We are seeking skilled and compassionate 1:1 Teaching Assistants to support children with additional needs across all year groups from Nursery to Year 6. Responsibilities include:
Delivering personalised support tailored to pupils’ individual education plans
Working closely with class teachers to adapt resources and strategies
Monitoring progress and contributing to assessment and reporting
Supporting pupils’ social, emotional, and behavioural development
Liaising effectively with parents, staff, and external professionals
What we’re looking for:
Experience working 1:1 with children, ideally in a primary school setting
Excellent communication, patience, and empathy
Strong organisational skills and reliability
A commitment to inclusive, pupil-centred practice
Join our vibrant, welcoming community where every child is nurtured to thrive (ages 3–11):
Strong academic, social & spiritual focus — high standards, excellent behaviour and pupil pride
Collaborative staff & partnerships — close teamwork with families, governors, chaplaincy and external agencies
Rich learning provision — a broad, enquiry-led curriculum enhanced by sports, music, Forest School and focused pastoral care
If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Davie at davie@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.
Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.
Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.
The role advertised is for temporary supply work.
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With over 50 years’ of dedicated education recruitment experience, we understand everything that you go through on a daily basis when working in schools, nurseries and other provisions.
