SEND Teaching Assistant Role - Sutton

Protocol Education Ltd; London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in education is recruiting teaching assistants for a special needs school in Sutton, starting immediately or in September 2025. The role involves supporting students of various ages with different needs, providing training, and an opportunity for a flexible, year-long position. Applicants should have a passion for working with children and a commitment to making a positive impact on their learning.

Benefits

Experienced consultant

Free training

Competitive pay

No hidden deductions

Qualifications

• Commitment, passion, and dedication are essential.
• Previous experience is not required.
• Must undertake or have a valid enhanced DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Support students with special needs in small class sizes.
• Assist in developing speech & language skills.
• Support key subjects including numeracy and literacy.

Job description

Protocol Education are currently recruiting teaching assistants to work in a state of the art special needs school in Sutton to start immediately or from September 2025. This inclusive school offers teaching assistant the chance to work with all ages such as early years, primary and secondary students and will provide training throughout the role. This particular school are looking for individuals who enjoy working with children of all ages, and are passionate about making a positive impact in students learning and development. No experience is required, but commitment, passion and dedication are key attributes the school are looking for. As a teaching assistant you will be working in small class sizes of 6 - 8 students per class with special needs that include autism, speech and language difficulties and complex needs. If successful you will support students with their set curriculum, which is tailored to meet the students needs, developing speech & language skills, teach vocabulary and comprehension through visual resources, support students in cores subjects such as numeracy and literacy and also assist in creative lessons such as art, music, swimming, cooking, K9 therapy and sensory play.

• Monday to Friday
• A year long role, offering flexibility
• Working with special needs such as autism, speech & language and learning difficulties
• Working with students in a set class of 6 - 8 students per class
• Developing students communication and social awareness
• Opportunity to developing students learning on a one to one basis
• Assisting in key subjects such as tailored numeracy & literacy
• Supporting students in creative lessons such as art, music, swimming and cooking

Benefits:

• Experienced consultant
• Free training to support you in your role
• NO umbrella companies, so no hidden deductions
• Competitive pay

To be considered for to this role please submit your application ASAP whilst roles last. Alternatively you can email your CV [e-mail].

All applications will be considered and all suitable applications will be contacted within 24hrs.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

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.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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