SEND Teaching Assistant

Role: Full Time 1:1 Teaching Assistant
Start Date: 8^nd September 2025
Location: Ripley, Derbyshire

Career Teachers have an unmissable opportunity for a proactive and energetic teaching assistant to join the teaching faculty at an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ Primary School located within Ripley, Derbyshire. providing you with the chance to work under the guidance of teaching staff, undertaking support programmes that enable access to learning for all pupils.

As a teaching assistant at this Ofsted rated ‘Good’ Primary School, you will be responsible for providing 1:1 support to a child in Reception with Special Educational Needs.

Within this school, they also carry out Forest Days where they lead nurture led exploration and discovery, nurturing meaningful experiences for positive lifelong impacts.

To be considered for this Teaching Assistant role we require you to meet the following criteria;

• Have previous experience of working in across EYFS & KS1
• Experience supporting children with Special Educational Needs
• Share an understanding of the importance of a child-centred approach to learning
• Hold an NVQ Level 2 or 3, BTEC Level 2 or 3 or equivalent in Teaching Assistant or Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools – desirable but not essential
• Develop and promote positive relationships with children, adults, and other practitioners
• Plan deliver and evaluate teaching and learning activities under the direction of a teacher
• Support Literacy and Numeracy development
• Observe and promote pupil performance and development

With your knowledge and experience of supporting children, some with Special Educational Needs and Additional Learning Needs and some without, you will be an asset to this Primary School in Ripley. So, if you are ready to take on a new challenge with this rewarding role, we look forward to receiving your application.

Please contact Gemma Crane at Career Teachers on Tel: 01332 291723 or send a copy of your cv