Teaching Assistant

St Peter's Church of England Aided School; Exeter; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Peter’s Church of England Aided School in Exeter is looking to recruit two teaching assistants to support students with SEND needs.

The roles involve working within a team to assist pupils across Communication and Interaction, Cognition and Learning, and Social, Emotional and Mental Health and Physical and/or Sensory needs. Successful candidates will demonstrate patience, empathy, listening skills and a good sense of humour, with English and Maths GCSEs at C grade or above or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Experience with pupils with SEND is advantageous.
• Ability to work well within a team.
• Willingness to support students with diverse needs.

Responsibilities

• Support students with SEND across communication, cognition, SEMH and physical/sensory needs.
• Work as part of a supportive team to enable learning and wellbeing.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Active listening

Humour

GCSE English/Maths

Job description

St. Peter’s is anoversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationallyrecognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofstedinspection (‘Good’ April 2025 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019)indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well roundedstudents who ‘live life to the full’.

As a result of a number of our current TA’s successfullymoving onto teacher training courses and increasing numbers of students withEHCP’s we are excited to be looking at recruiting two TA’s. Applications from candidates with experienceof working with children with SEND needs and those who are seeking to becometeachers are strongly encouraged to apply.TA’s will be working within a team supporting students who have needsrelating to Communication and Interaction, Cognition and Learning, Social,Emotional and Mental Health and Physical and/or Sensory needs.

Personal skills would include:

• A highlevel of patience
• Be able toempathise
• Goodlistening skills
• A goodsense of humour
• An Englishand Maths qualification at C grade GCSE or above or equivalent

Full Time: Monday to Friday – 29 hours and 10 minutes perweek for 38 weeks per annum plus one training day per academic year.

Part Time: In the region of 12.5 hours per week (2 days) for38 weeks per annum plus one training day per academic year.

Our students make working here a real pleasure, and as suchwe have high expectation for both our students and ourselves.