapting activities as required to meet the child's individual needs. This may include supporting speech, language and communication needs, social and emotional development, behaviour for learning, and other special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

As a SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant, you will provide safe, high-quality education and care for the child in line with relevant national regulations, guidance and the objectives outlined within their EHCP.

Contract Information

This is a fixed-term position linked to the continued attendance of a specific child at the school. The contract will be offered on a rolling 12-month basis and will continue while the child remains on roll at Wallace Fields Infant School. Should the child leave the school, the position will come to an end.

This role is Monday to Friday, term time only plus INSET days (39 weeks per year), working 35.5 hours per week.

Wallace Fields Infant School is part of South Farnham Educational Trust, a multi-academy trust which currently consists of eleven schools. We also have an associate member of the Trust – St Mary's C of E (Aided) Infant School.

Our thriving School Centred Initial Teacher Training establishment (SCITT) has over 100 trainees and, from September 2022, South Farnham School was awarded Teaching School Hub status – a fantastic accolade for both the school and the Trust.

Visits to the school prior to applying are encouraged, so please contact the school office to arrange an appointment – we would love to meet you.

Safeguarding Statement

Wallace Fields Infant School & Nursery is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

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 Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 2 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 242 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wallace Fields Infant School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wallace-fields-infant-school-and-nursery

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