SEND Teaching Assistant Fixed term position due to funding Term time only, plus 5 INSET days Part time working 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00am-12.00pm Salary: Grade 4 (SCP 6-7): £25,989 – £26,403 per annum pro rata Actual salary: £9,102.86 - £9,247.87 per annum Start date: Tuesday 1st September 2026 John Taylor Multi Academy Trust (JTMAT) believes in the power of education to improve lives and the world. As a partner school in JTMAT, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, caring and committed Teaching Assistant to provide support to pupils in our school. The successful candidate will: •Have a passion for working with children. •Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. •Demonstrate patience, empathy and a positive attitude. •Be able to take initiative, work independently and as part of a team. •Be flexible, adaptable and dependable. •Have a desire to continuously develop professionally. We can offer you: •A genuinely supportive and welcoming school community. •Opportunities for effective professional development. •Opportunities to work with children who are highly motivated and well behaved. •A ‘family’ school which is rooted in our Christian values and lived out through our vision ‘Hand in hand with God, we love, learn and achieve’. If you would like to discuss this role, please contact Sally Ward, SENDCo, or Matthew Baxter, Executive Headteacher, by emailing yop-office@yop.jtmat.co.uk or telephoning 01543 472236. We warmly welcome candidates to visit our school. Please call the office on 01543 472236 to arrange a visit. Completed application forms should be emailed to yop-office@yop.jtmat.co.uk Only fully completed application forms will be submitted for shortlisting. CVs will not be accepted. Closing date: 9am Monday 22nd June 2026 Selection/Provisional Interview: Wednesday 24th June 2026 This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and 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: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974 Please note if you are shortlisted, an online search will be carried out before interview which may identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview. Please review our Privacy Notice for Job Applicants for the lawful basis for processing and retention. John Taylor MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying. Please review our Recruitment Pack on the school website before submitting your application.