Teaching Assistant - Special Resources Provision

Special Resources Provision - Teaching Assistant
Longdean School

Grade: H4

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract: Term time plus 5 days INSET

Start: ASAP

Actual salary: £19,141 (H4, pro rata)

Longdean School are looking for an TA for their Special Resource Provision to work to raise the learning and attainment of pupils, promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem and social inclusion and give support to students with Speech, Language, Communication needs and/or Autism. You will work with pupils individually or in small groups so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning and experience a sense of achievement. You will work as part of a small team working in the SRP and supporting pupils to access mainstream learning.

The Longdean School is a good school (Ofsted March 2025). We strive for excellence by teaching and preparing our young people to have confidence, to accept and respond to challenges, to have an enduring passion for learning and to become independent thinkers with respect for themselves and others.

If you have any questions please contact HR at [email removed], or on [phone removed]. To apply, please fill in an application form on My New Term - CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date: 18th September 2026

Interview date: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up-to-date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.