Specialist SEND Teaching Partner: Nurture Intervention Lead

Barton Park Primary School

OX3 9WN

Grade 8, 32.5 hours per week, temporary role, start September 2025.

Are you an excellent, caring and inclusive teaching partner, ready for the next step in your career development? We are looking for an experienced professional to work alongside the Assistant Head and Behavioural & Regulation Lead to develop our nurture team. Your role will be a proactive one:  to ensure SEMH interventions are run with fidelity across our KS1 and KS2 teams and that teachers are supported to ensure their universal provision meets the needs of SEMH children in their classrooms . You will have proven experience in using your own initiative to develop learning activities for children in your care and some experience in using assessment to plot development and plan new learning. You will have access to relevant training and support to succeed in this important role. 

Note: This role is offered as a fixed term secondment for an existing TP within our school. The role is temporary  in the first instance with the possibility of becoming permanent should funding allow. The post will run from 1 September 2026 to 31 December 2026 and will be reviewed in November 2026. 

What skills / experience are required?

• Experience of leading learning with primary aged children.

• Experience of assessing progress towards using QCA tracker or similar. 

• Understanding of the importance of inclusion for all.

• A recognised TA qualification such as NVQ 2 for Teaching Assistants or equivalent qualifications is desirable.

• Patience and a non judgemental attitude.

• A flexible approach to your work and excellent team working skills.

• A good understanding of how children learn.

• A problem solver and team-player who will contribute positively to our small staff team.

• Good interpersonal skills, to support positive relationships with all, including parents/carers.

• Good level of written English, to support planning, assessment and work with multi agencies.  

• A desire to further your own professional development through targeted training to support the needs of children in your care.

• Knowledge and compliance with policies and procedures relevant to child protection and health and safety.

What we can offer

• A diverse school community.

• Vibrant and curious children, who are eager to learn and love to please.

• A wonderful new-build school, which is well-resourced with space to spare.

• A supportive leadership team and governing body. 

• As part of the River Learning Trust, we can also offer you an excellent network of professional support and CPLD that will help you grow as a professional through access to some of the county’s best teaching professionals.

• A commitment to wellbeing and workload. 

• Flexible working and job share/part time applications will be considered. 

• PPA will be offered as part of the role. 

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive  continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

The River Learning Trust and Barton Park Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.   The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered