SEND Teaching Assistant

Widey Court Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS

15 days remaining to apply

Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
25 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 November 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: Monday to Friday 28.75 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum
Contract type: Fixed term - Temporary
Pay scale: Grade C

What skills and experience we're looking for

Widey Court Primary School is looking to appoint two outstanding and highly motivated SEND Teaching Assistant’s to join our team in January 2026.

The successful candidates should have experience working with children in a school environment. Experience working with children who have special needs would be an advantage.

As part of Connect Academy Trust, there may be the opportunity to work in any of our schools in the future. This post is initially situated at Widey Court Primary School.

You could be the person we appoint if you:

- Have a warm, caring, nurturing personality with a friendly disposition.

- Have an NVQ qualification (or working towards).

- Have excellent literacy and numeracy skills.

- Have high expectations of pupils’ learning and behaviour.

- Are enthusiastic, flexible and organised with excellent communication skills and initiative.

- Are able to develop positive relationships with children and parents.

- Are passionate about working with children and look forward to joining our friendly team.

- Are able to support pupils to develop independence, self-confidence and social interaction.

- Are able to develop positive behaviour strategies with children.

- Have experience or the ability to work with children with SEND, including Speech, language communication difficulties, ASD and Social & Emotional needs.

What the school offers its staff

To help you achieve this, we can offer you:

- Support to develop your skills through school-centred, multi academy trust wide and external continuing professional development and team work;

- Wonderful staff and pupils who are keen to learn;

- A very dedicated team with a strong positive ethos;

- A well-resourced and highly professional school.

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.

If you are interested, please complete an online application form. If you have any issues accessing the application, or if you have any questions, please contact Miss G. Dingley, School Operations Lead on 01752 773909 or gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk

Closing date: Tuesday 25th November 2025 @ 9:00am

Interviews: Monday 1st December 2025

Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required to be undertaken and an on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children

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 will be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare disqualification
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service
Medical checks
Online and social media checks
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.