Teaching assistant cover letter example
A teaching assistant cover letter should show the children you support and how: small groups, one-to-one SEND support and how you work with the teacher. Mention safeguarding training and say what draws you to this school.
Fictional letter from Zara Ahmed, the applicant in the teaching assistant cv example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Level 3 Teaching Assistant post in Key Stage 1 at Oakfield Primary School. I have three years' experience in Key Stage 1 and 2 classrooms, running phonics groups and supporting pupils with special educational needs.
The post, the key stage and the experience that matches it, in two sentences.
Each morning at Wrenfield Primary I run 20-minute phonics catch-up sessions for six Year 1 pupils, following the school's scheme, and record their reading progress for the class teacher. I also support a Year 4 pupil with an EHCP for 20 hours a week, using the visual timetable and movement breaks we agreed with the SENCo and the family.
Evidence for the two things TA adverts ask most: small-group teaching and SEND support.
Your website describes the reading recovery work in your Key Stage 1 classes, and I would value being part of it. I follow safeguarding procedures closely and have read Part one of Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026.
A specific reason for this school, and the safeguarding knowledge every school checks.
I hold an enhanced DBS certificate on the Update Service. My CV is attached and I would be glad to come in for a visit or a lesson observation. Thank you for your time.
Checks, the attached CV and a clear next step.