General Teaching Assistant SEN

General Teaching Assistant SEN Salary: £26,847 per annum pro rata plus SEN allowance

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Hours/Working Pattern: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only

• Salary: £26,847 per annum pro rata plus SEN allowance

Grade: CD SCP 6

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Fixed Term Contract End Date: initially to 31/07/2027

Vacancy Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only

Location:  

Moorside is a friendly, nurturing and ambitious school at the heart of our community in Ripon. We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and highly motivated General Teaching Assistant SEND (with lunchtime responsibilities) to join our school team.

This is a varied and rewarding role for someone who enjoys working with children across the primary age range and is happy to work flexibly across the school, from Early Years through to Year 6.

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working with children, preferably within a school or similar setting.
• Be enthusiastic about working with children from Early Years through to Year 6.
• Be flexible and able to adapt to different age groups, classrooms and responsibilities.
• Have a caring, patient and nurturing approach.
• Be willing and confident to undertake personal-care duties.
• Be able to support a child with physical needs in accordance with appropriate guidance and training.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Be reliable, responsible and able to use their initiative.
• Have a commitment to inclusion and enabling all children to participate fully.
• Be willing to undertake relevant training relating to moving and handling, personal care and specialist equipment.
• Have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's welfare.

We will offer:

• A nurturing school with a supportive and hardworking staff team.
• A strong leadership team who encourage development and a supportive ethos.
• A school with aspiration and determination to reach the highest standards in teaching, learning and development of the whole child.
• Continued professional development.
• A school committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people with the expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment.

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please email applications to: finance@moorside-pri.n-yorks.sch.uk

Key Documents

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf

Application Form.docx

Key Dates

Closing Date: Monday 19 October 2026, 09:30 am

Interview Date: Thursday 22 October 2026

Venue for Interview: Moorside Primary School and Nursery, Harrogate Road, Ripon, HG4 1SU

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

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General Teaching Assistant SEN

Salary: £26,847 per annum pro rata plus SEN allowance

Grade: CD SCP 6

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Fixed Term Contract End Date: initially to 31/07/2027

Vacancy Hours: 32.5 hours per week, Term Time Only

Location:

Moorside is a friendly, nurturing and ambitious school at the heart of our community in Ripon. We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and highly motivated General Teaching Assistant SEND (with lunchtime responsibilities) to join our school team.

This is a varied and rewarding role for someone who enjoys working with children across the primary age range and is happy to work flexibly across the school, from Early Years through to Year 6.

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working with children, preferably within a school or similar setting.
• Be enthusiastic about working with children from Early Years through to Year 6.
• Be flexible and able to adapt to different age groups, classrooms and responsibilities.
• Have a caring, patient and nurturing approach.
• Be willing and confident to undertake personal-care duties.
• Be able to support a child with physical needs in accordance with appropriate guidance and training.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Be reliable, responsible and able to use their initiative.
• Have a commitment to inclusion and enabling all children to participate fully.
• Be willing to undertake relevant training relating to moving and handling, personal care and specialist equipment.
• Have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting children's welfare.

We will offer:

• A nurturing school with a supportive and hardworking staff team.
• A strong leadership team who encourage development and a supportive ethos.
• A school with aspiration and determination to reach the highest standards in teaching, learning and development of the whole child.
• Continued professional development.
• A school committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people with the expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment.

This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please email applications to: finance@moorside-pri.n-yorks.sch.uk

Key Documents

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf

Application Form.docx

Key Dates

Closing Date: Monday 19 October 2026, 09:30 am

Interview Date: Thursday 22 October 2026

Venue for Interview: Moorside Primary School and Nursery, Harrogate Road, Ripon, HG4 1SU

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

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General Teaching Assistant SEN

Salary: £26,847 - £26,847 per annum pro rata

Posted: 07/10/2026

Closing date: 18/10/2026

Closing time: 23:59 (BST)

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