Post Title: SEN Teaching Assistant

School: Royal Rise Primary School

Contract Type: Fixed Term til 31st August 2026

Contract Hours: 31 hours and 15 minutes per week

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, Term time only 8.40 to 3.30pm

Grade: KSA 

Salary:  Actual £17,584  (£24,513 FTE)

Position Start Date:  As soon as able too. January/February 2026

Advert Closing Date (We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date):  5th January 2026 

Interview Date:  8th January 2026

At Royal Rise Primary School, we are looking for an enthusiastic passionate and dedicated Special Educational Needs teaching assistant.

We are a small and friendly school with a supportive team of staff who will ensure that you are able to achieve within your role.

We are seeking to appoint a hardworking, committed, flexible and reliable individual who can work on their own initiative when required. 

We are seeking to appoint an individual with passion for children and especially those with additional needs. Your role will include working with individual children, supporting their wellbeing, providing an environment that enables all children to learn to the best of their ability and leading interventions to support those who need it most.

Experience working within a school would be ideal and with children with additional needs.

GCSE level English and Maths is a requirement.  Above all, you need to be committed to working as part of a team who are determined to secure the absolute best for our pupils and will work hard to ensure children achieve everything, they are capable of.

We look forward to showing you our fantastic school if you would like to arrange a visit!

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact the school office on 01732 354143.

Royal Rise Primary School

At Royal Rise Primary School, we are looking for an enthusiastic, SEN Teaching Assistant to join our supportive, friendly “village” feel school.

We are a small, family school where every child and staff member is treated as an individual and is welcomed as part of the Royal Rise family. You will work with a supportive, caring team of staff who will ensure that you are able to achieve within your role. We also hold a Wellbeing award and are a dog affiliated school.  There is easy access to the local train station.

For further information about the school, please visit https:/www.royalriseprimary.kent.sch.uk

Cygnus Academies Trust

Royal Rise Primary School is part of Cygnus Academies Trust who are a group of friendly, like-minded schools, working together in the best interest of all our children. Driven by a desire to collaborate at every level, with an emphasis on staff development and opportunities for all. Cygnus Academies Trust schools really are a fantastic place to work and learn.

Our approach is to allow all schools to retain and celebrate their uniqueness. While ensuring; great teaching and learning, strong leadership and management, effective local governance, curriculum expertise, visionary business and financial management.

For further information about the Trust, please visit www.cygnus.org.uk

We offer:

• Local Government Pension Scheme 
• 27 days Annual Leave (rising to 29 after 5 years’ service) plus bank holiday entitlement (pro-rata for part-time)
  
• Employee support services.
  
• Effective CPD opportunities
  
• Collaborative working with other schools
  
• Excellent ICT facilities
  
• Opportunities for flexible working

Safer Recruitment

Cygnus Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs will not be accepted, and you are required to complete the application in full giving details of all employment, training and gaps in employment. Cygnus Academies Trust reserves the right to reject incomplete application forms and any consistencies or anomalies will be explored at, or prior to, interview.  Any offer of employment is subject to pre-employment checks including a satisfactory ‘Enhanced with Barred List Check’ through the Disclosure and Barring Service.  We will require two satisfactory references; one of which must be your line manager in your present or most recent employment. References will be requested prior to interview so please ensure that your referees are available to provide a reference.

Equal Opportunities

Cygnus Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion who welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.  All people who work and study at our Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Additional Information:

• References will be requested for shortlisted applicants prior to interview.
  
• Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete and return a Self-Disclosure form prior to interview.
  
• Online Searches will be carried out on shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any concerns will be discussed with candidates at interview.
  
• Further vetting checks including an enhanced DBS, incorporating a check of the Children’s Barred List, will be undertaken on provisional offer.
  
• The Child Protection Policy can be found on the school website.
  
• The Employment of Ex-Offenders Policy can be found on the Trust website

This post is a customer-facing position and falls within the scope of the Code of Practice on English Language Requirement for Public Sector Workers. The school has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.