SEN Teaching Assistant at Corpus Christi Primary School

SEND Teaching Assistant, Salary Grade 4 £ 25,989 per annum pro rata, 30 hours per week.

Term Time only. Working 39 weeks per year and paid 44.65 weeks per year. (approx. £18,045 pa)

The hours of work as a SEND Teaching Assistant will be 8.30am to 3pm Monday to Friday with a 30-minute break. The Governors of our friendly and successful school are seeking to appoint a SEN Teaching Assistant to help us achieve our aims of getting the best from all our children in their learning and personal development and to support the safe and effective running of our school, where children will enjoy and thrive.

• Have a willingness to work and support children with special needs
• Have experience of working with children in an educational setting
• Have completed or be willing to complete NVQ level 2 in childcare learning and education or equivalent qualification
• Be enthusiastic, resilient and reflective
• Be skilled at building positive relationships with children, parents and staff
• Be an excellent communicator

• Children who - keen to learn and who we welcome as part of our school family.
• Friendly, welcoming and supportive staff who work well as a team.
• Challenge and opportunity.
• An environment where children flourish.
• A commitment to your professional development.

A visit to the school is warmly welcomed and encouraged.

The closing date for applications is midday Thursday 3rd September 2026.

Selection Morning:
Monday 7th September 2026

Corpus Christi Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Corpus Christi Primary School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.