SEN Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant – SEN
 Location: Surrey 
Contract Type: Permanent 
Actual Annual Salary: £23,210 - £24,818 actual salary dependant on qualifications and experience Plus £1000 Welcome bonus*  Salary: £12.99 - £13.89 per hour 
Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm. Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm

Teaching Personnel are pleased to be working with a brand new SEND Secondary School that opened in September 2025 in Surrey for young people aged 11-16 who require support with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing, typically associated with Autism.

The purpose of the Teaching Assistant is to support the children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment.

Key duties: 

• Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare and positive wellbeing of pupils according to the school’s policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT. 
• Provide meaningful feedback on pupil behaviour, relationships and attitudes. 
• Support positive behaviour and concentration levels of the children and adapt own behaviour and responses to any change or escalations in behaviour of the children. 
• Establish a positive relationship with pupils in order to support them in feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn.  
• Promote and encourage independence and personal development and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times and support in the achievement of this.  
• Implement, and when appropriate, adjust learning activities as agreed with the teacher.  Reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers. 
• Support learning by arranging/providing resources for lessons/activities under the direction of the teacher. 
• Implement learning activities and experiences, appropriate to the class group, by supporting the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.

Successful candidate qualities: 

• GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential. 
• L2 award in supporting teaching and learning in schools or equivalent or willingness to work towards  
• Previous experience of working within a relevant SEND Provision.   
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures  
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge.  
• Experience working within education is advantageous   
• Experience of working within a multi-cultural, inclusive setting 

If this opportunity is for you please send your CV to Abigail Simpson

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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