Teaching Assistant; Enhanced Specialist Provision

Part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust

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Email: office@sw

• Salary - Pay Points: 5-6, £14,805 – £15,040 actual pa (£25,583 - £25,989 FTE)
• Fixed Term until 31 August 2026 in the first instance
• Part time
• 25 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required ASAP

Do you believe in inclusion and that every child has the right and ability to shine, learn, believe and belong?

Swaffham Church of England Primary Academy has an exciting opportunity for someone to join our Red Foxes ESP (Enhanced Specialist Provision) team who is driven to make a positive difference to the lives of children with complex needs.

We are looking for someone who is adaptive, consistent and patient, who understands how to support pupils with a range of communication and language needs, cognition and learning difficulties as well as personal care, social, emotional and mental health needs.

We are very proud of our Red Foxes provision which supports pupils to access a bespoke curriculum with an enhanced level of support. Our mixed aged provision with a predominantly neuro‑diverse profile has been on an incredible journey and continues to grow under the leadership of our experienced SEN teacher and her team. We are looking for someone to join this team and be a part of the next exciting chapter as we develop our Pathways Model – the bridge between bespoke provision and the mainstream classroom.

The pupil(s) that you will be working with experience a range of needs including:

• Cognition and learning
• Speech and language
• ASD, ADHD and/or global developmental delay
• Personal care
• Experiences of trauma

SEND Teaching Assistant roles are unique and require a nurturing approach with a positive attitude, where we learn, develop and adapt, as a team, to the needs of the children and support them to get the very best experience they can from school life.

• Are you patient and understanding?
• Are you child centred?
• Can you work well as a team?
• Are you keen to learn and develop your skill set and understanding of SEND?
• Would you like to be part of our growing, positive team where children are at the very centre of all we do?
• Do you place a great deal of importance on mental health and well‑being for all?
• Do you believe in inclusion?

If the answer is yes to all of the above then we would love to hear from you!

This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference and have a strong impact on special needs children and be part of their educational journey at Swaffham Primary Academy.

The successful candidate will work Monday‑Thursday 8.45am‑3.15pm and Friday, 9am‑12pm.

In this role you would be working as part of a team to ensure that high‑needs children have the provision, patience, understanding and support they need to access an adaptive curriculum and thrive within our setting.

• Support communication and language development
• Support social, emotional and language needs
• Be a forward‑thinking TA with the willingness to learn, adapt and be flexible to meet the needs of all learners
• Follow direction of the teacher and in collaboration adapt provision for SEND pupils to access the curriculum
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of pupils while encouraging constructive relationships within the classroom
• Under the guidance and direction of the class teacher, promote positive relationships with parents/carers
• Undertake structured and agreed learning activities, adjusting activities according to pupil responses
• Support the needs of all learners to access the curriculum and make progress, under the direction of the class teacher
• Have the ability to be independent and work as part of a team
• Under the guidance of the class teacher and SENDCo, adapt provision and learning activities to support SEND pupils

• Working with medical needs, personal care needs, ASD, ADHD, SEMH or pupils with global developmental delay would be an advantage
• Working with pupils across EYFS‑KS2
• Confident and knowledgeable working with technology to support learning
• Working with pupils with SEND
• Desirable qualification:
  Level 2 or 3 childcare qualification (or equivalent)

• A Thrive approach
• A friendly, welcoming, enthusiastic…