SEND Teaching Assistant

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

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 January 2026

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: 28.75 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum Monday - Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - Temporary
• Pay scale: Connect Grade C

What skills and experience we're looking for

Widey Court Primary School are looking to appoint an outstanding and highly motivated SEND Teaching Assistant to join our team as soon as possible. The successful candidate should have experience working with children in a school environment, and previous experience working with SEND children 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.

As we have multiple Teaching Assistant vacancies available, please ensure that you select the correct vacancy on our recruitment portal when applying.

If you wish to be considered for more than one vacancy, please submit an application for one post only via the portal and emailgdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.ukto indicate the other positions you are interested in.

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

Closing date: Monday 26th January 2026 @ 9:00am

Interviews will take place on the weeks commencing 2nd / 9th February 2026.

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SEND Teaching Assistant Job Description.pdf - 151 KB (opens in new tab)

Teaching Assistant Vacancies Advert Jan 2026.pdf - 288 KB (opens in new tab)

About Widey Court Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 605 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Widey Court Primary School website
• Email address: gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01752 773909
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/widey-court-primary-school-plymouth

Arranging a visit to Widey Court Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk.

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