Teaching Assistant High Needs

Combe Down CofE Primary School, Bath, Somerset, BA2 5JQ

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 August 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full time equivalent salary: Grade 3 SCP 5 FTE: £25,583 Actual: £9,902.93

Teaching Assistant High Needs job summary

Teaching Assistant High Needs 

Temporary until 31st August 2027 due to named child with an EHCP

17 hours per week, 38.2 working weeks (inc. 1 INSET and Trust Development Day)

Grade 3 SCP 5 - FTE £25,583

Actual Salary - £9,902.93

Closing date: 10th August 2026

Interview date: To be confirmed

Combe Down Primary School are looking to recruit a High Needs Teaching Assistant to support a child who has an EHCP. We are looking for a warm, caring individual who can offer an exceptional level of care and foster the child’s independence. Experience working with children who have had the following needs would be beneficial: 

• Emotional Regulation

• Cognition and Learning

• Social Communication

• Speech and Language

We are looking for someone to motivate, support and encourage pupils to fully access the curriculum and school life.

The successful applicants will need to:

• Be a team player

• Inspire and motivate children

• Have high expectations and excellent classroom practice

• Have a desire to improve their own practice further.

• Be willing to embrace, support and develop the Christian ethos of our school.

In return, we are proud to offer you:

• Enthusiastic children

• Willing, hardworking staff team

• Supportive parents who are keen to be involved

• A strong team of governors

• CPD across the Trust

Safeguarding Statement:

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Combe Down CofE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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 Combe Down CofE Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 422 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Combe Down CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/combe-down-cofe-primary-school

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