Sen Teaching Assistant

Sprint Education Recruitment; Coventry; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly PAYE pay

Access to CPD

Placements structured for continuity

Job summary

Sprint Education Recruitment is seeking a SEN Teaching Assistant for long-term placements across Coventry and surrounding areas. You’ll support students with SEN and complex needs in primary, secondary, and alternative provision settings.

Role focuses on consistency, applying strategies, and building trusting relationships with students over a term or longer. The position is full-time with weekly PAYE pay and access to CPD, with safeguarding checks required.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting children or young people in schools or related settings
• Degree or studies in Psychology or Education (welcomed)
• Interest in autism, ADHD, SEMH and speech and language
• A calm, unhurried presence, especially at harder points in a day.
• Willingness to take direction from staff who know the student best.
• Strong communication skills and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Supporting students 1:1 and in small groups, both in class and in quieter spaces
• Putting agreed communication, learning and regulation strategies into practice consistently
• Building a familiar, dependable relationship with the same students over a term or longer
• Feeding back clearly to teachers and the SENCO so plans can be adjusted
• Adapting to how each setting works, since no two run things the same way
• Supporting personal care or physical needs in some settings, where that's part of the role

Skills

Experience supporting children oryoung

Classroom support

Calm demeanor

Strong communication

Willingness to take direction

Education

Degree or ongoing study in Psychology or Education

Degree in Education (welcome)

Job description

SEN Teaching Assistant Coventry, Long-Term Placements in Schools

Looking for a long-term placement supporting students with SEN and complex needs, across primary, secondary and alternative provision?

Ask anyone who's done this work well and they'll describe the same thing. Weeks of small adjustments and patience, then a morning where a breakthrough happens. A student manages a transition. They ask for help instead of leaving the room.

Sprint Education Recruitment works with mainstream and specialist settings across Coventry, placing experienced SEN Teaching Assistants (ideally 6+ months in the classroom) into long-term roles.

We work with settings in Coventry and the surrounding area, so if you'd be travelling in from Bedworth, Nuneaton, Rugby or Kenilworth, it's still worth showing your interest.

What SEN Teaching Assistant work involves

• Supporting students 1:1 and in small groups, both in class and in quieter spaces
• Putting agreed communication, learning and regulation strategies into practice consistently
• Building a familiar, dependable relationship with the same students over a term or longer
• Feeding back clearly to teachers and the SENCO so plans can be adjusted
• Adapting to how each setting works, since no two run things the same way
• Supporting personal care or physical needs in some settings, where that's part of the role

What we're looking for

• Experience supporting children or young people, in schools (ideal), care, youth work or volunteering
• A degree or ongoing study in Psychology, Education or a related subject is welcome, though not essential alongside relevant experience
• Interest in the needs you're likely to encounter, including autism, ADHD, SEMH and speech and language
• A calm, unhurried presence, particularly at the harder points in a day
• Willingness to take direction from the staff who know the student best
• Strong communication skills
• Availability for full-time, long-term or permanent work
• You'll need the right to work in the UK

What we offer

Weekly PAYE pay. A named consultant who'll give you an honest brief of a setting before you commit to it. Access to CPD as you build experience. Placements structured for continuity, because consistency is the foundation of student progress.

Why Sprint?

If you're looking to work as a teacher in a mainstream classroom, providing day-to-day supply cover, we're probably not the agency for you. But if you're a Teaching Assistant who's passionate about supporting students with additional needs and want a long-term role where you can build consistency and see the impact of your work every day, that's exactly what we do.

Next Steps

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position is previous experience working in a school setting.

Sprint Education Recruitment is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Sprint Education Recruitment

Sprint Education Recruitment is a market leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. Specialists in SEND support for mainstream and SEN schools.

What Sprint Education Recruitment offer

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers' Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Sprint Education Recruitment do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.