SEN Teaching Assistant - River Beach Primary School

About Us

River Beach is a large Primary School consisting of 3 forms of entry and an average of 670 children on roll, plus our wonderful Nursery!

We are part of the Schoolsworks Academy Trust, which gives us the opportunity to collaborate and share good practice across the schools. Through this, by joining a Schoolsworks school, you will benefit from numerous CPD opportunities that will allow you to improve your teaching practice as your career progresses.

We are incredibly proud of our school and the children in it. Our school aim is to give "Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day". We understand that every child is individual, unique and has a wide range of talents. It is our job is to bring out the best in them through support, challenge, giving them opportunities and not being afraid to learn from mistakes! Our curriculum is progressive, creative and exciting which enables not only our children to become successful learners but also, to have fun whilst they do it!

Our school was rated 'Good' by Ofsted in February 2025 and we are now on an exciting journey to make our school even better.

Job Details

Salary: £25,583 to £25,989p.a. pro rata (actual starting salary £17,631p.a)

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 30 hours per week, term time only plus 2 inset days

Location: River Beach Primary School

Interviews: 11.09.2026

What You Need to Succeed

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, positive, dedicated, caring, emotionally
intelligent team player to join our friendly, supportive and committed team as a Teaching Assistant within our SEN (Lighthouse) department.

Ideally you are already a Teaching Assistant with experience of working with children in an educational setting and/or have other experience in working with children with special educational needs and are looking to progress your career in to education.

River Beach Primary School is a friendly, happy and caring three-form entry primary school in West Sussex, which has a fantastic and supportive staff team and is well respected within the local community. We have high expectations and a school-wide commitment to improve children's learning and staff expertise and professional development.

In return we can offer you:

• A supportive environment in which to grow with an opportunity to be considered for
  HLTA training for the right candidate.
• Collaborative working across all 10 schools in the trust
• Employee Benefits including Local Government Pension, Staff wellbeing (Employee Assistance Program) and staff retail discounts.

Further Information

River Beach Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. This post is subject to rigorous pre-employment checks, including references, qualifications, health, enhanced DBS checks and online social media searches. River Beach Primary School is part of the Schoolsworks Academy Trust and the trust is fully committed to supporting the career development of all its staff.

River Beach Primary School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.