Henbury Court Primary Academy is seeking an inspirational and expert SEND Resource Base Teaching Assistant to ensure that pupils with complex needs make good or better progress through high-quality, effective learning and teaching.
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: N13-N17, £30,023 - £32,046.00 (Actual £26,610.46 - £28,403.52)
Contract: Term Time Only plus Inset Days, Permanent
In this new and exciting role, you will be working as part of a dedicated team of SEND Teaching Partners.
Key Responsibilities (please refer to the job description and person specification attached)
- Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
- Attend to the pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters, as appropriate.
- Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning in small groups or on a 1:1 basis.
- Develop a good knowledge of pupils’ individual special educational needs and implement appropriate strategies as outlined on the students’ profile (EHCPs).
- Use specialist (curricular/learning) skills/training/experience to support pupils.
Essential for this role:
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.
- Evidence of a good basic education, especially in English and Maths Knowledge of a range of SEN needs A friendly and courteous manner.
- Ability to relate well to both children and adults Experience in working with young people at either KS1/2
- Evidence of working constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these
- Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
Closing date: 1 November 2026, Midnight
Interview Date: W/C 2 November 2026
Fluency Duty
This role has been identified as falling within the definition of requiring fluency in spoken English. You will be required to converse in spoken English with ease and provide accurate advice around complex situations without hesitation or difficulty for extended periods of time.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Amplify Education are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants, and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.