Full-time Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant – SEND School in Nuneaton

Start Date: October 2025
Hours: Full-time, Term Time Only (Mon–Fri, 08:30–15:30)
Location: Nuneaton, Warwickshire

About the Role

Join a warm, thriving SEND setting supporting pupils with a variety of needs including learning difficulties, emotional, social and mental health (SEMH) needs—across a broad age range. You will work closely with class teachers and the SENCo to:

• Provide 1:1 and small-group support, delivering bespoke interventions
• Help plan and adapt lessons to meet individual needs
• Support children’s emotional wellbeing, nurturing positive relationships and encouraging independence
• Contribute to a creative, inclusive learning environment where every child is valued

Key Responsibilities

• Assist delivery of tailored programmes (e.g., phonics, social skills, therapeutic approaches)
• Support behaviour for learning using positive, trauma-informed strategies
• Monitor and record pupil progress, feeding back to teachers and the SENCo
• Maintain professional standards, including enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks

Person Specification

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is patient, empathetic, and passionate about supporting pupils with additional needs
• Has experience working with SEND or SEMH pupils (experience in mainstream is also welcome)
• Holds relevant qualifications
• Demonstrates strong communication, teamworking skills, and flexibility
• Is committed to professional development and reflective practice

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Steph at steph@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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