1:1 SEN Teaching Assistant

1:1/Class SEN Teaching Assistant

St Michael’s Easthampstead CE VA Primary School is a friendly school with a caring Christian ethos where all staff are committed to ensuring every child achieves to the best of their ability. We have an exciting opportunity for a SEN Teaching Assistant to start work in our lovely school with flexibility around year groups (KS1/KS2). We welcome applications from candidates with experience supporting either whole classes or individual pupils with additional needs.

What we are looking for:

• Enthusiastic, creative and a passionate nature
• An engaging, warm personality
• Positive behaviour management with a therapeutic approach
• People who share our nurturing approach, to ‘go above and beyond with love’.
• Willingness to work as part of a team
• An interest in Sports & PE would be ideal but not essential

The right candidate will:

• Have a nurturing outlook and approach
• Deliver high quality support and interventions for both groups and individuals
• Develop positive relationships with students, parents and staff
• Have an ability to work using their own initiative
• Have a high level of communication skills and the ability to relate positively to children and adults
• Adapt to changing situations and learn new skills
• Be resilient and have good behaviour management
• Be a team player and work closely with other staff members within the school
• Have experience of working with children ideally those with SEN
• Have knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
• Able to deliver prepared lessons to cover staff absence

We can offer:

• An ambitious, highly skilled team to work with
• Wonderful, friendly children who want to learn
• A community dedicated to learning and willing to try new things
• A supportive leadership team and SENCO that values wellbeing.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm but with some flexibility for the right candidate. This is a fixed term contract until 31st August 2027.

Please complete the online application form on the Bracknell Forest website. Only applications received via Bracknell Forest will be considered. No agencies please.

Applications will be considered as they arrive. The school reserves the right to close this advert once sufficient applications have been received.