EYFS/SEND Teaching Assistant

Full Job Description

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Job Title:  EYFS/SEND Teaching Assistant
Location:  Hambrook School, Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Hours:  37.5 hours per week | Monday to Friday | 8.00am - 4.00pm     
Salary:  £22,160.62 per annum (not pro rata)
Contract:  Permanent | Term Time Only
Start:  October 2026    
UK applicants only – no sponsorship available

About the Role

As an EYFS/SEND Teaching Assistant, you will play a vital role in helping students thrive in a supportive, nurturing, and engaging learning environment. Working closely with teachers and the wider school team, you will support students with Autism and additional needs to access learning, build confidence, and develop key life skills.

This is a rewarding role where no two days are the same. You will help prepare learning resources, support classroom activities, and provide tailored assistance to meet individual learning, communication, emotional, and physical needs. Through your encouragement and guidance, you will help students develop independence, strengthen their social and communication skills, and achieve outcomes they never thought possible.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting students with Autism and additional SEND needs across a range of learning activities.
• Assisting with the delivery of engaging EYFS and sensory-based learning experiences, both indoors and outdoors.
• Helping students develop confidence, independence, communication, and social skills.
• Supporting students' emotional wellbeing through a calm, caring, and responsive approach.
• Preparing learning resources and contributing to a stimulating and inclusive learning environment.
• Working closely with teachers and therapists to implement personalised support strategies.
• Supervising and supporting students during classroom activities, outdoor learning, and educational visits.
• Providing support with personal and intimate care where required, with full training provided.
• Promoting positive behaviour and helping students engage successfully with learning and the wider world around them.

You will be part of a dedicated and supportive team, where collaboration, shared learning, and professional development are at the heart of everything we do. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about making a genuine difference to the lives of students with SEND while developing their own skills and experience within a specialist education setting.

About Our School

Hambrook School is located in Burgess Hill West Sussex. Burgess Hill is just on the West Sussex side of the border and just across the county boundary of East Sussex. Brighton and Hove are a short drive and just northeast of Chichester. 

Our aim is to help students excel by providing a structured, nurturing approach, with students accessing a broad, balanced, engaging and extraordinarily rich curriculum.

We are proud to be a part of OFG Education who in 2025 were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running.

Why Join Us?

We place students and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
• Health, wellbeing and insurance benefits
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

OFG Education is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, OFG Education does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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