Aurora Summerfields School
Cheshire East
£ £13.22 per hour
Salary:
Depending on experience and qualifications
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 October 2025
Apply by:
26 September 2025
Job overview
SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: Wilmslow, Cheshire East
Salary: £12.37 to £13.22 p/hr depending on experience and qualifications
Hours: Part-Time 0.6FTE – 3 days per week (Mon-Wed) – Term Time Only
The Aurora Group
We're really pleased to have opened Aurora Summerfields School in April 2023 in Wilmslow with a proposed capacity of 50 students.
This is an independent specialist school for young people aged 5 to 19, who face a range of challenges in accessing education, these challenges are typically associated with Autism spectrum conditions. The school received ratings of 'Outstanding' in the areas of behaviour and attitudes and personal development in the most recent Ofsted inspection.
We are currently looking for an experienced SEN Teaching Assistant to join us in September 2025.
The Role / Key duties:
As our new Teaching Assistant, your role is to support our children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.
We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic individual to play a key role in supporting our pupils' learning and development. You will build warm, caring, and supportive relationships that help children feel safe, valued, and ready to enjoy their school experience.
In this role, you will encourage independence, nurture personal growth, and uphold high expectations of behaviour at all times. Working closely with the class teacher, you will help deliver high-quality, engaging, and differentiated learning experiences across a broad and balanced curriculum, enabling every child to reach their full potential.
Like many SEN environments; your duties are likely to vary and therefore candidates will need to be flexible and be able to lend a hand whenever required.
Skills and Qualifications
* Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
* Experience working with SEN in an employed or voluntary setting
* Full UK driving licence and access to your own car desirable
* GCSE Maths and English Level 3 or above qualification is essential.
* A recognised qualification at Level 2 or above in Support work for Teaching and Learning in Schools or an equivalent is desirable
* Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
* Knowledge or experience of pupils with SEN or SEMH/ASD
* Ability to adapt
* The desire to put the child first and treat them as an individual
* Be positive and creative in assisting to meet pupils' individual needs
Benefits and Additional Information
What's on offer?
* Training and Development
Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
* Save money on your bills
With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for our cycle to work scheme and car scheme.
* Competitive Pay and Reward
Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension and Life Assurance.
* UK Health Cash Plan
This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
* Employee Assistance Programme
Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
* Refer a friend for £1,000
We'll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
How to apply?
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. If you need any assistance or would like any more information please contact Karen in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
About Aurora Summerfields School
Aurora Summerfields School
Summerfields Village Centre, Dean Row Road, Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 2TA
United Kingdom
Aurora Summerfields School
Welcome to our Special Needs School in Wilmslow, Cheshire
A safe place to learn and grow where uniqueness is nurtured and aspirational futures are created.
Welcome from the Head of School
At Aurora Summerfields School we aim to create an imaginative, flexible and aspirational curriculum which enables our students to succeed and mature into happy, healthy, resilient learners. We understand that many of our students may have experienced challenges in their journey through education, and our staff are not only highly skilled, but also empathetic to individual needs.I am proud to be part of a school that values diversity, recognises unique skills, interests and support strategies and enables each pupil to achieve their full potential.
Kirsty Jockel, Head of School, Aurora Summerfields
Welcome from the Principal
At Aurora Summerfields School we work closely with our sister school, Ofsted-rated 'Outstanding' Aurora Hanley, and we are linked together closely through experience, ethos, staffing and vision.We understand how much our young people need to feel accepted, understood, listened to and supported to achieve life-long learning. To be prepared, not just academically, but socially and emotionally for the challenges that life brings.
Tracy Whitehurst, Principal, Aurora Summerfields and Aurora Hanley
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