Job Description
Specialist Teaching Assistant for Visual Impairment
Patcham Junior School, Highview Avenue South, Brighton, BN1 8WW
Salary: £31,022 pro rata (Actual £28,253.88 or £28,629.73 if over 5 years service)
Job reference: REQ
Job Details
Contractual Hours: 37
Job Category / Type: Teaching and Leadership
Posted: 29/05/2026
Job Purpose
Work with teachers to support the learning, educational progress and inclusion of a pupil with a visual impairment, with the aim of maintaining attainment levels in line with that of their sighted peers.
Give assistance to a student with a visual impairment so that they can access the curriculum, participate in learning, experience a sense of achievement and develop independence in learning and other aspects of school life alongside their fully sighted peers.
Paid weeks per year: if over 5 years service with Brighton & Hove) (inclusive of holiday entitlem...