Behaviour Support

Saxon Mount School, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8HH

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Single Status Grade 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are a special school for pupils with Autism, Communication and Associated Learning Difficulties.

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic, flexible and innovative Behaviour Support Worker to join our staff team. The successful candidate will support pupils to manage their emotions using personalised strategies, enabling them to regulate and return to learning. This role includes working in the Nurture Provision and across the school site.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Knowledge and understanding of young people with SEN, including Autism

• Experience supporting pupils requiring additional support and intervention

• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

• Strong communication skills and calm, adaptable approach

What the school offers its staff

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting pupils within the Blue Room and across the wider school

• Responding to behaviour incidents and supporting emotional regulation

• Supporting pupils during break and lunchtime

• Implementing behaviour plans under guidance of the Behaviour Lead

• Supporting detentions and targeted interventions

• Recording safeguarding concerns using CPOMS

• Working closely with staff, families, and external agencies

We welcome applications from individuals with relevant qualifications (Level 3 or above) and/or experience supporting pupils with SEND in schools or similar settings. Please email saxonoffice@tasmat.org.uk for an application pack.

Closing date for applications: Noon, 13th July 2026

Interviews to follow shortly afterwards.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Saxon Mount School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 171 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Saxon Mount School website
• Email address: kquinnell@tasmat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/saxon-mount-school

Special School for pupils with Autism, communication and other learning difficulties

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