Teaching Assistant Level 3 (ELSA)

TMET Board of Trustees; Leicester; On-site; GBP 22,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Leicester is seeking a positive and enthusiastic individual for a part-time role focusing on students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The position requires a commitment to safeguarding and providing supportive learning environments, essential for fostering student success across the curriculum.

Qualifications

• Experience working with students with SEND.
• Ability to deliver SEND interventions.
• Engaging in a supportive school faculty.

Responsibilities

• Support students with SEND in a positive environment.
• Build strong relationships with students, staff, and parents.
• Participate in professional learning and support school initiatives.

Skills

Knowledge of SEND

Ability to build rapport

Self-motivation

Education

ELSA qualification

Job description

Contract Type Permanent

Hours Part Time, Term Time

Contract Length 1 year fixed-term

Salary Grade 5, Points 11 – 14 (Actual Salary £21,991)

Details: Full time, Term Time (38.6 weeks) Part time applications will be considered.

Start Date: as soon as possible.

Salary: Grade 5, Points 11 – 14 (Actual Salary £21,991)

33 hours and 5 minutes per week, 30 minutes for lunch daily.

• 8.20am – 4pm Monday + 1 other day

• 8.20am-3.05pm x3 other days

• Plus, 3 professional learning days.

We are looking to appoint a positive and enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with an ability to deal positively and sympathetically with students, staff and parents. Knowledge and experience of working with students with SEND, delivering SEND interventions and working in a school SEND faculty are essential, and the ELSA qualification is desirable.

You will be working in an environment where:

• strong, positive relationships are a strength of the school;

• students of all ages and abilities readily demonstrate an eagerness to learn and make progress across the curriculum;

• outstanding behaviour is apparent throughout the school; students are polite, open and articulate, making it a pleasure to engage with them in lessons;

• SEND students are generally taught in mainstream lessons which allows them to thrive in a positive and productive learning environment;

• the school’s progress 8 score is significantly above average at +1.0 for two consecutive years and ranked in the top 5% nationally;

• Professional Learning is a priority and time for this is integrated into the school day;

• all students, teachers and parents share a common vision to "make a positive difference".

Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check and satisfactory employment references.

This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.

How to apply:

If you are interested in this post, please read the Applicant pack for instructions on how to apply.

Please see the documents listed below, which may assist you in making your application:

• Application and Recruitment Process document

NO AGENCIES OR CVs PLEASE

Closing Date: Wednesday 25th June 12pm

Interview Date: Thursday 3rd July 2025

TMET are an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If we have not contacted you within 4 weeks of the closing date, you may assume that your application has been unsuccessful

This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.