2 day per week- Specialist Resource Provision Teaching Assistant

Job details

• Job role: Teaching assistant

Curriculum Support

• Contribute to curriculum planning and evaluation within the SRP, helping adapt activities to meet pupils’ developmental levels, sensory needs and EHCP outcomes.
• Assist in the delivery of structured lessons/sessions, using specialist approaches (e.g. visual supports, TEACCH‑style organisation, communication systems) as directed by the teacher.
• Undertake agreed learning activities or teaching programmes, adjusting pace, structure and resources in response to pupils’ communication, sensory or emotional regulation needs.
• Support and use ICT in learning activities, including assistive technologies, and help pupils develop early competence and independence in their use.

Support for Pupils

• Provide highly individualised support for pupils during 1:1, small‑group and structured play activities, explaining tasks, modelling language, reinforcing key concepts and maintaining engagement.
• Offer occasional support to whole‑class activities when pupils are integrating into mainstream sessions, ensuring transitions are smooth and pupils feel safe and supported.
• Help pupils develop early communication skills using strategies such as visual timetables, Makaton, PECS or other agreed communication systems.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils, encouraging positive peer interactions and supporting pupils to engage confidently in shared activities.
• Promote independence, emotional regulation and the development of self‑esteem through consistent routines, predictable expectations and nurturing relationships.
• Assist in the personal, social and emotional development of pupils, including supporting sensory regulation, co‑regulation and early social play.
• Support the development and implementation of IEPs, EHCP outcomes and behaviour or regulation plans, following agreed strategies consistently.
• Use specialist skills, knowledge or training to support pupils with SEND, including sensory needs, communication difficulties, physical needs or SEMH needs.
• Encourage and reinforce positive interactions between pupils, supporting them to work within any behaviour or regulation targets set.
• Identify and report uncharacteristic behaviour patterns, changes in presentation or emerging needs promptly to the class teacher/SENCo.
• Assist with supervision on trips or community‑based learning, ensuring pupils’ safety, regulation and inclusion.
• Monitor and provide for the general care, safety and welfare of pupils, including tasks connected with personal care, sensory regulation, social inclusion and physical wellbeing.
• Support and nurture small groups of children over the lunchtime period, using structured play, communication strategies and regulation approaches.

Support to Teacher

• Assist with planning, delivery and evaluation of SRP learning activities, contributing observations that inform next steps and personalised provision.
• Monitor individual and group progress towards key objectives, providing clear feedback to the teacher and contributing to assessment through observation and reporting.
• Record information relevant to assessment, review of progress and EHCP monitoring, following school systems for secure and accurate record‑keeping.
• Attend IEP and EHCP review meetings where appropriate, sharing observations that support accurate assessment of need and progress.
• Support the implementation of behaviour, regulation and communication strategies, helping maintain a calm, structured and predictable learning environment.
• Take an active role in the day‑to‑day organisation of the SRP learning environment, including preparing specialist resources, sensory tools, communication aids and differentiated materials.
• Undertake routine and non‑routine administrative tasks such as preparing visual supports, producing worksheets or supporting with evidence collection for EHCP reviews.
• Liaise with parents/carers, specialist teachers, therapists and other professionals, sharing information appropriately to support joined‑up provision for pupils.

Further information

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. Visas cannot be sponsored. If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media, prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children.

Applying for the job

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About the school

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is a primary school (Academies, Church of England, ages 3 to 11) with 198 pupils. School website: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. See more jobs at teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/all-saints-bedworth-cofe-academy. Location: The Priors, Bedworth, Warwickshire, CV12 9HP.