Teaching Assistant (SEND)

Wyndcliffe Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5BG

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  18 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,254.00 - £33,699.00 Annually (FTE) An additional SEND allowance of £1,344.20 (pro-rata) to be added to above salary

Teaching Assistant (SEND) job summary

About the Role:

This role is a specialist position within our Autism Resource Base, requiring applicants with experience and expertise in supporting children with Autism. We are seeking individuals who have a strong understanding of autism-specific strategies and interventions. These may include:

Makaton

Attention Autism

PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)

SCERTS (Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support)

Speech and language support.

The successful candidates will play a vital role in creating an inclusive, structured, and nurturing environment that enables children to develop their communication and social skills and independence. Experience in working within a specialist setting or supporting children with complex needs is essential, as this role demands a deep commitment to meeting the unique needs of our Autistic learners. We are willing to develop staff that have a keen interest in this area.

What We Are Looking For

We are seeking aspirational and dedicated Teaching Assistants who:

Have a positive, optimistic outlook

Have experience of working within a specialist setting or supporting children with complex needs

Have a passion for teaching and learning and inclusive practice

Care deeply about children’s learning and their emotional wellbeing

Show initiative and work collaboratively with a team

Have great communication skills with the ability to build trust and confidence with parents, children and colleagues

Why Join Us?

The school is very ambitious for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Learning is carefully adapted so that all pupils, including those in the specially resourced provision for pupils with SEND (specially resourced provision), learn the same curriculum (Ofsted September 2024)

A positive and enthusiastic team of staff who are committed to achieving the best for all pupils

Happy, motivated, keen to learn children

A supportive and welcoming school with a strong commitment to inclusion and excellence.

A collaborative and experienced leadership team, committed to professional growth and school improvement.

Excellent CPD opportunities, including leadership development and SEND-focused training.

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 Wyndcliffe Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 586 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wyndcliffe Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wyndcliffe-primary-school

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