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Friendly and clear, with qualifications such as a Level 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning near the top.
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For teaching assistants, SEND and one-to-one support assistants and learning support staff in primary and secondary schools.
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The ticked skills list suits phonics schemes, SEND strategies and the interventions you can run.
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Plain and one column, for school and local authority systems that take a CV upload.
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What to put on a teaching assistant CV
Teaching assistants support pupils in class, in small groups and one to one, and many specialise in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Schools advertise on their own website, the local authority’s jobs board or the DfE’s Teaching Vacancies service and often use an application form; education agencies and many trusts ask for a CV.
Your CV should show who you have supported, how, and what changed, along with the checks every school needs: an enhanced DBS and up-to-date safeguarding training.
Whatever the job, the UK CV format applies: your name and contact details, a short profile, experience with the most recent first, then education and skills. No photo, age or date of birth.
A profile with the age group
The year groups or key stages you know, whether you work one to one or with groups, and the needs you have supported, such as autism or speech and language.
Qualifications
Your GCSE English and maths grades (many schools ask for grade 4 or C), any teaching assistant or childcare qualification, such as a Level 2 or 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning, and degree or college courses.
Experience
Each school with the year groups, then what you did: phonics groups, reading and maths interventions, behaviour support, PPA cover, lunchtime and trips.
SEND support
The strategies you use, such as visual timetables, Zones of Regulation, precision teaching or Makaton, and how you work with the class teacher and SENCo.
Safeguarding and checks
Safeguarding level and date, an enhanced DBS (and the Update Service if you use it), paediatric first aid and Team Teach or similar training.
New to schools?
Volunteering in a school, reading with pupils, coaching, Brownies or Scouts, childcare and support work all show you can help children learn.
Skills and keywords for a teaching assistant CV
From our skills guides and CV examples for this job. Use the ones that are true for you, in the words of the job advert, so recruiters and applicant tracking systems find them.
- Phonics (Read Write Inc.)
- SEND support
- Autism awareness
- Behaviour management
- Small-group interventions
- EAL support
- Safeguarding
- Classroom cover (PPA)
- Speech and language support
- Record keeping (Arbor, CPOMS)
- Early Years Foundation Stage
- Maths interventions (Numicon)
- Paediatric first aid
- Team Teach
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Teaching assistant CVs: your questions
Can I become a teaching assistant with no experience?
Yes. Some schools take on teaching assistants without classroom experience, especially for general support roles. Volunteering in a school, helping with a youth group or childcare experience all help, and a Level 2 or 3 teaching assistant course shows you are serious.
What qualifications should I list on a teaching assistant CV?
Your GCSE English and maths grades, any teaching assistant or childcare qualification, such as a Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning, and training such as paediatric first aid, Team Teach or a phonics scheme.
How do I describe SEND experience on a CV?
Say what needs you supported (for example autism, ADHD or speech and language needs), the age group and the approaches you used. Never name a child or include details that could identify them.
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