SEND Senior Teaching Assistant

Sherwood

Foundation School

Senior

Teaching Assistants

Salary:

NJC, Grade

5-6, Point 12-20, £27,985 - £31,468 pro rata (equivalent to £32,070 - £36,585

FTE)

Contract:

36 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!