SEN Teaching Assistant - September 2025
📍 Location: Radcliffe
📅 Start Date: September 2025
📆 Contract: Full-time, Temporary (with potential to extend or go permanent)
🕘 Hours: 8:20am - 3:20pm, Monday to Friday
💼 Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Are you a recent graduate considering a career in education?
Do you want to gain valuable experience in a supportive primary school before applying for teacher training?

Join a thriving school in Radcliffe as an SEN Teaching Assistant!

Prospero Teaching is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic SEN Teaching Assistant to work in a large, inclusive secondary school from September 2025. This is an ideal opportunity for a graduate looking to gain first-hand classroom experience, develop essential skills, and explore a career in teaching.

What's in it for you?
✅ A full academic year of paid school experience
✅ Opportunity to support students 1:1 and in small groups
✅ Valuable insight into teaching before committing to a PGCE or teacher training
✅ Ongoing support from experienced staff and access to free CPD
✅ Potential for the role to be extended or made permanent

About the role:
You will be supporting pupils across a range of year groups and subjects within the primary curriculum, helping to raise attainment and engagement. The school particularly welcomes graduates who are considering a future career in teaching and are looking to gain valuable classroom experience before pursuing Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Key Details:

Role: SEN Primary Teaching Assistant
Start Date: September 2025
Duration: Until July 2026 (with potential to extend)
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:20am-3:20pm
Setting: Mainstream Primary School
Focus: Classroom support, 1:1 and small group interventionsWhat we're looking for:
✔ A recent graduate with a 2:2 degree or above
✔ Some experience working with children or young people
✔ A genuine interest in pursuing a career in education
✔ Up-to-date safeguarding training (or willingness to complete this)

Requirements:

Right to work in the UK
Enhanced DBS certificate (registered on the Update Service or willingness to apply)
Two professional, child-related referencesInterested?
If you're ready to take the first step into a rewarding career in education, apply now with your up-to-date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Why work with Prospero Teaching?

Free accredited CPD including Safeguarding and Behaviour Management
Access to our in-house Training and Development Team
Ongoing support throughout your placementProspero Teaching acts as an education recruitment agency and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

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