Teaching Assistant CV example
A free example, with real achievement bullets and the skills recruiters look for
Teaching Assistant CVs are read for age range and SEN experience specifically, then for one intervention with a measurable outcome — “great with children” tells a school nothing they can't assume already.
What recruiters look for on a Teaching Assistant CV
- Age range or Key Stage experience named specifically (KS1, KS2), and any SEN experience alongside it.
- Current safeguarding training and DBS status, since schools check this before anything else.
- A specific intervention with a measurable outcome — reading age, targets met — not a general claim of being good with children.
- Behaviour management approach, especially for roles supporting pupils with additional needs.
Example achievement bullets
These are the kind of specific, quantified bullets worth building your own experience section around — adapt the structure (action → scope → result), not the exact wording, to your own background:
Good example bulletSupported a Key Stage 2 class of 28 pupils, providing 1:1 support to a pupil with an EHCP that contributed to them meeting 4 of 5 termly targets.
Good example bulletRan a small-group phonics intervention for 6 pupils falling behind their reading age, moving 4 of them back to age-appropriate level within one term.
Key skills to include
- SEN support (EHCPs, IEPs)
- Behaviour management
- Phonics & literacy intervention
- Safeguarding (current DBS)
- Small-group & 1:1 support
- Classroom management
- Lesson resource preparation
- Key Stage 1/2 curriculum
- Communication with parents/carers
- First aid (if held)
Only list skills you can genuinely speak to in an interview — a skills section is a set of claims, not a wishlist.
Which template to use
Minimal or Corporate templates are a strong starting point — warm but legible, matching how schools expect a CV to read. FreeShelf renders your details live across all 250 designs, so you can compare several before deciding — there's no need to commit up front.
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