Teaching Assistant / ELSA in Pewsey

Pewsey Vale School is looking to appoint an experienced Teaching Assistant to join its friendly team and provide support to pupils, effective from June 2026. Experience as an Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) is advantageous as the role will involve working with pupils with SEND and emotional literacy needs.

Required: September 2026. Working Hours: Part Time (22 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 38 weeks per year, no Teacher Training days). As part of this role, there will be an additional 10 hours dedicated to driving the minibus between 8:00am and 10:00am to collect students and support the attendance team.

Pewsey Vale is a small but thriving co‑educational school, educating young people between the ages of 11 and 16 years. Situated in the village of Pewsey, our community works together to ensure that all students are supported to reach their full potential in both academic and personal development. We provide a supportive and challenging learning environment where each student is recognised as an individual and empowered to succeed. We believe in teaching that engages students, challenges them to exceed expectation, take risks, and develop resilience, creativity and success.

In December 2024 we joined Acorn Education Trust, which provides exciting opportunities to improve local education. As a Teaching Assistant, you will work across all age ranges within our school, supporting students of all abilities, including those requiring social and emotional support and SEN support, and will make a real difference to their school lives. You will be supported by our dedicated team of teachers, teaching assistants and the wider SEND team.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has a passion for delivering high quality and exciting opportunities for young people;
• Has strong interpersonal and communication skills and is able to work with a variety of pupils, staff and parents;
• Has superb attention to detail and organisational skills;
• Is self‑motivated, dedicated and consistent;
• Enjoys working with young people and can develop good working relationships with them;
• Has the ability to deal with new challenging situations;
• Can be a strong team player as well as use their own initiative;
• Has a positive and flexible attitude;
• Understands and is sympathetic to the needs of young people, including their social and emotional wellbeing;
• Has experience of supporting children’s learning;
• Has experience as an ELSA (advantageous);
• Has a current First Aid qualification or is prepared to undertake training;
• Holds a full, clean driving licence and has experience in or is prepared to drive a minibus.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• An ambitious and vibrant place to work, with enthusiastic children and staff who are passionate about learning;
• A workplace where everyone feels valued and supported;
• Opportunities for training and progression;
• The support of Acorn Education Trust, with excellent opportunities to work with experienced colleagues;
• A supportive and clearly defined induction procedure.

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 01672-565000.

Closing Date: Friday 26th June 2026 at 12pm. Interview Date: w/c Monday 29th June 2026. 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.