SEND Teaching Assistant
Coventry
Full time
£24,700 - £29,900 per annum
Vacancy ID
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Job Description
Working alongside class teachers and inclusion staff, SEND Teaching Assistants support pupils with additional needs. The focus is on providing tailored academic and emotional support, adapting tasks where needed, and helping pupils feel secure and confident in the classroom. Strong communication, patience, and consistency are essential, alongside a clear understanding of safeguarding responsibilities.
Supports pupils with SEND in lessons and structured interventions.
Works closely with teachers to adapt learning activities.
Promotes confidence, independence, and positive behaviour.
Maintains safeguarding, care, and wellbeing standards.
Desired Experience + Qualifications
Experience supporting children with SEND either in schools or similar settings
A calm confident approach to emotional regulation and behaviour
Ability to adapt communication and learning styles to suit each pupil
A reflective practitioner committed to inclusive practice
Strong safeguarding awareness and professionalism
About the School
This specialist SEND school in Coventry CV3 is widely respected for its individualised approach and its unwavering belief in every pupil’s potential. The school provides structured pathways for learners with a wide range of needs offering a blend of therapeutic provision small class sizes and a curriculum designed to build independence alongside academic progress. Staff work collaboratively and the environment is calm purposeful and highly supportive.
The school’s leadership team invests significantly in training and ensures all staff feel equipped to understand sensory needs communication differences and behaviour through a strengths based lens. Families frequently comment on the warmth of relationships and the noticeable progress their children make socially emotionally and academically. This is a setting where every adult is valued for the role they play in transforming a pupil’s experience of school.