Teaching Assistant - SEN

Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy, Hull, HU9 3HJ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  26 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,583.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant - SEN job summary

Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy

Teaching Assistant - SEN

Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 3.00pm, these hours will be worked during the school term time

£25,583 - £26,403

Actual salary £17,950 - £18,526

About the Trust

Ebor Academy Trust is a family of schools located across North and East Yorkshire, York and the Humber region. We think of ourselves as being one school across many sites, working collaboratively to deliver high quality, rich and engaging education in our diverse communities. Our aims are to enable all our learners to flourish and to open doors for their very best futures.

We genuinely seek to live by our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect; these underpin how we work and how we relate to each other. We have high ambitions for our learners and staff and aim to deliver this through a culture of continuous development, support, kindness and understanding. We are a friendly trust that puts people first.

About the role

Alderman Cogan Primary Academy have an exciting opportunity to recruit a SEN Teaching Assistant, This is to work Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 3.00pm, this position is on a fixed term basis until July 2026 in the first instance.

As a Teaching Assistant you will be passionate about teaching and learning and believe in developing the true potential of children.

You will have a calm and positive disposition, the ability to break down activities into small step teaching and will nurture, inspire, challenge and motivate pupils.

Implementing clear boundaries and routines, you will use behaviour management in all areas around school.

Job requirements

We wish to recruit highly committed Teaching Assistant who has the knowledge and experience of working with children who have special educational needs.

You should have the ability to communicate effectively with our children their families and staff. Within this role you will also be working with and alongside a wide range of different professionals all with the common goal of ensuring the best care and education is given to our children.

You will have positive behaviour management skills, and be flexible and able to work on your own initiative.

You should have experience of working with children who have profound and multiple learning disabilities or Autism, ideally, but not necessarily in an educational setting. A relevant qualification would also be welcomed.

You will be enthusiastic and passionate about child development, play and interactions with knowledge on how you can develop this further to enhance children’s experiences.

Working with us

When you join our Trust, you’ll start with a friendly induction to help you feel settled from day one. From there, you’ll get role-specific training and plenty of opportunities to keep learning and growing, whether through ongoing CPD, apprenticeships, or longer-term development programmes like our Ebor career pathways.

We’re proud to have high staff engagement, with great feedback in our staff surveys and from our exit interviews. People enjoy working here, feel supported, and know they’re making a difference.

We offer generous benefits too, including access to free private GP and nurse appointments, counselling services, and wellbeing support for you and your family. You’ll also get great discounts at high street stores and travel companies, free parking at all our schools, a brilliant pension, and family-friendly policies.

We’re committed to being an inclusive and diverse place to work, where everyone feels they belong. We welcome people from all backgrounds and walks of life and treat every application fairly and equally.

Keeping children safe is at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we follow safer recruitment practices (including enhanced DBS checks) and we ask all applicants to complete on online application (we don’t accept CVs).

If you feel that you align to our values of Excellence, Belonging, Opportunity and Respect and you want to help shape the lives of the next generation, then we would love to hear from you.

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 Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 415 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alderman-cogan-s-church-of-england-primary-academy

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