Location: Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding areas
Position: Supply SEN Teaching Assistant
Contract: Part-time and full-time roles available
Start Date: May 2026
Agency: Zest Education
Zest Education is recruiting enthusiastic and reliable Supply SEN Teaching Assistants to support a range of local SEN schools across Stoke-on-Trent. With increasing demand for additional support staff after the Easter holidays, this is the perfect opportunity for individuals who are passionate about helping children with Special Educational Needs, including Autism, SEMH, communication needs, learning difficulties, and physical disabilities.
Whether you are looking for flexible part-time days or consistent full-time work, Zest Education can offer a variety of placements tailored to your availability.
✅ Experience working with children or young people with SEN
✅ A patient, caring, and positive attitude
✅ Strong communication and behaviour management skills
✅ Ability to work as part of a supportive team
✅ Flexibility to work across different SEN settings
✅ Reliable, proactive, and committed to safeguarding pupils
Additional SEN training (e.g., Autism Awareness, Team Teach, Makaton) is welcomed but not essential.
✨ Part-time and full-time supply roles available
✨ Flexible working patterns to suit your schedule
✨ Opportunities to work across a variety of SEN schools
✨ Competitive pay rates
✨ Ongoing CPD and SEN-specific training
✨ A dedicated consultant providing personalised support
✨ Immediate work available from after the Easter holidays
If you are passionate about supporting pupils with SEN and want flexible, rewarding work within welcoming and well-resourced schools, supply opportunities in Stoke-on-Trent offer the ideal balance of variety, development, and job satisfaction.
With roles available immediately after the Easter holidays, now is the perfect time to join our team.
If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Georgia at Georgia@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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