Teaching Assistant: Special Educational Needs

Icknield Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2JB

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  1 May 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: £16,715.90 - £17,252.96 Annually (Actual) NJC Level 3, Spine point 6-8 - We have 2 full time posts available 1 Maternity Cover and 1 Fixed Term Contract

Teaching Assistant: Special Educational Needs job summary

About this Role

Teaching Assistant with Special Educational Needs Experience (TA 2)

Level 3 (L3.6 - L3.8)

Maternity Cover & Fixed term Contract

(We have 2 full time posts available 1 Maternity Cover and 1 Fixed Term Contract)

Contract beginning ASAP till the 21st July 2027

Full time, 27.5 hours per week/5 days per week

FTE salary starts at £25,989

Actual salary starts at:

27.5 hours - £16,715.90

Are you a Teaching Assistant with a commitment to supporting children with Special Educational Needs?

We have exciting opportunities for experienced Teaching Assistants to support children with Special Educational Needs at our school.

You will need to be able to support children with a range of needs including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language difficulties and a range of communication needs. Liaison and building relationships with families is a key part of this role. You will attend to personal needs and implement related personal programmes, including hygiene, physical, first aid and medical matters. The school has an intimate care policy which fully supports staff who care for children with special educational needs. The ability to use your own initiative both working alone and as part of a friendly team is vital. The successful candidate will be supported with appropriate continuous professional development.

You must have fluent spoken and written English for this role.

We may close this vacancy early and begin interviews before the closing date if we receive a strong field of suitable candidates, so early applications are encouraged.

The School is dedicated to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and expects all staff members to uphold this commitment. All applicants must be prepared to undergo child protection screening relevant to the position, which includes background checks with previous employers and the Criminal Records Bureau. Those who were born or have lived outside the UK may need to acquire additional overseas checks, which will be the responsibility of the candidate.

Please contact Mrs Nugent, Special Educational Needs Leader with any questions on 01582 534000.

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 Icknield Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 599 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Icknield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/icknield-primary-school-luton

Our Vision…
Confident, motivated and resilient learners who flourish into well-educated citizens.

Our Ethos…
As a school family, we strive to ensure that we care, co-operate
and communicate our ethos with all children and adults.
This provides the excellent foundation on which our school is built
and the guide for our development.

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