SEN Teaching Assistant
- Fixed Term contract of 1 year (Sept 1st 2025 - August 31st 2026)
- 27.5 hours per week - Monday - Friday, 8:40am-15:10pm (term time only, including inset days)
- SCP 5 - 6, £24,790 - £25,183 FTE per year
- Actual salary from £16,042 - £16,296 per year
The governors of St Mark's Primary School wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant. The role will involve supporting children in receipt of additional SEN funding for social communication and/or SEMH needs, as well as supporting small groups of children within the classroom.
St Mark's is a large 436 place primary school with approximately 400 pupils currently on roll. The school was graded as 'good' by Ofsted (January 2025) and had an overall judgement of 'excellent' in our SIAMS report in November 2022. St Mark's is an academy within the Bath and Wells Multi Academy Trust.
What we are looking for
The successful candidate will need to:
- be an excellent teaching assistant with proven high-quality experience who can help children access the curriculum
- have experience of successfully working with children with social communication/SEMH difficulties
- have knowledge and experience or a willingness to learn how to adapt lessons to meet the needs of individuals within the class
- be committed to providing a high quality support within a learning environment in which each child has the opportunity to flourish
- be enthusiastic, flexible, hardworking and calm
- be able to demonstrate initiative
- be fully supportive of our core Christian values of hope, honesty, friendship, forgiveness and perseverance
What we offer
We can offer:
- highly motivated children
- a dedicated, hardworking, supportive and friendly staff team
- a well-resourced classroom and an extremely well-equipped school
Benefits of working for the Bath & Wells MAT include: a generous pension scheme, enhanced sickness and parental benefits and a supportive working environment.
Visits to the school are encouraged. If you would like to do this, please contact the school office.
Salary, hours and pay scale
Salary from £16042 to £16269 per year
Based on an FTE salary of £24,790 - £25,183 FTE per year
SCP 5 - 6
Working 27.5 hours per week - Monday - Friday, 8:40am-15:10pm (term time only, including inset days)
Deadline and how to apply
To apply for this role, please complete an application form.
Closing date: 9:00am, Monday 16th June 2025
Interview date: Monday 23rd June 2025
This post will commence: September 1st 2025
St Mark's Voluntary Aided Ecumenical CofE/Methodist Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.