Teaching and Learning Assistant - SEND

Oatlands Community Junior School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 8QP

56 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £11,538.00 - £11,903.00 Annually (FTE) Band 4 SCP 2 - 4 £24,413 - £25,185 FTE

Teaching and Learning Assistant - SEND job summary

Permanent, Part-time, Term Time plus Training Days, 20 hours and 25 minutes per week Monday- Friday.

We are looking for a hardworking, enthusiastic Teaching and Learning Assistant - SEND to join our dedicated and supportive team. This position is perfect for someone who is passionate about helping children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), especially those with complex learning, communication, or social-emotional needs.

Working alongside our teachers and experienced TA team, you will deliver personalised support that helps children to flourish both academically and emotionally. Your responsibilities will include implementing individual learning plans, supporting communication through visual aids and structured routines, and helping to create a nurturing, inclusive environment where every child can achieve their full potential. You will play an important role in ensuring pupils access a curriculum tailored to their needs, using approaches such as PECS, visual timetables, ‘now and next’ boards, Attention Autism, and Intensive Interaction. Training and ongoing professional development will be provided to support you in your role.

This role is essential in supporting teaching staff to deliver high-quality, inclusive learning experiences, building pupils’ engagement and confidence, and contributing positively to the wider life of our school. If this sounds like you, we would be delighted to hear from you!

About our School

Oatlands Junior School is a busy and friendly school with three classes per year group where every child is important to us. We are committed to providing an inclusive, safe, positive, and stimulating learning environment, where excellence thrives through high standards of learning, attitudes, and behaviour. Our collective aim is to ensure that all children strive to achieve and exceed their goals, whilst nurturing a life-long love of learning.

Our ethos, caring about today, creating successful tomorrows, is at the heart of everything we do. Here’s what you can expect when you join us:

Here’s what you can expect when you join us:

• Generous pension scheme: Employer contribution rate of 19%, plus a wide range of benefits and discounts. Full details HERE
• Flexible working options: We support work-life balance and are open to exploring suitable arrangements
• Supportive environment: We prioritise respect, equality, diversity, and well-being
• Community culture: Collaboration and generosity are at the heart of our team
• Professional development: We invest in your growth at every stage of your career

For more about Oatlands Junior School, click the ‘view our careers page’ button.

About You

We are looking for:

• A professional individual with experience of providing teaching and learning support to young people
• A compassionate and adaptable individual who demonstrates a strong commitment to meeting the diverse needs of all pupils
• Committed to building positive relationships with students, fostering respect while maintaining high expectations
• A clear communicator with excellent organisation skills, able to balance firmness with empathy and build relationships with a wide range of individuals

Next Steps

Let’s Connect: We would love to speak to you to answer any questions you might have about this role or our school. To arrange a convenient time to speak in person, or visit us ahead of applying, please email HoranF@ojs.rklt.co.uk.

Adjustments: Should you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please include these within Part Two of our application form under the section ‘Disability and Accessibility’.

Applicant Guidance: Red Kite Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer which welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to promoting diversity and want a workforce which reflects the local population of each of our schools. Our recruitment guidelines and privacy notice for applicants can be found HERE.

Ready to Apply: If you have all the info you need, click APPLY NOW to start your application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, so we encourage early submission. This role may close sooner than the advertised deadline.

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 Oatlands Community Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 361 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oatlands Community Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oatlands-community-junior-school-harrogate

We are part of the Red Kite Learning Trust family of schools. Thank you for visiting our website which provides a window into our busy world of learning: full of discovery, creativity, friendship and fun.

We are a friendly, welcoming school and enjoy the strong relationships we have with parents, relatives, governors and the PTA, who regularly support learning in the classroom, extra-curricular clubs, trips and fundraising events.

Every child is important to us at Oatlands Junior School. We are committed to providing an inclusive, safe, positive and stimulating learning environment, where excellence thrives through high standards of learning, attitudes and behaviour. Our collective aim is to ensure that all children strive to achieve and exceed their goals, whilst nurturing a life-long love of learning.

At Oatlands Juniors, children play an active role in the life of the school, through the many Pupil Voice groups and even running their own extra-curricular clubs. We are proud of our rich, broad and creative curriculum that encourages our children to be inquisitive, enterprising and independent learners.

Oatlands Junior School is surrounded by spacious, beautiful grounds with fantastic outdoor facilities. We have recently expanded into a full three-form entry Junior school, with two new additional classrooms and Arts Studio. Our running track, is popular with all our children, especially the ‘Daily Mile’ challenge. We work closely with our friends in the local community who support various projects in school. The local allotment group work in partnership with our Eco-Committee to maintain and develop our nature area, which includes a sensory and wildlife garden and Reading Retreat. Our sculpture garden, at the entrance to our school, displays works of art throughout the year in collaboration with local artists. We have been recognised for our high quality curriculum provision through the many awards that we have achieved, including: Arts Mark Gold; Sports Games Gold; Eco Schools Bronze; Healthy School Award Bronze and we are working to achieve the Carnegie Mental Health Award.

Our dedicated staff, parents and governors all work together to make Oatlands Junior School a place where we are all ‘Caring About Today, Creating Successful Tomorrows’.

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