Teaching Assistant (SEN)

Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 4BJ

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  28 August 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 July 2026

Job details

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

Teaching Assistant (SEN) job summary

We are seeking to appoint Educational Teaching Assistants to our large, diverse and expanding Special Educational Needs provision. We are looking for team players with a commitment to supporting and nurturing some of our more vulnerable students. A good sense of humour, kindness and flexibility are essential for this role.

We are proud of our Special Educational Needs offer, which is excellent, and as a result more parents are choosing to send their children to be supported by our provision. The team of Educational Teaching Assistants is large and stable and these positions have become vacant due to further growth in SEN students needing support in our school.

In return we can offer you a warm and welcoming school community, with a firm set of values embedded in everything we do.

To commence in September 2026 on a fixed term basis to 21st July 2027, but with the potential to extend due to funding.

Hours of work will be;

Monday - Friday 9am - 3:15 (45min lunch break)

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff are subject to an enhanced DBS check. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

If your values match ours, and you think you have the skills we are looking for, then please do apply.

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 Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 238 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/spring-grove-junior-infant-and-nursery-school-huddersfield

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