Derbyshire County Council
SEN Teaching Assistant
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SEN Teaching Assistant
Teaching Assistant (SEND Specialism) – Holme Hall Primary School
Location: Holme Hall Primary School Hours: 15 hours per week Provisional Interview Date: 16 and 17 July 2026 Closing Date: 10 July 2026
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About the School
Holme Hall Primary School is a warm and friendly place where high expectations are the norm. We are dedicated to offering the best curriculum opportunities to develop every child’s full potential. Our teachers and support staff are passionate, committed, and driven—not just by results, but by fostering a supportive, inclusive, and joyful environment for all learners.
This primary school is seeking an experienced Teaching Assistant (TA) with expertise in supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and associated factors, such as those with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).
Role Overview
You will be a trusted, hands-on member of our learning team, supporting children in and out of the classroom while uplifting staff and pupils alike. The SEND TA role is flexible and holds opportunities to:
- Assist nurturing classrooms
- Support small groups and individuals
- Apply learning materials and curriculum adaptations tailored to diverse needs
- Deliver wellbeing support via social, emotional and physical care guidance (including basic first aid duties)
- Confidently engage as part of a team with SEND coordinators and teachers
This is not just about aiding learning—this is about transformative inclusion, where guidelines are personalised, confidence grows, and every child thrives.
Key Responsibilities
Your work will include:
| Success Criterion | Key Duties |
|---|---|
| SEND Advocacy | Deliver high-quality 1:1 and small-group support to children of all spectrums of SEND, including those with EHCPs. Monitor progress, adapt practices where necessary, and partner with SLP, OT, and other external experts when requested. |
| Classroom Leadership | Collaborate with teachers to prepare, deliver, and adapt in lessons for learners with complex or emerging needs—here, creativity and empathy shape your impact. |
| Emotional Welfare | Caring. Advocate for individual emotional needs, implement agreed strategies for self-regulation or peer modelling, and broaden understanding of mental well-being across school life. |
| Safeguarding | Promote the school’s safeguarding responsibilities diligently—child worship, rights, and confidentiality hold absolute precedence. Compliance with our policies means ** 정규 출전 prevention of harm**. |
| Observation and Reporting | Often act as the school’s eyes and ears—observe, assess, and report on a child’s progress and challenges in clear, practical feedback. Providing initial learning intervention group leadership (including phonics or social skills) will be commonplace. |
| Engagement Flexibility | Deliver interventions, mentor other staff, present empowering methodologies at staff INSETs (if recognised for effective practice); showcase your enthusiasm for learning at peer-sharing sessions. |
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Your contribution will reshape daily outcomes for a least one of these cohorts: ✔ Pupils with dyslexia/dyspraxia/cognition and learning disabilities ✔ Children with complex social, emotional, or mental health difficulties ✔ SEN pupils with physical or sensory needs ✔�[audited by recommended support strategies from outside agencies]
Job Person Specification
Essential Skills & Attitudes
You will be a relatable, pragmatic, and dynamic Teaching Assistant (TA) with:
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✱ Strong holding experience in primary SEN-specific settings. ✱ Physical and emotional stamina to thrive while supporting children across diverse developmental stages. ✱ Exceptional attention to detail in conceiving and delivering adaptable support strategies for all material needs. ✱ Inducible communication skills to one level for children, two levels for colleagues. ✱ Motivation to uphold the school values—Gentle behavior, paired with electrically sharp standards.
Ideal Personal Backgrounds
yearning to empower exceptional learning of those with exceptional needs. Ideal even further given: 🖊️ Prior qualifications like Ta being cognised by Level 3 Teacher Assistant would limit as overseen by third. 🤝 Devised-based ability to engage creatively, tranquil ties with pupils and their parents, plus bonded culture to chromic progress recording (use of relevant tracking systems like SwingHeading-Following).
Benefits of Being Part of Holme Hall
We offer: ❤ Visible tangible impact on pupils’ welfare and priceless happiness of supporting them wholeheartedly. 🌙 Job flexibility to proposition simpler engagement progress while holding responsibilities of high multiple support pools. 👨🏫 Regular access to student staff development opportunities across multiple thematic areas. ⭐ Pedagogy-gifter calender in school through termly (including investments dummy level coaching from network IAls). 📝 Other means from your caring leaning.
How to Apply
Visit our recruitment link for the My New Term application [see link].
Visitors warmly welcome.
Questions? Do not hesitate to contact the school’s administrative team for further SEND TA clarifications.
- Holme Hall, [Address and Headteacher contact details omitted]*
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