SEN teaching assistant: model job description

Download our model job description and person specification for an SEN teaching assistant (TA) and adapt it to meet your school's needs.

Last reviewed on 9 November 2023
School types: Maintained, Academy, Independent, Welsh establishment · School phases: Primary, Secondary
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  1. Download our model job description and person specification

Download our model job description and person specification

Use and adapt our model job description and person specification to recruit your next teaching assistant (TA) for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). 

There are no specific statutory requirements for this role, so we've based it on the most common features that schools include. 

You'll need to adapt it to suit your school’s context, needs and priorities.

Make sure your job advert complies with safeguarding guidance and equality law

You're not required to advertise this position internally or externally, but it's good practice to do so. Find out what you need to include in your job advert for maintained schools and academies to help you recruit safely.