Advanced Teaching Assistant with SEN Allowance
| Posting date: | 01 May 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 May 2026 |
| Location: | Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 7DD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | fbee1690-fa2d-4581-b863-d233f3792403 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our Opportunity
We are looking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic SEN Advanced Teaching Assistant to join our welcoming school community.
In this rewarding role, you will work closely with identified pupils with special educational needs, providing targeted support to help them reach their full potential. You will play a vital part in their day-to-day school experience, developing strong relationships and supporting their academic, social and emotional progress.
We are seeking an experienced Teaching Assistant who is patient, resilient and deeply committed to making a meaningful difference to the lives of pupils with SEN.
Working in our school is incredibly rewarding. Our support staff are highly regarded, and we pride ourselves on developing our support colleagues to excel and further develop their career through specialised training and career paths.
We encourage applications from candidates who have a passion for education and wish to work in a setting which offers reward and challenge. A resilient, robust and positive mindset are required.
You will have:
• Relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (such as a Level 3 TA or Childcare qualification)
• Experience working as a Teaching Assistant in a school or childcare setting
• Experience working with special needs pupils
What the school offers its staff
• A school with a renewed focus that puts pastoral and nurture provision at its heart and an aspirational outlook for our children
• Happy, enthusiastic children who are thriving and have a thirst for learning
• Clear and tailored CPD for all staff
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Our Opportunity
We are looking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic SEN Advanced Teaching Assistant to join our welcoming school community.
In this rewarding role, you will work closely with identified pupils with special educational needs, providing targeted support to help them reach their full potential. You will play a vital part in their day-to-day school experience, developing strong relationships and supporting their academic, social and emotional progress.
We are seeking an experienced Teaching Assistant who is patient, resilient and deeply committed to making a meaningful difference to the lives of pupils with SEN.
Working in our school is incredibly rewarding. Our support staff are highly regarded, and we pride ourselves on developing our support colleagues to excel and further develop their career through specialised training and career paths.
We encourage applications from candidates who have a passion for education and wish to work in a setting which offers reward and challenge. A resilient, robust and positive mindset are required.
You will have:
• Relevant NVQ Level 3 or equivalent (such as a Level 3 TA or Childcare qualification)
• Experience working as a Teaching Assistant in a school or childcare setting
• Experience working with special needs pupils
What the school offers its staff
• A school with a renewed focus that puts pastoral and nurture provision at its heart and an aspirational outlook for our children
• Happy, enthusiastic children who are thriving and have a thirst for learning
• Clear and tailored CPD for all staff
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.