Teaching Assistant - SEN Support
Horspath Church of England Primary School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1RY17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
3rd November 2025 or earlier
Closing date
26 September 2025 at 10am
Date listed
9 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
- £25,185.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE)
Teaching Assistant - SEN Support job summary
Fixed Term until August 2026 with the possibility to extend
About this Role
Horspath Church of England Primary School is looking for a caring and dedicated teaching assistant to join its teaching team. Are you an enthusiastic and patient individual committed to helping to ensure high standards in education, both academically and pastorally? We are seeking an empathetic, creative and flexible individual to support pupils with special educational needs in Key Stage 1 & 2.
Are you friendly and approachable, and a collaborative team member? Would you like to join a friendly, welcoming team in a thriving village primary school which benefits from being an academy in the River Learning Trust?
The successful candidate will be required to provide support to children as a classroom assistant, as well as carry out planned interventions for individuals and groups of pupils. The candidate will have the ability to build positive and effective relationships with all pupils and staff, and work closely with class teachers and the SENDCo to help meet the academic and pastoral needs of pupils.
What we can offer
A popular school with a welcoming, caring atmosphere and a clear vision
A creative and nurturing environment
An established, skilled, dedicated and supportive staff team
Happy and enthusiastic children who enjoy learning and uphold the school values
A committed board of governors which provides an appropriate level of support and challenge
Engaged parents
The opportunity to work for a successful and growing multi-academy trust which cares about your professional development.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
Closing date: 9am, Friday 26th September 2025
Interview date: Thursday 2nd October 2025
Start date: Monday 3rd November 2025 or earlier
The school reserves the right to interview and appoint candidates ahead of the application deadline.
The River Learning Trust and Horspath School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Horspath Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 138 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Horspath Church of England Primary School website
School location
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