TA1 Primary

🌟 SEN Teaching Assistant – Primary – Trafford (Full-Time) 🌟

Job Title: SEND TA1
Area: Trafford, Manchester
Start Date: September 2025
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive (dependent on experience and responsibilities)
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 4:00pm

About the school:

Are you a nurturing and resilient Teaching Assistant with a passion for supporting children with special educational needs? A warm and inclusive primary school in Trafford is looking for a dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to join their team and help make a real difference in pupils’ lives.

This full-time role involves working with children across Key Stages 1 and 2, many of whom have additional needs such as ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and communication difficulties.

🧩 About the role:

• Provide 1:1 and small group support to pupils with EHCPs and additional needs
• Assist the class teacher with lesson delivery, behaviour support, and tailored interventions
• Promote emotional regulation, independence, and positive routines throughout the school day
• Contribute to progress tracking and communicate regularly with the wider support team

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience supporting children with SEND (in a school or care setting)
• A calm, compassionate, and proactive approach
• Strong understanding of Autism and SEND
• A relevant TA qualification

To be eligible 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

This is a full-time position starting in September 2025 (or sooner for the right candidate).

💬 Want to make a genuine impact in a rewarding SEN setting? Apply today and help pupils across KS1 and KS2 thrive!

📝 If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.