Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

special educational needs assistanttospecial educational needs teacher primary school

A special educational needs assistant already meets 66% of what the special educational needs teacher primary school role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From special educational needs assistant
66%
Overlap1
To special educational needs teacher primary school
40 Skills carried over
11 Required, not held
45.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 45.4

This move: 45.4 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the special educational needs teacher primary school role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the special educational needs assistant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A special educational needs teacher primary school role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a special educational needs assistant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held facilitate motor skill activities management skills
  • already held mobility disability health and welfare
  • already held visual disability health and welfare
  • already held development delays health and welfare
  • already held hearing disability health and welfare
  • already held communication disorders social sciences, journalism and information

All 40 carried skills, including the 22 the special educational needs teacher primary school role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held teach primary education class content required
  • required, not held adapt teaching to student's capabilities required
  • required, not held apply intercultural teaching strategies required
  • required, not held apply teaching strategies required
  • required, not held demonstrate when teaching required
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
02 management skills 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held assign homework required
  • required, not held balance participants' personal needs with group needs required
  • required, not held maintain students' discipline required
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist children with special needs in education settings required
  • required, not held provide specialised instruction for special needs students required
  • optional, not held stimulate students' independence optional
04 education 1 required
  • required, not held assessment processes required
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a special educational needs teacher primary school role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 40 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held assess students skill
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held assist children in developing personal skills skill
  • already held assist students in their learning skill
  • already held assist students with equipment skill
  • already held curriculum objectives knowledge
  • already held disability care knowledge
  • already held encourage students to acknowledge their achievements skill
  • already held give constructive feedback skill
  • already held guarantee students' safety skill
  • already held handle children's problems skill
  • already held implement care programmes for children skill
  • already held instructional strategies knowledge
  • already held learning difficulties knowledge
  • already held maintain relations with children's parents skill
  • already held manage student relationships skill
  • already held monitor children's physical development skill
  • already held perform classroom management skill
  • already held prepare lesson content skill
  • already held primary school procedures knowledge
  • already held special needs education knowledge
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held attend to children's basic physical needs skill
  • already held behavioural disorders knowledge
  • already held common children's diseases knowledge
  • already held communication disorders knowledge
  • already held consult students on learning content skill
  • already held development delays knowledge
  • already held escort students on a field trip skill
  • already held facilitate motor skill activities skill
  • already held facilitate teamwork between students skill
  • already held hearing disability knowledge
  • already held liaise with educational support staff skill
  • already held mobility disability knowledge
  • already held organise creative performance skill
  • already held perform playground surveillance skill
  • already held provide lesson materials skill
  • already held visual disability knowledge
  • already held work with virtual learning environments skill
  • already held workplace sanitation knowledge
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held manage resources for educational purposes optional
  • optional, not held stimulate students' independence optional
  • optional, not held arrange parent teacher meeting optional
  • optional, not held assist in the organisation of school events optional
  • optional, not held develop course outline optional
  • optional, not held keep records of attendance optional
  • optional, not held monitor educational developments optional
  • optional, not held oversee extra-curricular activities optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held teach digital literacy optional
7 held skills the special educational needs teacher primary school role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on lesson plans skill
  • not needed by the target role kindergarten school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role learning needs analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide teacher support skill
  • not needed by the target role secondary school procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role social development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held assessment processes required
Index
Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.