Teaching Assistant - Additional Needs

St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV6 9AF

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 March 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  10 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant - Additional Needs job summary

St Michael’s is a highly inclusive Church of England primary school with a SEND Unit for pupils with SEMH needs. At St Michael’s we value everyone as a child of God and we rejoice in our diversity. Our aim is to provide everyone with a happy, loving and nurturing environment where we are all able to flourish, make outstanding progress and expand hopes and aspirations.

We are a welcoming, outstanding, Church of England Primary School where everyone is valued as a child of God. We provide a nurturing and loving environment, where all have the confidence to make outstanding progress, fulfil hopes and aspirations and where a thirst for knowledge and wisdom is developed.

We are seeking a caring and committed Teaching Assistant to provide 1:1 support for a pupil with additional needs, to work within the main school. The successful candidate will work closely with the class teacher and SEND team to help the pupil access learning, develop independence, and feel fully included in the classroom environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Providing individual 1:1 support to a pupil with additional needs.

• Supporting the pupil to engage with learning activities and follow classroom routines.

• Implementing strategies from individual support or education plans.

• Encouraging the pupil’s social, emotional and communication development.

• Working collaboratively with teachers, SEND staff and parents where appropriate.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience supporting children with SEND or additional needs (desirable).

• Be patient, empathetic and flexible.

• Have good communication and teamwork skills.

• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

  Hours: 15 hours per week (9:30am - 12:30pm, Monday to Friday)

  Contract: Term-time only, temporary until August 2027 in the first instance.

  Further information on the duties are included in the attached job description. Applications should be made online, via My New Term. Please contact recruitment@threespirestrust.org or kjackson@stmichaelsprimary.co.uk with any questions.

  Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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.

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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 St Michael's CofE Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 210 pupils
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Michael's CofE Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-michael-s-cofe-primary-academy

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