Education ​/ Teaching Assistant, Special Needs ​/ Learning Disabilities

About the role:

Justteachers are working with a secondary school in Pudsey to appoint a Progress Assistant to join their team in September 2026 on a full-time and long-term basis.

The Progress Assistant will join an inclusive team and implement agreed programmes and intervention strategies to groups and individuals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with teachers in planning, evaluating, delivering and adjusting work programmes/intervention strategies as appropriate
• Provide literacy/numeracy support to allow access to the curriculum.
• Monitor and evaluate students' responses to these learning activities through observation and recording achievement against predetermined learning objectives.
• Provide feedback to teachers and students.
• Be responsible for keeping records and updating systems as required by the teacher and/or SEND Leader
• To support tracking and monitoring of individual/groups of SEND students and make appropriate interventions to tackle under-achievement
• To support the process of monitoring outcomes within the Inclusion Improvement Plan

Pre-requisites:

• GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths at grade C or above
• Thorough understanding of child protection legislation and trained in child protection issues
• Use of relevant ICT software packages
• Relevant experience in a school setting
• An understanding of the specialist support services available to young people
• Two school-based references