Teaching Assistant (Inlcusion Support)
The Clarendon Academy, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0DJ11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
10 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13.05 per hour (£25,185 pro rata per annum)
Teaching Assistant (Inlcusion Support) job summary
Clarendon Academy is looking for a caring and motivated Teaching Assistant to provide inclusion support to vulnerable students, starting in September 2025. This is a wonderful opportunity to support and promote the school’s culture of inclusivity and meet the needs of all its young people. You will be working with colleagues in the SEND, Inclusion and Attendance teams to support students who struggle to attend lessons and need additional support to build confidence in this area.
Working Hours: Part time (30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year, includes Teacher Training Days).
Clarendon Academy is a thriving co-educational, non-denominational secondary school and sixth form, educating young people between the ages of 11 and 18. Located in the bustling town of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, we pride ourselves on being a centre of excellence where young, enthusiastic children enter in Year 7 and leave us at the end of Year 13 as fully rounded young adults. Our staff aim for every lesson, every day, to be exceptional and work tirelessly to ensure students feel that they belong and can achieve their dreams. We are part of the Acorn Education Trust, which provides exciting opportunities to collaborate and improve local education. In June 2023 we retained our ‘Good’ Ofsted rating and were praised for offering a high-quality, well sequenced curriculum with the inspectors commenting that “pupils feel safe and cared for in this welcoming and friendly school.”
As an Inclusion Teaching Assistant, you must be able to work across all age ranges and abilities within our school and be prepared to work flexibly to support students with complex needs, including those requiring SEN and behavioural support and liaising with SLT, teachers and SENCO. The role will require you to support pupils with behavioural needs, so experience in this area is desirable. You will work with the Inclusion Team and other staff to support the students who struggle to feel included in lessons.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for children and supporting them in their development;
- Has strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents;
- Enjoys working with young people and can develop good working relationships with them;
- Is self-motivated, dedicated and consistent;
- Has the ability to deal with new challenging situations;
- Has a positive and empathetic attitude;
- Is a strong team player as who can use their own initiative;
- Understands and is sympathetic to the needs of young people, including their social, emotional and mental wellbeing;
- Has experience of supporting student’s learning;
- Has a current First Aid or is prepared to undertake training;
- Has experience working with young people with behavioural needs and /or is willing to undertake training to support young people with such needs.
We can offer the successful candidate:
- Training opportunities;
- The opportunity to further your career;
- Supportive line management and networking opportunities with other Resource Bases within the Trust;
- A caring and dynamic team of colleagues;
- A commitment to achieving the best for all of our pupils and staff.
For information about this role, including a full Job Description and Person Specification, please read our Applicant Information Pack. If you have any additional questions, please contact our school admin office on: 01225-785210
Closing Date: Thursday 10th July 2025 at 12pm
Interview Date: TBC
Please note: while the closing date for applications has been set, we reserve the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate upon receipt of an exceptional application. Therefore, we would encourage prompt application for this position.
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 are not accepted.
About The Clarendon Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1024 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Clarendon Academy website
School location
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