Teaching Assistant - SEND

Staniland Academy, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8DF

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 September 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: £21,904.90 - £22,958.49 Annually (Actual) 39

Teaching Assistant - SEND job summary

Key Responsibilities:

You will work closely with class teachers and the SENCO to provide support for SEND pupils with complex needs. You will support them with accessing the curriculum, developing independence, and to thrive socially and emotionally.

• Support the classroom teacher in delivering lessons and maintaining a positive learning environment.
• Assist students individually or in small groups to reinforce learning concepts.
• Prepare and organise classroom materials and resources
• Communicate effectively with teachers, students, and parents when required.

Benefits:

• Generous pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, including access to counselling, 24/7 GP service and wellbeing services
• 2 Wellbeing Days per academic year
• Employee Benefits Platform including hundreds of discounts on many highstreet retailers and financial wellbeing hub
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Essential criteria:

• English and Maths GCSE, Grade C/4 or equivalent

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience working with children with SEND and complex needs

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advert

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 Staniland Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 461 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Staniland Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/staniland-academy

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