Primary Support Teaching Assistant
SLCN-Teaching Assistant Level 3
Resource Specialist Provision (RSP)
ELTJUN2607
To start: Sept.2026
Closing date and time: Weds 8th July 2026 @12pm
Interview Date: W/C 13th July 2026
Welholme Academy is seeking to appoint an experienced Level 3 Teaching Assistant to join our ambitious and committed team.
Welholme Academy are creating a targeted mainstream provision for 12 children with significant and complex Speech, Language and Communication Needs
This role is to support teaching and learning and to provide care of pupils in the new Provision.
The appointed candidate will work alongside our RSP Teacher and our SENDCo and will be well-supported by the wider SEND Provision team.
We are looking to appoint someone who:
- is a qualified Level 3 Teaching Assistant
- has experience of working with children with complex SEND
- shows compassion, resilience and patience in their care for children with SEND.
- holds every child and their family in the highest possible regard and lead by example, having high expectations of what every child can achieve.
- is committed to providing the very best teaching and learning for all our children and are ambitious for their achievement.
In return we can offer you:
- A newly refurbished setting, with high quality resources.
- Access to extensive continuous professional development from both the Trust and Local Authority.
- A chance to be a part of a thriving and happy academy
- A dedicated team of supportive colleagues who are passionate about the pupils in their care.
- Membership of East Riding Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Lifestyle savings
This is an exciting opportunity to be a key part of the development of our new SLCN Resource specialist provision from the very start, and you will have the opportunity to bring your expertise to shape our future work.
Come and join our team of committed and passionate professionals – be bothered!
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged before application. Please contact the school on 01472 329944 to arrange an appointment.
To apply, please complete the online application form on the Enquire Learning Trust website:
https://www.enquirelearningtrust.org/job-vacancies/
Further information about our Academy along with our safeguarding, child protection and equality polices can be found on our school website
DBS/Safeguarding Statement
The Enquire Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All ID and qualification checks will be made prior to appointment, as will online searches of candidates (Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023). Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service check and Disqualification by Association Disclosure.
The Trust is legally obligated to process an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts.
The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate.
For posts in regulated activity, the DBS check will include a barred list check.
It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are on a barred list.
We’ll use the DBS check to ensure we comply with the Childcare Disqualification Regulations. It is an offence to provide or manage childcare covered by these regulations if you are disqualified.
Any data processed as part of the DBS check will be processed in accordance with data protection regulations and the trusts information governance policy which can be found on the website.
Please note this post is in regulated activity and exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS criminal records and barred list check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks. Only applicants who have been shortlisted will be asked for a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable for the position. Any convictions that are self-disclosed or listed on a DBS check will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
All documentation will be treated confidentially and processed in accordance with Data Protection regulations.