• SEND
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Leicester
  • £90 a day
  • Applications have closed
  • Job Area: Leicester

Website Zest Education

SEN 1:1 Teaching Assistant

Job Description

Zest Education is recruiting a caring and committed SEN 1:1 Teaching Assistant to work with a pupil who requires additional support from September 2025. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference by providing personalised learning assistance in a supportive school environment.

Role Responsibilities:

  • Provide dedicated 1:1 support to a pupil with special educational needs, ensuring they can fully access learning

  • Implement strategies outlined in the pupil’s EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan)

  • Assist with both academic and social development

  • Build a positive and trusting relationship with the pupil

  • Liaise with teachers, SENCO, and parents to track progress and adjust support where necessary

  • Promote an inclusive and nurturing learning environment

 Ideal Candidate:

✅ Experience working with children with SEN (autism, ADHD, speech & language needs, etc.)
✅ Patience, empathy, and the ability to adapt support to meet individual needs
✅ Strong communication and teamwork skills
✅ Knowledge of SEN strategies and best practices
✅ Enhanced DBS check and safeguarding training (can be arranged)

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Mia at mia@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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Job Details

  • SEND
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Leicester
  • £90 a day
  • Applications have closed
  • Job Area: Leicester

Website Zest Education

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