The Learning Partnership, together with the Principal, is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a SEN Teaching Assistant to join our team. We are looking for a skilled candidate who is committed to our vision and values, reliable, resilient, and passionate about helping our pupils in the Orchard thrive. The successful applicant will have key experience working with SEND pupils.
Responsibilities
- Support pupils with EHCPs to access learning through visual symbols, structured routines, and differentiated activities, fostering pro‑social communication and behaviour.
- Implement programmes focused on speech, language and communication, social communication, emotional and sensory regulation, and life‑skills, guided by teachers and external professionals (e.g. speech therapists, educational psychologists).
- Contribute to daily Sensory Circuit activities and small‑group/1:1 interventions, maintaining a calm, safe environment.
- Help assess and record progress using the Cherry Garden and AET frameworks; provide feedback for pupils’ SEN School Support Plans each term.
- Work closely with families, modelling strategies that can be supported at home to aid consistency and generalisation.
About the Orchard
The Orchard is Leighton Academy’s specialist 20‑place SEN Unit (Year 1–Year 6) for pupils whose primary needs are Cognition & Learning and Speech, Language & Communication, as identified on their EHCP. Children learn and play in a dedicated, sensory‑friendly area of the school with highly structured routines, visual supports, and a calm, happy environment designed for engagement and success.
Benefits
- Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets
- Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships, and a car scheme
- Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance, including up to eight counselling sessions per referral
- Flexible working offered as a day‑first right of employment
- Free parking
- Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities
Equal Opportunities
The Learning Partnership is a disability‑committed employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), and appropriate online searches in line with the requirements in Keeping Children Safe in Education (2023). The Trust is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable. We especially welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we want to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership.
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