Teaching Assistant
Underwood West Academy, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 3LF9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
3 September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 25,183
Pay scale
- Grade 5
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Level 4+ GCSE in Math’s and English (or C+)
- Level 2 diploma in a relevant area
- Knowledge of SEND, in particular: communication and Interaction and be able to support development in this area.
- Be familiar with Social stories and how these are used to support interactions.
- Be familiar with the PACE Approach.
- Understand the importance of positive behaviour management
- Experience of delivering lessons to small groups of children and individuals with a range of needs.
- Safeguarding training
-
First Aid
What the school offers its staff
- A school community with a warm, positive, caring ethos
- Continued professional development
- Experience of working in a thriving, successful primary school
- A well-resourced school and grounds
- Benefit from Blue Light Card offers
Further details about the role
SEN Teaching Assistant: 35 hours per week/38 weeks per year. Grade 5 Permanent
Are you passionate about nurturing young minds and making a positive impact on children's lives? If so, Underwood West Academy has an exciting opportunity for you!
We are looking for a caring, dedicated and enthusiastic SEN teaching assistant to support pupils with additional needs. You’ll play a vital role in helping children thrive academically and emotionally, working closely with class teachers, SENCO and outside agencies.
The successful candidate will work with colleagues in a small class setting supporting and create a stimulating, safe and caring teaching and learning environment for pupils with a range of additional needs.
Key responsibilities:
- To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children place in the classroom.
- To work as part of a team, providing an enabling environment in which all individual children can play, develop and learn.
- To build and maintain strong partnerships, working with parents to ensure their child/children needs are met.
- Working under the guidance of the teacher, the successful post-holder will also be responsible for key responsibilities as described in the Job Description provided.
What we are looking for:
- An excellent practitioner, who has a nurturing and calm approach.
- Committed to teamwork, recognising that more can be achieved together than it is possible as an individual task
- Highly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, holding the strong expectation that all staff share this commitment also
- The successful candidate will be a highly motivated individual that has experience of working with children with SEN.
You will become part of our inclusive school where we promote positive attitudes, good behaviour and moral understanding. All children are nurtured to establish a sense of pride and achievement in learning and being part of our school community whilst becoming happy, confident and resilient learners, each supported to reach their unique potential in a safe environment.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school and the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, medical checks, right to work in UK and safeguarding checks (including enhanced DBS and a declaration of disqualification (Childcare Disqualification regulations 2009)
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About Underwood West Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 450 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Underwood West Academy website
- Email address
- bursar@underwoodwest.cheshire.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01270 260580
Primary School
Arranging a visit to Underwood West Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email bursar@underwoodwest.cheshire.sch.uk.
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