Teaching Assistant

Job Description

1:1 Teaching Assistant (Full-Time)

Salary: £90–£100 per day
Start Date: September 2025
Contract: Term-time only


About the Role

  • Provide 1:1 support for a primary-aged pupil with Autism

  • Assist with learning activities, social skills, and emotional regulation

  • Work closely with the class teacher, SENDCo, and external professionals

  • Support implementation of strategies from the pupil’s EHCP

  • Encourage independence, focus, and positive behaviour

  • Adapt tasks and resources to suit individual learning styles

  • Participate in whole-class activities, trips, and school events

  • Track progress and contribute to review meetings and planning sessions


About the School

  • Two-form entry mainstream primary school in West London

  • Rated Good by Ofsted across all areas

  • Inclusive and nurturing ethos with high expectations for all pupils

  • Strong focus on personal development, creativity, and wellbeing

  • Diverse community that celebrates different cultures and backgrounds

  • Specialist staff and resources to support children with SEND

  • Well-resourced facilities including outdoor learning spaces and sensory areas

  • Part of a supportive multi-school federation offering opportunities for development

  • Engaged families and active PTA

  • Excellent CPD and support for teaching assistants, including coaching

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Zest London at london@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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