Teaching Assistant Range 1

Booker Park Community School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 9ET

3 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 December 2025

• Closing date

  7 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £16,511 to £17,110 per annum (FTE £23,996 to £24,9

Teaching Assistant Range 1 job summary

Make a Real Difference – Join Us as an SEN Teaching Assistant!

Weekly Hours: 30 hours per week, 9.00am to 3.30pm Monday to Friday Term time

Interviews: To be conducted as suitable candidates apply.

Do you have a passion for helping children overcome challenges and reach their full potential? We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate SEN Teaching Assistant to join our team and make a lasting impact on the lives of pupils with Special Educational Needs. This is your opportunity to play a vital role in creating an inclusive, supportive learning environment where every child can thrive.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide individualised support to pupils with SEN, helping them engage with learning activities and achieve their potential.

• Assist the teacher in adapting resources and strategies to meet diverse learning needs.

• Support pupils in developing confidence, independence, and social skills.

• Help maintain a safe, structured, and nurturing classroom environment across different learning settings.

About You

• Passionate about making a difference for children with SEN.

• Patient, empathetic, and able to build positive relationships with pupils.

• Flexible and collaborative, working effectively as part of a team.

• Reliable, resilient, and committed to promoting inclusion and equality

Other info: Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lisa Snook (HR Officer).

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we appoint an appropriate candidate

If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date you must assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful

The above post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.

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

The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake pre-employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process.

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 Booker Park Community School

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 11
• School size: 243 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Booker Park Community School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/booker-park-community-school

Booker Park School is a special school meeting the needs of primary age pupils with a range of complex needs. These may include moderate or severe learning difficulties, autism, physical and other sensory disabilities, and sometimes challenging behaviour as a consequence of these difficulties. We look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve in a caring and supportive environment. Together we work to provide the best that we possibly can to support all their unique learning needs.

Booker Park School is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary school Stocklake Park, and its post-16 site Harding House.

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