Teaching assistant for students with additional needs

Summerswood Primary School, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 2DW

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  24 November 2025

• Closing date

  4 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: H2-H3 depending on experience
• Additional allowances:

  H2-H3 depending on experience

Teaching assistant for students with additional needs job summary

Are you passionate about making a difference in children’s lives? Do you have experience working with children with additional needs, including autism? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

📍 Position: Teaching Assistant
📍 Location: Summerswood Primary School
📍 Start Date: ASAP

Term time only equivalent to 38 weeks a year. The role is 32.5 hours a week.

About the Role:

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join our supportive team. This role involves:

• Supporting children with significant additional needs in their learning and development.
• Engaging with students in a fun, dynamic, and compassionate way.
• Following teacher instructions to ensure a structured and nurturing environment.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience: Proven experience working with children with additional needs, including autism.
• Skills: Strong communication skills, adaptability, and a proactive attitude.
• Personal Qualities: Patience, creativity, and a genuine passion for helping children thrive.

Why Join Us?

• A welcoming and inclusive school environment.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth.
• The chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of young learners.

Come and be part of our amazing team, where every day is an opportunity to inspire, support, and grow together!

Please book a visit to see if this is the right school for you, we look forward to welcoming you to Summerswood Primary School!

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 Summerswood Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 373 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Summerswood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/summerswood-primary-school

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