SEN Teaching Assistant

Wood Fold Primary School

Green Lane

Standish

Wigan

WN6 0TS

Salary: Grade 3, £17,580 per annum. £13.26 per hour

30 hours per week, term time only working 38 weeks per year plus 3 INSET days

Temporary until 31^st August 2027

The Governors of Wood Fold Primary School are looking to appoint a passionate and dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant to provide support to teaching staff and pupils, and to oversee access to learning and support programmes. The job will involve providing particular help for those pupils with moderate, severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties and / or behavioural, social, communication, sensory or physical disabilities.

We are looking to appoint someone who is:

• child-centred in their approach;
• sensitive and patient in their dealings with children who have significant special needs and who may, at times, present behaviours that challenge;
• knowledgeable about, or interested in, working with children who have complex learning needs;
• able to provide specialist support to pupils with barriers to learning on a one-to-one basis, in a small group or in or out of the classroom
• able to assist with the development and implementation of Individual education / behaviour plans and personal care programmes.
• able to establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.
• able to attend to pupils’ personal needs including toileting, hygiene, dressing, eating and providing minor medical support;
• able to provide support for all children ensuring their safety and access to learning activities;
• able to work under the instruction/guidance of teaching staff to undertake work / care / support programmes / plans to enable access to learning;
• able to work as part of a team to ensure high quality provision and care.

This position is available at salary grade G3 x 30 hours per week (Monday Friday: 8.45 am to 3.15 pm), term-time only plus 3 INSET days, wef 1 September 2026.

We can offer:

• a genuinely happy and caring place to work;
• wonderful children who enjoy learning;
• friendly, hardworking, dedicated and enthusiastic staff and governors.

For further information about the school please visit our school website which provides a wealth of information about the school. Website: www.woodfold.wigan.sch.uk

To apply for this post, please download the following documents:

- Job description and person specification

- Application form

- Childcare disqualification requirements

- DBS Applicant information

- Guidance for safer working practices

Candidates will be informed via email if they have been invited to attend for interview.

The Government’s Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance advises on conducting online searches on shortlisted candidates in line with safer recruitment and selection practice as this may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which we may want to explore at interview. In addition, shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or any other information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.

Applications forms are returnable to the school

Interview date: 2^nd or 3^rd July 2026

This post is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures and a Children’s Barred List check.

Wigan Council and the School Governing Body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

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