SEND Pastoral Teaching Assistant

Nova Education Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Nova Perks

CPD opportunities

Staff wellbeing focus

Job summary

Kirk Hallam Community Academy is seeking a SEND Pastoral Teaching Assistant to join our Inclusion team. The role focuses on supporting students with SEND, including SEMH and behavioural needs, using a nurturing, relational approach to promote engagement and resilience.

You will work to enable access to learning, build positive relationships with students, staff and families, and communicate with parents to support wellbeing and achievement.

Qualifications

• Experience providing support to young people with additional needs, enabling physical, emotional and educational development.
• Ability to provide targeted in-the-moment support for students with SEND, particularly SEMH and behavioural needs, with a nurturing approach to engagement and resilience.
• Clear communication with parents and carers to ensure collaborative student wellbeing and achievement.

Responsibilities

• Provide de-escalation strategies to support learning access in the mainstream classroom.
• Utilise sensory regulation activities and personalised interventions for students with SEND.
• Build positive relationships with students, staff and families for ongoing wellbeing.

Skills

SEND support

SEMH awareness

de-escalation techniques

build relationships with students

communication with parents

Job description

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Contract: Permanent, full-time, term-time only

Closing Date : Monday 21st September 2026 at 8am

We are looking for a SEND Pastoral Teaching Assistant to join our dynamic team at Kirk Hallam Community Academy. You will be joining us at an exciting and pivotal time in our journey of improvement.

The Inclusion team supports students’ learning and behaviour on an individual or small group basis within our Learning Support facility or in the classroom.

The ideal applicant has experience of providing support to young people with additional needs, working with them effectively to facilitate their physical, emotional and educational development. The SEND Pastoral Teaching Assistant will provide targeted in-the-moment support for students with SEND, particularly those with SEMH and behavioural needs, using a nurturing and relational approach to promote engagement, resilience, and positive outcomes. They will ensure that students are able to access learning through effective de-escalation strategies, sensory regulation activities, and personalised interventions that enable successful participation in the mainstream classroom. They will also build positive relationships with students, staff, and families, maintaining clear communication with parents and carers to ensure a collaborative approach to student wellbeing, behaviour, and achievement.

In return, the right person for our team will benefit from

• full support and induction
• CPD opportunities
• a community facing ethos among staff and students
• a staff wellbeing focus
• Nova Perks, a scheme which provides staff with access to a number of exciting perks including a cash back health plan, instant discounts, technology and cycle schemes and more.

Our motto ‘Work Hard, Be Kind’ underpins everything that we do and reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence. Great education transforms lives, and we have absolute conviction that great education is about striking a balance between an unashamedly ambitious curriculum and character development.

Kirk Hallam Community Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. For more information, please see attached job pack.