Teaching Assistant

Vermont School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 7LT

39 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  15 August 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 33 hours a week term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £21,389 - £23,046

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Teaching Assistant to join our experienced team at Vermont Primary School, a small special school for children with SEMH as the primary area of need on their EHCP.

Vermont School, is a Thrive school. Relational practice and trauma informed approaches are core to how we support our wonderful children. We believe that our children need to be safe, feel special and have their needs met and we do this through love, play and a strong understanding of our children’s individual needs.

We are seeking a passionate and experienced Teaching Assistant to join our team at Vermont School, a nurturing and inclusive environment catering to children with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. We would welcome applications from anyone with preschool, or EYFS experience, as well as Teaching Assistant experience. If you are ready for a new challenge and enjoy working with an organisation where no day will be the same, then please apply.

We are part of the Aspire Community Trust, which is a small but fast paced trust consisting of 9 schools,1 secondary and 8 primaries. Our family of schools are based in the vibrant and diverse city of Southampton, on the South Coast of England. Our trust is based on the co-operative values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. We believe in openness, honesty, social responsibility and caring for others.

Unlike a Multi-Academy Trust, our schools remain autonomous bodies with their own governing bodies and their own Headteachers. Whilst we are all Foundation Schools that work within the Aspire Community Trust, we also maintain our Local Authority maintained status. This is important – we want to provide a local education that meets the needs of our local context.

Job/person summary:

• To assist teachers in providing a learning environment that enables all children to access the curriculum and learn to the best of their ability

• To work with and support children with a variety of complex academic, physical and emotional/behavioural needs on a class, group or individual basis

What the school offers its staff

• a collaborative working environment;

• opportunities to work with multi agencies and access to –

• play therapists

• occupational health therapists

• speech and language therapists

• educational psychologists

• Saints Foundation

• trauma informed working practices;

• the opportunity to work with wonderful young people and their families and make a significant difference to their lives

• a supportive senior leadership team who collectively and individually offer a wealth of experience;

• a comprehensive CPD programme;

• an individual induction programme supported by a buddy scheme;

• eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff;

• SEN allowance payable for teaching staff

• exciting move to extensively refurbished new school in the coming 18-24 months

• access to an Employee Assistance Scheme (EAP) for yourself and your family –

• 24 hour helpline

• phone and face to face counselling sessions

• financial guidance

• legal assistance

• support & coaching for managers

• signposting for general help

• a positive, creative and supportive environment

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

TA Recruitment pack June 2026.pdf - 215 KB (opens in new tab)

About Vermont School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 5 to 11
• Size: 54 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Vermont School website
• Email address: recruitment@vermontschool.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/vermont-school

Vermont School is a small primary school of 56 children which works as a family to ensure that we belong, believe and achieve together. We work together with parents, carers and their children to support our children to become their very best. We are on a journey to ensuring that all our practices are trauma informed and we are developing our environment to ensure that it meets the sensory needs of the children in our care. The staff body at Vermont School is a collaborative and supportive family and we prize the professional development of our team so that they too can be their very best.

Arranging a visit to Vermont School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@vermontschool.co.uk.

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