SEN Teaching Assistant - Stockton
Job description
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Ready for a Rewarding New Adventure? Become a Primary School SEND Teaching Assistant!
Are you compassionate, patient, and passionate about making a real difference? If you love working with children and want to support those with SEN we have an exciting supply SEND TA role just for YOU!
Your Role What You’ll Be Doing:
As a SEND Teaching Assistant, you will be a superstar support for children who need that extra helping hand. You will:
- Work one-on-one or with small groups to support pupils with diverse learning needs
- Help deliver personalised learning activities tailored to each child’s unique strengths and challenges
- Assist in building confidence, social skills, and independence, helping children thrive in the classroom and beyond
- Collaborate closely with teachers, therapists, and families to create a supportive and inclusive environment
- Support behaviour management with kindness and understanding, ensuring every child feels safe and valued
- Celebrate every step forward, big or small because progress is POWER!
Pay That Reflects Your Experience!
Your skills and dedication matter! Your pay will be based on your experience, so the more you bring, the more you earn. Whether you’re new to SEND support or a seasoned pro, you’ll be rewarded for your passion and expertise.
Why This Role is So Important and So Rewarding:
- You’re the heart of inclusion, helping every child access learning and reach their potential
- Witness firsthand the incredible growth and breakthroughs children make with the right support
- Feel the joy of making school a happy, confident place for children who face extra challenges
- Gain valuable experience that can open doors to further opportunities in education and beyond
- Enjoy flexible supply work that fits your lifestyle, with variety and fresh challenges every day
Ready to Become a SEND Superstar?
If you’re kind, patient, and excited to empower children to shine, this is the role for you! Bring your empathy, energy, and dedication and join us on an unforgettable journey to make a lasting impact.
Apply now and start your next amazing supply SEND TA adventure!
Because being a SEND TA isn’t just a job it’s a powerful mission to change lives, one smile at a time.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Highlight your experience with specific SEN needs (autism, dyslexia, ADHD, speech/language) at the top of your CV, as the advert emphasises supporting diverse learning needs.
📊 Quantify your impact: "Supported 8 pupils with ASD in Year 3 classroom, improving on-task behaviour from 45% to 78% over one term."
🎯 Emphasise your DfE safeguarding knowledge and any Prevent Duty training you've completed, as Protocol Education mentions this explicitly.
🤝 Include examples of collaborating with parents, therapists, and SENCO teams—the advert stresses multi-agency working.
💼 If you have supply teaching experience, lead with flexibility and ability to adapt quickly to different classroom environments and pupil cohorts.
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- •Delivered one-to-one support to 6 primary pupils with autism and dyslexia, improving reading fluency by 12 months over 2 terms through personalised phonics intervention.
- •Collaborated with SENCO and speech therapist to implement behaviour management strategies for 8 Year 3 pupils, reducing classroom incidents by 35% and increasing on-task time to 82%.
- •Supported 15 pupils across 3 supply placements in primary schools, adapting quickly to new environments and building trust with pupils, teachers, and families within first week of each placement.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the SEN Teaching Assistant position at Protocol Education in Stockton-on-Tees. With my experience in one-to-one pupil support and behaviour management, I am confident I can deliver the personalised learning and inclusive classroom environment your pupils deserve. I understand the importance of safeguarding and have completed DfE-compliant training.
My background in supporting children with diverse learning needs has taught me that every pupil can thrive with the right support. I am skilled at collaborating with teachers, therapists, and families to build confidence and independence, celebrating each step forward.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Can you describe a time you delivered a personalised learning activity to a pupil with specific SEN needs? What was the outcome?
- ›How do you approach behaviour management in a way that keeps children feeling safe and valued?
- ›Tell us about your experience working with pupils who have different types of learning needs—how do you tailor your support?
- ›What strategies do you use to build a pupil's confidence and independence in the classroom?
- ›How do you communicate progress and concerns to teachers, parents, and other professionals involved in a child's care?
Behavioural
- ›Describe a time when a pupil was upset or frustrated. How did you respond and what was the result?
- ›Tell us about a situation where you had to work closely with a teacher or therapist to support a child. How did you collaborate?
- ›Give an example of when you celebrated a small step forward with a pupil. Why was that moment important?
- ›Have you worked in a supply or temporary role before? How did you adapt to new environments and teams quickly?
- ›Tell us about a time when you had to be patient with a child who was struggling. What did you learn from that experience?
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a time when a pupil was upset or frustrated. How did you respond and what was the result?
Tell us about a situation where you had to work closely with a teacher or therapist to support a child. How did you collaborate?