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Teaching Assistant

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SEND Teaching Assistant – Complex Needs (Primary)
📍 Location: Crawley
🕒 Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 3:45pm (45-minute lunch break)
📅 Start Date: Immediate and September 2025 starts available
💷 Pay: Competitive daily rate (based on experience)

Are you passionate about supporting children with complex SEND needs? Do you have the patience, empathy, and dedication to make a difference in a primary special school setting?

We are recruiting Teaching Assistants to join a warm and welcoming school in Crawley, supporting primary-aged pupils with a range of complex needs, including autism, sensory impairments, physical disabilities, and learning difficulties.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide one-to-one or small group support under teacher direction

  • Assist with personal care, sensory activities, and specialist equipment

  • Help implement individual learning and behaviour plans

  • Encourage communication, independence, and engagement

  • Work collaboratively with teaching staff, therapists, and parents

Ideal Candidates Will Have:

  • Experience working with children with SEND, particularly complex needs

  • A calm, nurturing, and proactive approach

  • Willingness to support with physical and personal care

  • Ability to adapt and respond to the needs of each pupil

  • Full-time availability, either immediately or from September

Whether you’re an experienced SEND TA or have personal experience and a passion for SEN education, we want to hear from you.

Apply today and be part of a school that truly transforms lives.

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Lucy Parrott

West Sussex and Hampshire SEND