# Teaching Assistant Cover Letter Examples & Tips

> Teaching Assistant cover letter examples for experienced and entry-level applicants, a short version for email, and tips on what to write.

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## Teaching assistant cover letter example

A SEND teaching assistant. Pupils' progress, named carefully.

```text
Dear Headteacher,

I'm applying for the Teaching Assistant post at St Mary's Primary. At Kirkstall Primary School, I support a Year 1 class of 30 and give 1:1 support to an autistic pupil with an EHCP, who met five of his six annual targets last year.

I run daily Read Write Inc. phonics groups for eight pupils, and seven of them passed the phonics screening check in June. I also deliver speech and language programmes set by the therapist to four pupils and record their progress each week for the SENCo. Before that, at Roundhay Park Primary, I prepared resources and small-group work for a Reception class under the EYFS framework.

I'd welcome the chance to visit the school.

Kind regards,
Grace Mensah
```

## Entry-level teaching assistant cover letter example

A first TA post. Volunteering and childcare carry it.

```text
Dear Headteacher,

I'm applying for the Teaching Assistant post at St Mary's Primary. I haven't worked in a school yet, but I've volunteered one morning a week for a year in a Year 2 class, listening to readers and helping with group work.

I also work weekends at a children's activity centre, running sessions for groups of up to 15 children aged five to ten. I hold a Level 2 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning and an enhanced DBS check.

I'd love to visit the school. My CV is attached.

Kind regards,
Sophie Turner
```

## Short teaching assistant cover letter

For an email body or an application form's text box. One paragraph of proof.

```text
Dear Headteacher,

I'm applying for the Teaching Assistant post. I support a Year 1 class and a pupil with an EHCP at Kirkstall Primary, and seven of my eight phonics pupils passed the screening check in June.

My CV is attached.

Kind regards,
Grace Mensah
```

## How to write a teaching assistant cover letter

1. **Open with a result, not an adjective.** A teaching assistant hiring manager decides in the first lines whether to keep reading. Put your strongest result there, with its number, as the example does: “At Kirkstall Primary School, I support a Year 1 class of 30 and give 1:1 support to an autistic pupil with an EHCP, who met five of his six annual targets last year.”
2. **Name the skills the posting names.** Use the job ad's own words for your tools and methods, such as safeguarding, enhanced DBS and child protection, and put each in a sentence with what came of it. A list of skills belongs on the resume.
3. **End on this employer, not on you.** One line on why this employer, then a plain close. The example ends: “I'd welcome the chance to visit the school.” Change it for every application.

## What teaching assistant screeners look for

- **Safeguarding and DBS up front** Schools cannot interview without safer recruitment checks. An enhanced DBS on the update service, safeguarding training and paediatric first aid answer that before anything else is read.
- **Key stage, class and the support role** A Year 1 class TA, a 1:1 for a pupil with an EHCP and a KS2 intervention TA are different jobs. Name the year group, the class size and who you supported.
- **SEND and interventions by name** Read Write Inc., Numicon, Precision Teaching, ELSA and speech and language programmes are literal matches. Say how many pupils were in the group and how far they moved.
- **Behaviour, care and the wider day** Positive behaviour support, Team Teach, personal care, break and lunch duty and covering the class with a plan all show you take load off the teacher.

## Skills to name

safeguarding, enhanced DBS, child protection, paediatric first aid, Prevent, Keeping Children Safe in Education, SEND, EHCP, 1:1 support, autism

## Questions

### What should a teaching assistant cover letter include?

The job title and employer in the first sentence, then your strongest result with its number. A teaching assistant letter should show safeguarding and dbs up front, key stage, class and the support role and send and interventions by name. Close with one line on why this employer and a plain sign-off.

### How long should a teaching assistant cover letter be?

One page at most. The experienced letter above is 123 words, the entry-level one 95 and the short version 45. Use the short one when you're pasting into an email or an application form.

### How do I write a teaching assistant cover letter with no experience?

Lead with the closest work you have done, such as placements, internships, part-time jobs or a course project, and give each one a result. The entry-level example above shows how: a first TA post. Volunteering and childcare carry it.

### Can I write a teaching assistant cover letter for a career change?

Yes. Open with the teaching assistant job you want, then pick two results from your current work that the new job needs, and say in one sentence what you're learning to fill the gap. The builder's Career change template is set up for this.

### What skills should a teaching assistant cover letter mention?

Two or three the job posting asks for, each in a sentence with a result, such as safeguarding, enhanced DBS and child protection. Leave out any you couldn't talk through in an interview.

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