Specialist Teaching Assistant (SEND)

Watling Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8 1GB

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  16 February 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  29 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,142.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary - £23,695 to £26,120 p.a.

Specialist Teaching Assistant (SEND) job summary

VACANCY - SPECIALIST TEACHING ASSISTANT (SEND)

Due to the ongoing growth of our school, we are looking for a Specialist Teaching Assistant to strengthen our team at Watling Primary School and provide support to pupils with SEND to enable them to access and participate in learning and experience high levels of achievement.

If you have any questions about the role or the application process, please contact the school by email: office@watlingprimary.org.uk

Job title: Specialist Teaching Assistant (SEND)

Start date: April 2026

Contract type: Full-time, permanent - 38 weeks plus 5 INSET days

Hours: 36 hours per week

Monday to Wednesday 8:30 - 4:00pm

Thursday and Friday 8:30 - 4:30pm

Salary: £28,142 - £31,022 FTE

£23,695 - £26,120 actual salary

(depending on experience)

Deadline for applications: Monday 16th February 2026, 9am

Interview date: We will contact candidates individually to arrange interviews.

How to Apply

Due to our commitment to safer recruitment practices, we can only accept applications through My New Term. Please do not submit CVs.

The Alliance Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

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 Watling Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 164 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watling Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watling-primary-school

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