Level 2 Teaching Assistant (SEND) (Ref: SBMAT334)

Salary: TA Level 2, Grade 3, Point 4 -6  

Annual Salary: £25,185-£25,989 (Actual Salary:  £11,709-£12,074)

Working Hours: 20 hours a week, Term Time Only,

 Fixed term linked to child

REQUIRED TO START: As soon as possible

Location: Gnosall St Lawrence CE Primary Academy

Gnosall St Lawrence is a friendly, 1.5 form-entry school with children who are keen to learn and who have excellent learning behaviours. Gnosall St Lawrence is graded as Good by Ofsted.

What are we looking for:

St Bartholomew’s CE Multi Academy Trust is seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and committed Level 2 Teaching Assistant, to support a child with special educational needs within EYFS. The successful candidate will be based at Gnosall St Lawrence CE Primary Academy.

We are looking for a child-centred practitioner with:

·        Experience of working with children who have a wide variety of educational needs.

·        Experience of working with children who exhibit challenging and complex behaviours, and an understanding of child development and learning.

·         Experience of working with children with communication, severe, profound or complex learning difficulties is highly desirable.

·        Experience of working with children with special educational needs.

·        Ability to support children with specific educational needs.

·        Experience of supporting children in literacy and numeracy.

·        Experience of how to motivate children.

·        Proven successful experience of supporting the raising of standards in school.

·        Wide experience of working with children, including those with special needs and the most able children.

·        Experience of supporting the personal care needs of children.

·        Proven experience of a range of positive behaviour management strategies.

·        The ability to support, lead and inspire children.

·        High expectations of children and a commitment to raising standards.

·        Excellent interpersonal skills.

St Bartholomew’s CE Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS, Prohibition List, Barred List, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable professional references.

It is an offence to apply if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. For further information, please refer to the Trust's policy on ex-offenders. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policies for all schools within St Bartholomew's CE Multi Academy Trust are available on the respective schools' websites. Links to all of our schools are available from the Trust homepage.

With effect from September 2022 and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, shortlisted candidates may have their publicly available social media profiles (where applicable) checked by the Trust for posts going back up to 5 years and those candidates will therefore be expected to provide their social media “handles/platforms” if shortlisted.

Closing date for applications:  Monday 3rd November 2025

Interview: tbc

To apply, please send your completed application form and recruitment monitoring form to jobs@stbartsmat.co.uk including job reference SBMAT334 in the subject line of your email.