Job Description

Hera House is a family owned, friendly, independent SEND school and we are looking for positive and enthusiastic teaching assistants to join our team, starting as soon as possible, working across our age range of 5-14 years.

We offer a great work/life balance and there are a number of benefits to joining our team:

Staff events throughout the year. Supportive leadership team and friendly staff body. Funded training opportunities. Opportunities to make a real difference to the students and families we serve. Career development opportunities.
Our class sizes are small with no more than 6 students at any one time. Learning is personalised and our maximum staff to student ratio is 1:3.

You will likely be a Key Worker, with responsibility for up to four students, helping to create connections with families to improve their quality of life. You will benefit from a good level of resilience, team working skills and the ability to adapt quickly, as well as a good sense of humour. We have a child-centred, restorative approach and expect all staff to develop a good understanding of the students' needs in order to meet them at their point of understanding and enable them to make consistent progress towards their outcomes.

We currently have 34 students on roll. All students must have an EHCP to attend and all students have social, emotional or mental health challenges. We currently work with four different local authorities and we offer a wide range of curriculum subjects along with life skills and independent living courses and a variety of other opportunities for our students.

Candidates must hold qualifications in Maths and English at GCSE level (Grade C+/Grade 4+) or equivalent as a minimum and be able to demonstrate good communication skills, both verbally and in writing. Some experience of working with young people in an education setting would also be beneficial, although full induction and training will be given.

Teaching Assistants' working hours are 8:45am-2:45pm daily in term time, plus additional hours of directed training time, some of which may be up to 4pm.

Please contact us to request a full job description and application form and enclose a covering letter.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 12.50 per hour

Benefits:

Company pension Cycle to work scheme Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking
Application question(s):

Do you hold qualifications in English and Maths at GCSE or equivalent level? Please provide grades for each.
Education:

GCSE or equivalent (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 05/12/2025
Reference ID: HHTA01
Expected start date: 05/01/2026