Job Introduction
Teaching Assistant – SEN support
Grade 4: £25,185 - £25,584 pro rata
Part-time, term-time only
31.75 hours per week. 8:30 - 3:15, with a later finish at 4:00 one day a week (usually Monday)
Temporary until August 2026 (may extend)
We are looking for one or more patient, skilled, and hardworking people, to join us in our friendly team as SEN Teaching Assistants, to support the learning of children with a high level of special educational needs, in our Reception classroom.
This is a wonderful opportunity to join our exceptional school, and to make a real difference to children’s lives. Wood Farm is a very successful, diverse primary school in the Headington area of Oxford, with a strong reputation for inclusion: ensuring that children of different abilities and needs can learn successfully together.
The post is specifically created to provide additional support to children with special educational needs. You will ideally have a particular interest, or prior experience in supporting children with special needs, in particular those with social and emotional needs.
The ideal candidate will be:
- A positive, outgoing and resilient person, who enjoys working in a busy team
- Flexible, and with the patience to adapt to an individual child’s changing needs
- Committed to including all children, and helping every child achieve
- Confident in their own English communication, reading, writing and maths, so that they can support children to make great progress
- Hardworking and reliable
In return we can offer the successful candidate a strong and supportive professional team and excellent training and development opportunities.
Visits to the school are strongly recommended: please contact Catherine Routledge, School Business Manager, on 01865 762575 to arrange a visit.
Email completed application forms to sbm.2589@wood-farm.oxon.sch.uk
Closing date: Friday 10th October, 12:00 midday
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 13th October
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