SEN Teaching Assistant

SEN Teaching Assistant | September 2025

Location: Walthamstow

Full - time, 5 days per week

Salary: Negotiable, depending on experience

Are you a confident, dedicated SEN Teaching Assistant looking for a new challenge? If so, we want to hear from you.

Teach Plus are currently working with a primary school located in the heart of Walthamstow, who are seeking an SEN Teaching Assistant to support a child in Year 2 who has Autism and is non-verbal.

The role is a full-time, ongoing position until at least the end of the academic year. The hours of work are 8.20am - 4pm.

The school is a two-form entry, ''Good'' primary school that has an ambitious curriculum, striving for academic excellence and high levels of wellbeing and mental health for their pupils. Pupils enjoy coming to school and learning, behaviour across the school is generally good.

As an SEN Teaching Assistant, you will be expected to:

• Follow the class teacher and SENCO''s direction in supporting the child both inside and outside the classroom
• Follow plans for activities and intervention sessions provided by the class teacher
• Support with learning
• Ensure the child feels supported and safe by having a warm and nurturing approach

The ideal candidate for the SEN Teaching Assistant role will have:

• Have experience working with children with SEND
• Ideally you would have experience working with children with Autism and children who are non-verbal
• The ability to build rapport with the child and be able to respond to the child''s individual needs
• Follow direction from the class teacher, SENCO, external agencies such as Speech and Language Therapist

Next steps:

If this SEN Teaching Assistant position sounds of interest, or you would like to find out more information, please contact Kam at Teach Plus

Alternatively, please click ''apply'' and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

SEN Teaching Assistant

Teach Plus is a 5 star, Google rated, London based education recruitment agency. Our passion is to provide candidates with an excellent service in helping them find a new role, our candidate journey is what makes us stand out above the rest.

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With over 17 years'' experience working in education, we have strong, long-lasting relationships with primary schools across London.

We are able to offer a range of opportunities including short term, long term and permanent positions within education as well as a high volume of daily supply work.