SEN Specialist Teaching Assistant

SEN Specialist Teaching Assistant – Year 4

Location: M26

Start Date: September

Hours: Monday–Friday, 8.30am–3.30pm

Position: Full-time

Teaching Personnel are looking to appoint a SEN Specialist Teaching Assistant to support pupils within a caring and inclusive primary school in the M26 area. This role begins in September and is expected to continue throughout the academic year.

About the Role

You will work within the school’s SEN provision, supporting pupils in Year 4 through a combination of 1:1 sessions and small-group interventions. Your support will help children with a range of additional needs; including social, emotional, and learning-based challenges and engage positively with their work and build confidence in their abilities.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Delivering 1:1 support tailored to the individual pupil’s learning and emotional needs

- Leading or assisting with small-group activities within the SEN provision

- Using structured routines, visual supports, and clear expectations

- Helping pupils remain regulated, focused, and ready to learn

- Modelling positive behaviour and implementing SEN strategies guided by the SENCO

- Working closely with the SENCO, class teachers, and provision team

- Contributing to observations and simple progress records

This role will suit someone who is:

- Experienced supporting children or young people with additional needs (school or transferable experience welcomed)

- Calm, reassuring, and able to maintain a consistent approach

- Confident in adapting tasks to different learning levels and styles

- Able to build positive, trusting relationships with pupils

- Reliable, proactive, and committed to pupil development

Why This Role Matters

Working within the SEN provision gives you the chance to offer targeted, meaningful support—helping children feel safe, understood, and capable of making real progress both academically and emotionally.

If this sounds like the perfect next step for you, please get in touch and send across your most recent CV.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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