Special Needs Teaching Assistant with Specific SEMH experience (Beckfoot Phoenix Special School )
Contract Type: Permanent
Education Phases: Primary;
Working Patterns: Part-Time;
Application Deadline: Sunday, 5th October 2025
Is a Shared Job: No
About us
Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind.
Established in 2013, we are a well-respected local school trust, completely committed to our inclusive and ambitious mission.
We are different to many trusts in that we are diverse in composition; 10 schools: primary, secondary, and special and this gives us a unique feel as we learn so much from one another.
We want our students to love learning and be well placed to do something great with their lives, our values of enjoy, learn, succeed reflect this.
We are ambitious for all our children, and we are determined that all can succeed
We value our teams and are committed to the professional development of all.
We are proud of the clarity that we have as expressed in our principles of alignment and the value that we place on individual and school diversity.
This Trust is determined that everyone has the power to lead and that we serve our local community in action as well as words.
All our leaders are committed to being supported and challenged to be better tomorrow than they are today and are genuinely excited about the next phase in our journey to remarkable.
We are Team Beckfoot Trust and Team School
Please see the candidate pack for more details about our Trust
Why Choose Beckfoot Phoenix
We are a primary special school evaluated by Ofsted as Outstanding (October 2023)
We teach children with profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning disabilities and those on the autism spectrum including pupils with challenging behaviours that sit alongside their learning disabilities.
Our children are listened to, respected, and nurtured to ‘be the best version of themselves’.
We are proud to be a member of the Beckfoot Trust and work collaboratively and supportively with our partner mainstream and special schools
We are committed to being a People-First school and our recognition and value of staff and our investment in their professional growth reflects this.
Our school is summed up in its sentence; learn lots, make memories and be brilliant and this is underpinned by our values of enjoy, learn succeed.
Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. 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 and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide
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Job Description
We are seeking to appoint a Special Needs Teaching Assistant with SpecificSEMH experience, to work 32.5 hours a week,Term time only plus 5 days.
Working Pattern
Monday and Friday – 8.45am – 3.15am,Tuesday – 8.45am – 4.30pm, Wednesday – 8.45am – 4.15pm, and Thursday – 8.45am – 3.30pm
The right candidate will be a highly valued member of our Teaching Assistant Team within Team Beckfoot Phoenix. We are a local trust with a national outward focus, determined to make a difference to the community that we are so privileged to serve. We would urge you to take the opportunity to visit us or speak to us to find out more.
We understand that choosing an employer and changing roles is a big decision. We will always invest time in talking to anyone who is seeking more details about any role.
We are small enough to feel very connected, yet large enough for all to feel the benefit of scale.
As a minimum we meet national pay and conditions
We have a great reputation as a local employer and we work positively with unions, with an emphasis on fairness and equity.
We find ways to reduce unnecessary workload
We are positive about flexible working requests and are constantly seeking out best practice to enhance employee experience
We consult on any big changes to policy.
We listen carefully to our employees through an annual nationally benchmarked survey and through many opportunities to hear the voice of the individual.
We are compassionate when colleagues face difficulties and seek to remove barriers to enhance employee engagement
We have a free Employee Assistance Programme that provides confidential counselling and advice for employees and their family
We dedicate time to teamwork
We authentically value staff through specific praise, recognising what they do to make a difference to the lives of young people daily
We understand the need for psychological safety, and we work hard to remove the barriers to true inclusion for all
Our people matter, being a People First Organisation is a key strategic aim and our People Charter frames our commitment - included in the candidate pack below.
We value clarity of communication so that all can belong.
Our leaders are highly visible and committed to providing calm, purposeful and motivational environments where teachers can teach, and learners can learn.
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