Level 2 Teaching Assistant SEN Teaching Assistant

The job itself

We are seeking to recruit a dynamic, enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant to join our hardworking, friendly staff at Beswick & Watton primary school from September 2025.

The successful candidate will be required to provided one-to one support for individual pupils, and work in a class or support a small group of pupils of varying abilities in any curriculum area. There will be a requirement to give support each lunchtime.

Part of the role will involve working one-to-one with a named child. The right person will be kind, supportive and experienced, whilst also being firm but fair enabling the child to flourish and meet their full potential. You must have a sense of fun and thrive on working as part of a team. The successful candidate will have a wealth of experience to draw on and be able to enhance and contribute to the wider life of this growing school.

The position is fixed term and is required from September 2025 to August 2026. Hours are 31.25 hours per week, 8:30am – 3:30pm Monday to Friday, with a 15-minute tea break and a 30-minute lunchbreak.

You must be willing to contribute to, and work within, our Federation with Bishop Wilton and Middleton on the Wolds primary schools. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a beautiful setting with wonderful children; one not to be missed!

Online applications close at 9am on 23rd June 2025.

Visits to the school can be arranged by telephoning.

In this role you are required to speak English with sufficient fluency to effectively perform your duties, as required by Section 42 of the Immigration Act 2016.

In line with statutory guidance: Keeping Children Safe in Education (2024), an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates

Please note this school does not have the resources to send individual notifications to all applicants who are not shortlisted so if you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of the closing date you should assume you have been unsuccessful.