SEN Teaching and Learning Assistant

Location: Christ Church C. of E. Primary School

Contract Type: Fixed Term

End date: 31st August 2027

Salary: Grade 8 (Full time equivalent £29,719 – £31,691)

Hours per week: 30

Weeks per year: 39 weeks

Start Date: 1st September 2026

Age Range: KS1

NOR: 197

Job outline

We currently have a vacancy for 30 hours per week for an enthusiastic and committed Specialist Teaching and Learning Assistant who has experience specifically of supporting pupils with additional needs.

‘Learning and Growing in Faith, Hope and Love’

Our School believes in:

• Enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
• Developing a love for learning and a desire to achieve.
• Encouraging everyone to become independent and confident, with a belief in themselves.
• Promoting Christian values and respecting diversity.

We would like to hear from you if you:

• are creative, experienced and enthusiastic;
• have high expectations and will use this to deliver engaging learning;
• have an innovative and exciting approach to learning;
• have the ability to reflect on and develop your own practice and that of others;
• are willing to play a key role in the development, delivery and enrichment of our curriculum;
• are well-organised and will make a positive contribution to our school team.

This is a real opportunity to make your mark and contribute to the development of learning in our school.

Application information

Please note that all candidates must have a right to work in the UK in order to be able to work at our Trust. Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for international job applicants.

To apply please submit completed applications forms to liz.knapper@christchurch.derbyshire.sch.uk by the closing date.

We will only accept applications made on DDAT application forms. Please note that we will not consider CVs as part of the shortlisting.

Closing Date: Sunday 19th July 2026

Provisional Interviews: Wednesday 22nd July 2026