Specialist Teaching Assistant – SEND & Inclusion; Primary

Contract Type Permanent

Hours Part Time

Salary (Actual): £21,281.36 to £23,097.40 per annum

Start date: As soon as possible

Hours: 30 per week (Monday to Friday, 8.30am-3.30pm (with a 60 minute unpaid lunch break), term time only including INSET days

Salary (FTE): £30,515 to £33,119 per annum

Salary (Actual): £21,281.36 to £23,097.40 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Final date to receive applications: 06/10/2026 (9am) -We recommend early application as the school reserves the right to close the advert prior to the stated deadline date

Interview Date: 13/10/2026

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The Role

Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to a child’s day?

Are you ready for an exciting journey in education, where every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a real difference? We are excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a highly experienced, dedicated and enthusiastic Specialist Teaching Assistant to join our friendly team.

The successful candidate will work as part of a skilled and supportive team of teaching assistants who specialise in working with pupils with a range of special educational needs and barriers to learning. This exciting position provides opportunities to work with our fully inclusive school including our resource base.

Key duties include holding high expectations for the children in all aspects of school life, working under the direction of the SENCO and class teachers, to support children in their learning and engagement through adapted learning activities. This role will also require the successful candidate to work as part of the inclusion team supporting and coordinating interventions and working collaboratively within the team.

The role will require you to be confident to lead and adapt learning for groups of children or on an individual basis and to assist in their learning and development of key life skills and emotional regulation.

The successful candidates will:

✅Be a positive role model

✅ Be motivated and aspirational for all children, making a real difference particularly to outcomes for children with disadvantage and SEND

✅ Have a real desire to be a part of a hardworking, supportive and creative team

✅ Form positive relationships with children and adults

Please refer to the candidate information pack, under "supporting documents" for more information about the role.

Fluency Duty

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to converse at ease with pupils, parents and other users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

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The Trust and School

Blackhorse Primary School is a two-form entry primary school and a founding member of The Leaf Trust , a family of 18 schools (14 primary, 2 junior and 2 infant), united by a shared commitment to creating outstanding learning environments rooted in our local communities. The Trust was established on 1 September 2023.

OFSTED said the following about our school in November 2025:

“Children arrive at Blackhorse with a skip in their step and a smile on their faces. The School’s mantra of ‘champions are built, not born’ is central… it is the golden thread that runs throughout all aspects of school life. There is deliberate intension to provide pupils with a comprehensive range of enrichment opportunities. Inclusion is a considerable strength. Parents are overwhelmingly…