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Zest Education
Zest Education is recruiting for a caring and committed SEN Teaching Assistant to join a supportive and inclusive school in Loughborough from September 2025. This is a full-time opportunity ideal for someone passionate about supporting pupils with additional needs and making a real difference in their school experience.
Starting in September, this full-time role (Monday to Friday, 8:00am – 3:00pm) will involve working closely with children who have special educational needs, providing one-to-one and small group support. You’ll play a key role in helping pupils access learning, build confidence, and thrive in a structured and nurturing classroom environment.
Supporting pupils with a range of SEN, such as autism, ADHD, or speech and language needs
Adapting learning activities under the guidance of the class teacher and SENCO
Creating a calm, inclusive, and engaging learning environment
Developing positive relationships with pupils and helping manage behaviour
Contributing to the overall classroom support and wellbeing of pupils
Previous experience supporting children with SEN (in school or similar settings)
A calm, patient, and resilient attitude
Strong communication and teamwork skills
Passion for supporting children’s development and progress
A current DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to apply)
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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Zest Education – small consultancy friendliness with big agency experience.
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.
We pair small agency friendliness with big agency experience and will go above and beyond to help you find exactly what you’re looking for. Our priority is to ALWAYS exceed your expectations with unrivalled levels of service.