SEN Teaching Assistant - Medina Primary School at Portsmouth City Council Enterprise

ROLE:                           SEN Teaching Assistant

HOURS:                       Hours of work 8:45am – 3:30pm; Monday to Friday term time only

CONTRACT:                Fixed term – academic year 2025/2026 (potential for permanent contract)

SALARY:                      Band 5 

CLOSING DATE:         Monday 31st October 

INTERVIEW DATE:     Week beginning 10th November 2025

START DATE:              November 2025

Medina Primary School is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and inclusive individual to work with our

amazing pupils. If you are ready for a new challenge and enjoy working as a team player, then please

Apply.

This particular role is to support pupils with high levels of SEND across the school. This candidate will need

to be flexible and work with a range of children supporting them to thrive academically, socially, and

emotionally both in class and in our alternative learning spaces.

We are looking for an individual who has excellent skills and knowledge in this area and is able to evidence

previous experience of working with SEN children in a primary school to ensure the statutory needs can be

met for these pupils. CPD will be provided along with support from outside agencies.

We are looking for someone with a strong, sensitive and relational approach to children’s needs,

who is able to be an effective communicator.

Applicants will ideally:

● Provide a sensitive and nurturing approach to children’s needs

● Be committed to supporting individual children's social, moral, emotional and academic well-being

● Have an empathetic understanding of children's emotions and behaviour and actively seeks to

remove barriers to learning

● Be patient, cheerful and understanding

● Have good interpersonal skills

● Be full of innovative ideas and strategies to adapt to daily challenges

● Communicate effectively with children, team members and the wider community

● Have the ability to use their own initiative and to work as part of a team

● Have prior knowledge and experience of working with children with special educational needs

● Be calm, consistent and fair – ensuring that children are safe and happy

We would be delighted to show you the school, please call the school to arrange a visit 023 92375475.

Download the Application form here.

Please send completed applications to [email protected]

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. The successful

candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks. You

are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings

under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.