Teaching Assistant - Booker Park School

Overview

Make a Real Difference – Join us at Booker Park School as an SEN Teaching Assistant!

Do you have a passion for helping children overcome challenges and reach their full potential? We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate SEN Teaching Assistant to join our team and make a lasting impact on the lives of pupils with Special Educational Needs. This is your opportunity to play a vital role in creating an inclusive, supportive learning environment where every child can thrive.

Term time only: Yes

Salary Details: £16,511-£17,110 per annum (FTE £23,996-£24,950)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part-time 30 hours per week, 8.45am to 3.15pm Monday to Friday

Closing date: 22/02/2026

Interviews to be held: To be conducted as suitable candidates apply.

About us

At Booker Park School we look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve in a caring and supportive environment.

The school is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary school Stocklake Park, and its post-16 site Harding House.

Website: www.thevalefederation.com

About the role

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide individualised support to pupils with SEN, helping them engage with learning activities and achieve their potential.
• Assist the teacher in adapting resources and strategies to meet diverse learning needs.
• Support pupils in developing confidence, independence, and social skills.
• Help maintain a safe, structured, and nurturing classroom environment across different learning settings.
• Carry out clinical procedures following training and competency, signed off by registered nurse, through mutual agreement
• Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils
• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour

For more information please see attached job description

About you

About You:

• Passionate about making a difference for children with SEN.
• Patient, empathetic, and able to build positive relationships with pupils.
• Flexible and collaborative, working effectively as part of a team.
• Reliable, resilient, and committed to promoting inclusion and equality
• Good communication skills with adults, children and young adults
• Working constructively as part of a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities and your own position within these

For more information please see attached Person Specification

Other information

To apply click here: https://www.eteach.com/careers/bookerpark/application-register?vacancyId=1534179&lang=en-GB&src=BucksCCJobs

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lynne Worley on the number below.

Tel No: 01296 427221

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Email: [email protected]

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we appoint an appropriate candidate. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date you must assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful

The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake pre-employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process

• This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
  All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.