SEND Teaching Assistant

Job description

Teaching Assistant – Special Educational Needs | Full Time | Rochdale 🌟

A well-established SEN school in Rochdale is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to join it’s passionate team. This role offers the opportunity to work with students aged 11-19 with a range of special educational needs, including complex learning, physical, and communication needs, with benifits and options for progression.

You’ll support pupils across varied pathways-academic, sensory, and vocational-helping them grow in confidence, independence, and self-belief in a nurturing and purpose-built environment.

This role offers the chance to make a real difference in a school where students are known, valued, and celebrated.

CONTRACT / POSITION DETAILS

Location – Rochdale

Position – Teaching Assistant

Type of work – Long term Non-Teaching cover

Start date – September 2025

Duration – Permanent

Contract type – Permanent

Full time / part time – Full

Minimum rate of pay – GBP90-GBP110 per day

Hours 8 : 30am to 3 : 30pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with SEN / SEMH desirable

Recent Graduate, with a 2 : 2 or higher, OR Experience as a TA in a similar setting

Previous experience working in a UK school

Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST :

Hold Right to Work in the UK

Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application

Provide two professional child related references