SEN Teaching Assistant (Full-Time)

Pay £18,118.75 per annum (not pro-rata)

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Posted Friday 17th Jan 2025

Start Date Tuesday 1st Apr 2025

Close Date Thursday 20th Mar 2025

Job Description

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

We have a fantastic opportunity for SEN Teaching Assistants to join our close-knit team at this SEN school in Ashford.

• Job Title:          SEN Teaching Assistant
• Location:          Ashford
• Salary:              £18,118.75 per annum (not pro-rata)
• Hours:              32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract:          Permanent, Term Time only
• UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

The opportunity

Join an amazing team making our schools and classrooms supportive, enriching places where vulnerable pupils achieve far more than they ever expected.

As an SEN Teaching Assistant, you will connect directly with the brilliant pupils we care for, helping to make sure they get the very best from their education. Everyone has so much potential, and they will rely on you to guide their learning journeys.

You will help prepare learning materials and run classroom activities, with plenty of hands-on experience and some supervision too. You will take responsibility for their emotional and physical needs, supporting our pupils to develop as individuals and engage with the world.

Essential

• Educated to GCSE grade C or above in Maths and English
• Previous SEN experience (highly desirable)

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 

About the School

It is an independent SEN school that offers a unique and stimulating environment where every pupil can make outstanding progress in their personal development and enjoy success in their education. From our nurturing approach for primary pupils through to the relaxed working environment of the specialist College Provision, all students are encouraged to reach high standards in every aspect of their lives.

Our pupils present with a wide range of needs, including social and emotional issues, learning difficulties, mental health problems and associated conditions. However, they are able to enjoy extraordinary outcomes and be happy at school.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, the group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.