Teaching assistant - Additional needs
| Posting date: | 12 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 April 2026 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV8 1PB |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 9b6ad587-bbbd-4610-b1df-98837bc387e7 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
• Provide support and attend to pupils’ personal needs, promoting social, health, and hygiene development.
• Support pupils with additional needs through 1:1 mentoring and tailored interventions.
• Assist teachers in implementing Individual Education and Behaviour Plans.
• Monitor and record pupil progress, behaviour, and attendance.
• Support pupils’ access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources.
• Liaise with parents/carers and external professionals to foster strong home-school links.
• Always promote and safeguard the welfare of children.
Essential Requirements
• Experience supporting children’s learning in an educational setting
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• NVQ Level 2 for Teaching Assistants (or equivalent experience)
• Understanding of SEN and relevant policies/codes of practice
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work as part of a team and use initiative.
• Effective use of ICT to support learning.
• Friendly, professional, and respectful approach.
• Open, honest, and committed to pupil welfare.
• Adaptable, enthusiastic, and proactive with a “can-do” attitude
Desirable
• NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent
What the school offers its staff
Applicants can expect from us:
• A positive and approachable wider staff team
• A well-resourced school
• Clear routines, systems and behaviour expectations
• A supportive leadership team (including SENCo and MAT SENCo)
Commitment to safeguarding
Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Shortlisted candidates will need to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the interview. You may be asked for information about your criminal history during recruitment.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
• Provide support and attend to pupils’ personal needs, promoting social, health, and hygiene development.
• Support pupils with additional needs through 1:1 mentoring and tailored interventions.
• Assist teachers in implementing Individual Education and Behaviour Plans.
• Monitor and record pupil progress, behaviour, and attendance.
• Support pupils’ access to learning using appropriate strategies and resources.
• Liaise with parents/carers and external professionals to foster strong home-school links.
• Always promote and safeguard the welfare of children.
Essential Requirements
• Experience supporting children’s learning in an educational setting
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• NVQ Level 2 for Teaching Assistants (or equivalent experience)
• Understanding of SEN and relevant policies/codes of practice
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work as part of a team and use initiative.
• Effective use of ICT to support learning.
• Friendly, professional, and respectful approach.
• Open, honest, and committed to pupil welfare.
• Adaptable, enthusiastic, and proactive with a “can-do” attitude
Desirable
• NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent
What the school offers its staff
Applicants can expect from us:
• A positive and approachable wider staff team
• A well-resourced school
• Clear routines, systems and behaviour expectations
• A supportive leadership team (including SENCo and MAT SENCo)
Commitment to safeguarding
Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Shortlisted candidates will need to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the interview. You may be asked for information about your criminal history during recruitment.