SEMH Specialist Resource Base Primary School Teaching Assistant (Including EYFS)
Exmouth based – starting September
We are seeking to recruit a SEMH Specialist Teaching Assistant to work within our modern, purpose-built Resource Base to support our SEMH Specialist Teacher in providing a high quality, personalised curriculum to support children’s individual needs. With Marpool Primary School being a recent addition to our Trust, this is an exciting opportunity to help pioneer and bring about change and to provide an enhanced provision to those children with additional needs to help them to access their education in an inclusive and supportive way.
This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone Academy Trust, with schools located in Exeter, East Devon, and the coastal town of Barnstaple in North Devon. Our Trust is nationally and internationally recognised for outstanding and innovative education. We lead several Department for Education ‘centres of excellence’ and support schools across the country with professional development and school improvement strategies.
Your Role
- You will work alongside the class teachers to support children in all areas of the curriculum and to also assist in the preparation of the learning environment, liaising with staff, maintaining pupil records, and carrying out a range of administrative tasks to support the teacher
- You will also be involved in supporting children at break and lunch times in setting up our play provision or helping with the family dining arrangements in the school hall
- As a teaching assistant you will have the exciting role of supporting children in learning to read, leading PE and Games sessions, going on school trips and residentials and taking responsibility for the mentoring and tutoring of individual children
- Involved in leading playtime activities with children and supporting within the family dining service where older children serve young children each lunch time
What You'll Bring
- Relevant experience of working with children with SEMH, who is enthusiastic about supporting and educating primary aged children
- Passion and commitment to wanting our young children to develop a life-long love of learning by being a positive, nurturing, and supportive role model and to help identify ways in which to reintegrate them into the classroom
What We Offer
- Core working hours will be for a slightly extended school day of 8.30am to 4.00pm, 40 weeks per year (term time + 10 days), but there are opportunities to work extended hours with our wraparound care offer in our breakfast or after school club
- Pay will start at a full time equivalent of £24,300 depending on experience and qualifications
Perks
- Generous pension scheme
- Health and cycle-to-work schemes
- Subsidised meals from in-house chefs
- State-of-the-art IT equipment
- Extensive training and development
Apply Today
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Closing Date: 31st August 2025
Interviews may be held as applications are received .
www.tcat.education/vacancies
Please complete the online application form.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and 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:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for all our posts. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please note online searches may be done as part of pre-recruitment checks.
We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment process.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £24,300.00 per year
Expected hours: 35 per week
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: SEMH TA Sept25
Expected start date: 02/09/2025
