Teaching Assistant

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Thank you for your interest in our job vacancy. Please complete the application as fully as possible and explain any gaps in your employment history. We would like to understand more about how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the job description and person specification for the role.

If you think you may be the candidate we are looking for and would like further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Amanda Crowder on 01829 752811 or email: businessmanager@kelsall.cheshire.sch.uk. We would liketo offer all potential candidates the opportunity to visit our school and find out more about the role. Visits will take place by appointment please contact the school to make an appointment.

Employer

Cheshire Academies Trust

Job Title

SEN Teaching Assistant

Location

Kelsall Primary and Nursery School

Contract type

Temporary – 25 hours per week (TTO)

Salary Band

Grade 4 (FTE £25,185 - £25989) Actual Salary £14,306 - £14,763

Closing date

9am Friday 20th March 2026

Job starts

Monday 20th April 2026

Advert

The governors of Kelsall Primary and Nursery School are seeking to recruit a suitably qualified specialist Teaching Assistant to join our inclusion team, working in KS2. This role involves working under the direction of the class teacher and Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) to provide support in our Year 3 class and enable greater inclusion. Our successful candidate will need to experience of working with children with social communication difficulties, Cerebral Palsy and speech and language needs and be able to work collaboratively.

This role will require working with the class teacher to plan and deliver outstanding inclusive practice within the class to support children with complex needs. This includes:

• Delivering interventions and support as outlined with a child’s EHCP (small group and 1:1)
• Planning and delivering other interventions
• Sensory Circuits and other sensory support
• Encouraging inclusion in the classroom and the wider life of the school
• Foster positive relationships with families and work with them to support their child to be successful
• Work with outside agencies to implement their recommendations to support the development and inclusion of children with complex needs.

The post is term time only - Monday to Friday 8.30am - 1.30pm.

Kelsall Primary and Nursery School was a founding school of Cheshire Academies Trust and maintained its Outstanding judgement by Ofsted in February 2024. We are a forward-thinking and creative school that embrace an Expeditionary Learning approach to education. We promote crew culture, which impels all members of a school community to work together as a team. At Kelsall, crew culture is an engine for equity and inclusion, a place where all children feel they belong and can succeed. The successful candidates will be encouraged to engage in the full life of the school community, demonstrate enthusiasm, work collaboratively within our experienced team, be creative and have high expectations for all children. We are looking for an outstanding team player, with a sense of humour.

Please read our person specification closely. If you think you may be the candidate we are looking for and would like further information, or an informal discussion, please contact Amanda Crowder on 01829 752811 or email: businessmanager@kelsall.cheshire.sch.uk. We would like to offer all potential candidates the opportunity to visit our school and find out more about the role. Visits will take place by appointment please contact the school to make an appointment.

CAT Academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This includes a request for references, prior to interview. Shortlisted candidates are expected to provide evidence of qualifications at interview and a satisfactory, enhanced DBS check will be undertaken before final confirmation to the successful candidate.

We warmly welcome applications from every suitably qualified member of our local community. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on the shortlisting process. If we have not been in touch with you by 20th March then, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Shortlisting: Friday 20th March 2026

Interviews: Tuesday 24th March 2026 (Time T.B.C)

We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close at 9am either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early.