Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Vacancy Summary

Special Needs Teaching Assistant

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Term: Part-Time

Salary: £19,027.00 - £19,634.00 Annually (Actual) Band 5, SCP 4-6

Start Date: ASAP

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Special Needs Teaching Assistant who is committed to supporting the learning of students to join our dedicated team at Beckfoot Nessfield. You will work alongside teaching staff to support learning, promote inclusion, and help all students to achieve their full potential.

Vacancy Information

About this Role

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Special Needs Teaching Assistant who is committed to supporting the learning of students to join our dedicated team at Beckfoot Nessfield. You will work alongside teaching staff to support learning, promote inclusion, and help all students to achieve their full potential. You will build strong relationships, model our values of Kindness-Hardwork-Ambition, and help create a calm, safe and purposeful learning environment. 

We are looking for someone who:

• Is enthusiastic, adaptable and motivated to support young people of all abilities and backgrounds
• Can work collaboratively as part of a team
• Demonstrates a commitment to inclusion and equality Has high expectations of themselves and others
• Shares our vision for creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind.

This is a permanent position for 32.5 hours per week, term time only, plus 5 days. The working pattern is as follows: 8.15am to 3.15pm Monday to Friday

Why choose Beckfoot Nessfield

Beckfoot Nessfield is a smaller-than-average primary school with a thriving nursery and a big sense of community.

Our size is our strength. We know our colleagues, children, and families well, which creates a genuine sense of belonging and shared purpose.

We are on a rapid journey to remarkable and are proud of how far we’ve come.

As part of the Beckfoot Trust, we benefit from:

• Expert support and challenge from the central team.#
• Shared resources and trust-wide opportunities for continuous professional development.
• Collaboration with like-minded professionals, despite being a smaller school.

At Beckfoot Nessfield:

• We are deeply committed to the all-round development of every child.
• We work hard to ensure children feel happy, safe, supported and successful.
• We are proudly a people first organisation, where staff are recognised, valued and supported to grow.

Our ethos is summed up in one powerful sentence: ‘At Beckfoot Nessfield, we all strive to be even better tomorrow than we are today.’ This is underpinned by our core values of hard work, kindness and ambition.

About Beckfoot Trust

Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. Since our establishment in 2013, Beckfoot Trust has grown into a respected, locally rooted family of ten diverse schools (primary, secondary and special) that learn from and support one another.

We are team Beckfoot Trust, and together with Team Beckfoot Nessfield, we’re making a real difference in our community.

Discover more about our vision, the benefits we offer, and how you can join us in shaping the future by visiting our careers page.

To apply go to https://mynewterm.com/jobs/146281/EDV-2026-BN-22839

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact a member of our Recruitment Team on the contact details below.

Telephone: 01274 087 225

Email: centralrecruitment@beckfoottrust.org

Closing Date: 15th April 2026

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide.

Click on the useful links below for further information:  

Beckfoot Trust - Policies and Documents 
Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: When you need to tell someone about your criminal record - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 
DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)