Teaching Assistant 1-1 SEN

Wenlock CofE Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 0RW

37 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15,022.00 Annually (Actual) SCP 3 - 6 £20,812 - 21,968 FTE

Teaching Assistant 1-1 SEN job summary

We are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic SEN Teaching Assistant to join our school and support children with special educational needs.

Our ideal candidate will be capable, reliable, and equipped with strong literacy and numeracy skills to meet the learning needs of individual pupils and small groups. Depending on the needs of the child, there may be occasions when you will be required to provide support with personal care and hygiene.

If you are patient, resilient, organised, and passionate about helping children succeed, we would be delighted to hear from you. We offer a well-resourced school with supportive and friendly colleagues and governors.

This role also includes lunchtime supervision, which may take place indoors or outdoors.

The position is offered as a permanent contract, working 31.25 hours per week, term time plus 5 INSET days, with a 45-minute lunch break. An immediate start is available for the successful candidate.

Additional Information
Applicants for this public-facing role must be able to converse with and provide effective support or advice to pupils, parents, and colleagues fluently in spoken English.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate child protection checks, including references from past employers and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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 Wenlock CofE Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 324 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wenlock CofE Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wenlock-cofe-junior-school-luton

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