Teaching Partner - SEND

Charlton Wood Primary Academy, Bristol, BS34 5BN

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  27 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,795.00 - £20,108.00 Monthly

Teaching Partner - SEND job summary

The role will include a mixture of class-based activities and small group intervention, including 1:1 work. The successful applicant will include the delivery of specific interventions and an individualised curriculum to SEND pupils in line with their needs or EHCPs, working under the direction of the class teacher, SENCO and external agencies.

Your daily routine could involve:

• At times, working 1-to-1 with children who may demonstrate challenging behaviour, enabling them to access all areas of the curriculum and work towards developmental milestones, as directed by the class teacher and SENCO.
• Meeting and greeting children at the beginning of the day.
• Handing over children to the parent/carer at the end of each day, sharing successes and key information.
• Liaising and feeding back to the class teacher about the daily successes and areas for development.
• Delivering speech and language sessions with a clear focus and providing incremental steps for success.
• Providing personal, social, welfare, emotional and behavioural support.
• Facilitating social communication and interaction with peers both in the playground and in the classroom.
• Taking an active interest in the needs and welfare of the children.
• Talking clearly and concisely to ensure instructions are understood and followed.
• Supporting with intimate care and changing.
• Working alongside teaching staff, parents and a range of professionals on a regular basis to implement and review programmes of intervention.

We are looking for someone who has:

• High expectations of all children and themselves
• A commitment to improving outcomes for children
• A positive attitude and a flexible and enthusiastic approach to their work
• Relevant professional qualification/s would be an advantage

We can offer the right candidates:

• Term time hours 5 days a week - 8.30am-3.30pm (plus INSET days), one day a week 8.30-17.00 to include CPD after school
• The opportunity to be part of a lovely and supportive team
• Competitive rates of pay and pension scheme
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunities for career development within the Trust

This role may be suitable for those who have experience of working with children with SEND in their home or work lives. Please see the person specification for full expectations of the successful applicant.

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

Charlton Wood Primary Academy is part of the Endeavour Academy Trust, which is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can find our Child Protection Policy on the trust's website: http://www.endeavouracademytrust.org.uk We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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 Charlton Wood Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 388 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Charlton Wood Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/charlton-wood-primary-academy

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