SEND Teaching Assistant

Sherwood Foundation School

Teaching Assistants

Salary: NJC

Pay Scale, Grade 4-5, Points 7-15, £22,252 - £24,970 per annum (FTE £30,288 -

£33,987)

Contract: Part

time, 30.75 hours per week worked across 5 days, Monday to Friday

Term Time plus one week (39 weeks) & Permanent

Start date: As soon as possible

Closing date: Tuesday, 26 May 2026, Midday

Sherwood Foundation School is a

Foundation Special School located in the London Borough of Sutton and made up

of three campuses:

Sherwood Park Campus: This is a specialist school for learners aged 3 - 19

years who have severe, multiple and complex learning difficulties and/or

disabilities. This includes learners who have highly complex access needs

resulting from their physical and/or health conditions. All learners require

high levels of adult support to access learning.

Sherwood Hill Campus: This is a specialist school for autistic learners aged

3 - 19 years who have multiple and complex barriers to learning, requiring high

levels of support to access education and learning around their peers. Many of

our learners may also have severe learning difficulties and /or struggle to

maintain a regulated state for learning.

Sherwood Manor Campus: This is a specialist school primarily for Autistic

learners aged 11 - 19 years who have moderate to severe barriers to learning.

Most of our pupils can access a highly adapted formal learning environment with

high levels of adult support. Some of our learners struggle to deal with the

demands of an adult led learning environment so may need a highly

individualised learning offer to meet their academic potential.

As a SEND Teaching Assistant,

you will be able to:

communicate and work

effectively and supportively as a member of the school team including students,

parents and carers, other staff and external agencies. establish positive

relationships with students and empathise with their needs provide levels of individual

attention, reassurance and help with learning tasks as appropriate to students’

needs. physically support learners

and push those who use wheelchairs and / or special seating systems within

school and also hoist and position some of the pupils. Guidance and manual

handling training will be given as to the most appropriate way to do this. work with learners on their

independence and self-care procedures and support pupils with their intimate

and personal care with dignity and respect.

Experience of supporting

students in a classroom environment, including those with special educational

needs is desirable, but we have lots of experience supporting TAs to do well

from all sorts of backgrounds. Most importantly we are looking for the right person

who can demonstrate a respect and ambition for our pupils– we look forward to

hearing from you!

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