Teaching Assistant - SEN - Level 2

Edith Cavell Primary School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7NH

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,614.00 - £26,016.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant - SEN - Level 2 job summary

About Us:

At Edith Cavell Primary School the staff, governors and parents are committed to providing a happy, ambitious and stimulating environment. All learners are nurtured to achieve their full potential and develop a love and enthusiasm for lifelong learning.

About the Role:

We are seeking to appoint a motivated, caring and adaptable teaching assistant to support children with Special Educational Needs in KS2, in addition to providing general classroom assistance and undertaking general administrative duties. Experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs or a willingness to undertake appropriate training.

Main Expectations of the role:-

Support for the Children

Support pupils with Special Educational Needs, to access the curriculum in line with appropriate lesson plans/teacher direction

To build and maintain positive relationships with pupils, supporting their emotional wellbeing, mental health and personal and social needs, acting as a role model.

Be aware of and respond appropriately to individual pupil needs.

Actively promote children’s independence, self-esteem, self-reliance and self-sufficiency.

Use specialist skills and training to encourage children with SEN to benefit from the planned learning activities, including modifying and adapting the class teacher’s planned activities to meet the needs of specific pupils.

To identify, prepare, locate and gather appropriate resources to support the adaptation of the curriculum to ensure effective access to learning for identified pupils, returning and putting away after use.

Support for the Teacher

Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work.

Under the guidance of the class teacher to deliver learning activities to individuals and groups of pupils whilst actively promoting independence, self-esteem, self-sufficiency and self-reliance.

Within the overall plan set by the class teacher to assist in devising and extending appropriate educational activities in presentation of the curriculum.

Support for the Curriculum

. To support the teaching of English, Mathematics or other specific curriculum areas as required.

Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, advising activities according to pupil responses.

. Support for the School

To work collaboratively with colleagues as part of a professional team, in particular the class teacher, the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) and other teaching assistants;

Participate in the annual review of EHCP’s and termly review of provision map, for specific children.

Actively safeguard pupils by complying with 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' (KCSIE) and the school's safeguarding policy. Be alert to all forms of harm, including contextual safeguarding and peer-on-peer abuse, and report concerns immediately via CPOMS.

We can offer you eager and enthusiastic children with a love of learning; opportunities for continued professional development and a positive environment in which to work and learn.

We Can Offer You:

In return for hard work and dedication the school offers:

A supportive working environment

Planned professional development

A planned induction programme

Appreciative and responsive children

Good standards of discipline

Improving academic standards

Closing Date Wednesday 1st October 2026 at 12 noon

Interviews Wednesday 7th October 2026

Visits to the school are welcomed

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 Edith Cavell Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 292 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Edith Cavell Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/edith-cavell-primary-school

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