Teaching Assistant

Job Title

Teaching Assistant

New Barn School, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 8HZ

Salary: £23,638.00 per annum (not pro rata)

Hours:

40 hours per week (Monday to Friday)

Contract:

Permanent – Term Time Only
Start:
January 2026

UK applicants only – this role does not offer sponsorship.

As a Teaching Assistant at New Barn School, you’ll build strong, meaningful connections with pupils – helping them unlock their potential and thrive in their own unique ways.

• Support pupils with complex Social, Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
• Help prepare and deliver engaging learning materials and classroom activities.
• Provide hands‑on support under the guidance of experienced teachers.
• Nurture pupils’ emotional and physical wellbeing.
• Encourage independence, resilience and positive engagement with learning.
• Play a vital role in shaping each learner’s journey – step by step, moment by moment.

• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
• Experienced Teaching Assistants within SEN or from mainstream settings eager to move into complex SEND.
• Confident in working with SEMH pupils (highly desirable).
• Happy to adopt and embrace a therapeutic, nurturing approach.
• Experienced working with ASC (highly desirable).
• Compassionate, adaptable, resilient and ready to learn.
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.

New Barn School offers a broad, balanced, and relevant curriculum for boys and girls aged 6–19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities.

The school is part of Outcomes First Group, a leading provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs. We focus on innovative approaches that achieve measurable outcomes for those in our care.

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions.
• Access to a wide range of first‑class mental health support services and physical health checks.
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista) offering health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits, 100+ discount options, Cycle to Work schemes, Electric Car Purchase Scheme, and Critical Illness cover.
• Family Growth Support (enhanced maternity and paternity leave, paid fertility treatment support).
• 80% of contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy (subject to successful completion of probation and not a contractual benefit).

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

Outcomes First Group is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be subject to DBS checks and will receive a fully enhanced DBS if successful.

For more information, visit our website or contact our recruitment team.