Teaching Assistant Inclusion Support

Clarendon Academy is looking for a caring and motivated Teaching Assistant to provide inclusion support to vulnerable students starting in October 2025. This is a wonderful opportunity to support and promote the schools culture of inclusivity and meet the needs of all its young people. You will be working with colleagues in the SEND Inclusion and Attendance teams to support students who struggle to attend lessons and need additional support to build confidence in this area.

Working Hours: Part time (30 hours per week Monday to Friday 39 weeks per year includes Teacher Training Days). Contract: Fixed term until 24th July 2026

Clarendon Academy is a thriving co-educational non-denominational secondary school and sixth form educating young people between the ages of 11 and 18. Located in the bustling town of Trowbridge Wiltshire we pride ourselves on being a centre of excellence where young enthusiastic children enter in Year 7 and leave us at the end of Year 13 as fully rounded young adults. Our staff aim for every lesson every day to be exceptional and work tirelessly to ensure students feel that they belong and can achieve their dreams. We are part of the Acorn Education Trust which provides exciting opportunities to collaborate and improve local June 2023 we retained our Good Ofsted rating and were praised for offering a high-quality well sequenced curriculum with the inspectors commenting that pupils feel safe and cared for in this welcoming and friendly school.

As an Inclusion Teaching Assistant you must be able to work across all age ranges and abilities within our school and be prepared to work flexibly to support students with complex needs including those requiring SEN and behavioural support and liaising with SLT teachers and SENCO. The role will require you to support pupils with behavioural needs so experience in this area is desirable. You will work with the Inclusion Team and other staff to support the students who struggle to feel included in lessons.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for children and supporting them in their development;
• Has strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils staff and parents;
• Enjoys working with young people and can develop good working relationships with them;
• Is self-motivated dedicated and consistent;
• Has the ability to deal with new challenging situations;
• Has a positive and empathetic attitude;
• Is a strong team player as who can use their own initiative;
• Understands and is sympathetic to the needs of young people including their social emotional and mental wellbeing;
• Has experience of supporting students learning;
• Has a current First Aid or is prepared to undertake training
• Has experience working with young people with behavioural needs and /or is willing to undertake training to support young people with such needs.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• Training opportunities;
• The opportunity to further your career;
• Supportive line management and networking opportunities with other Resource Bases within the Trust;
• A caring and dynamic team of colleagues;
• A commitment to achieving the best for all of our pupils and staff.

For information about this role including a full Job Description and Person Specification please read our Applicant Information Pack. If you have any additional questions please contact our school admin office on:

Closing Date: Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 12pm

Interview Date: w/c Monday 6th October 2025

Please note: while the closing date for applications has been set we reserve the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate upon receipt of an exceptional application. Therefore we would encourage prompt application for this position.