Job Description

The Leadership Team and Governors of our school would love to appoint

a committed, enthusiastic and inspiring teaching assistant

to support children with additional needs in Key Stage One.



Our school is a welcoming and fully inclusive rural school at the centre of a village community. The successful applicants, who will join our supportive team will have a strong commitment to creating engaging and adaptive provision, which enables all children to flourish and reach their full potential. We will consider any special skills, experience or training within SEND provision, either mainstream or specialist.

The Role

Within this role, you will be working within Key Stage One to support language and communication needs, alongside social, emotional and mental health needs.



We will require a Teaching Assistant who can build a positive rapport with SEND children and support them throughout their day at school.



We are a Therapeutic Thinking school, which offers a range of sensory led activities. This includes amongst other things: Forest School / animal care / gardening / outside play / music / baking / crafts. Support will focus predominantly on igniting the young persons' passions and helping them to discover and celebrate their own unique talents and interests. Over time, this support will gradually move towards increased time in class working on adaptive teaching activities, alongside their peers.

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We will offer:

A fun and nurturing learning environment with enthusiastic and dedicated staff, who work to achieve the very best for all our young people A commitment to your own professional development through full training along with consistent support throughout the academic year Supportive working relationships with specialist teachers Regular supervision sessions A genuine commitment to supporting positive staff mental health and well-being
Recent and relevant experience of working with children with special educational needs, in at least one primary setting is desirable, but not essential as training will be given.

Job shares will also be considered for the right applicants.

The successful candidate will:

Be dynamic, resilient, creative and hard working with a positive 'can-do' nature Have good organisational and communication skills Be able to work as part of a team and establish positive relationships with pupil, parents, Governors and staff Have a reflective and evaluative approach to their practice
If you feel you meet our criteria and you are interested in joining us we would love to hear from you. Further information about the school can be found on the school website.




Greenford Primary School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Greenford Primary School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.