SRP Teaching Assistant
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Richmond, TW9 4LH |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 16 Oct 2026 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
• Proactive Pupil Advocacy: Ability to anticipate, predict, and plan for difficult times in the school day/week to actively minimize distress or barriers for pupils.
• 1:1 & Group Instruction: Capability to lead agreed learning activities, make real-time adjustments based on pupil response, and provide constructive feedback under teacher guidance.
• Behavior & SEMH Support: Ability to promote social and emotional mental health, encourage self-esteem and independence, deal promptly with conflicts or incidents, and assist pupils in taking responsibility for their behavior.
• Observation & Reporting: Ability to accurately monitor, assess, and keep records of pupil progress and achievement, providing detailed verbal/written feedback to teachers and the SENCO.
• Supervision & Safety: Ability to supervise pupils effectively in diverse environments—including classrooms, outdoor play areas, dining halls, and off-site educational visits—ensuring orderly conduct, safety, and inclusion.
• Communication & Collaboration: Skill in building constructive relationships with parents/carers, collaborating with teachers, SENCO, and leadership, and providing administrative support (e.g., filing, displays) when needed.
What the school offers its staff
• We are a school that offer:
• Friendly, fun and welcoming staff.
• A team ethos where all staff support each other and share resources and good practice
• Good induction and support in settling into your new role
• We are committed to ensuring the best for all children and staff
• We are an exciting and innovative school where individuality is celebrated
• We live to uphold our values of “Enjoy, Aspire, Responsibility, Equity, Make a Difference in working with each other, our children and the wider community.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.