SEND Lead - EAL (English as Additional Language)

Woodlands School, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5BA

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  21 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  30 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,502.40 - £23,535.14 Annually (Actual) LGPS Scale 5, Point 9 (range 9 to 12) - 34 hpw, 38 wpy (term time only), inclusive of Outer Fringe

SEND Lead - EAL (English as Additional Language) job summary

Are you seeking a new professional challenge in an innovative, well supported environment? Are you a lifelong learner looking to model high aspirations and excellence to the community you serve? Are you relentless in your mission to improve and keen to support and challenge students and staff alike to become the best they can be? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join us in our demanding mission to offer a first-class provision for our school community by raising Aspirations, instilling Resilience, creating Opportunities and securing both academic and personal Excellence. We are seeking a hardworking, committed individual to join us in our journey as together, we can change lives!

We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated, flexible SEND Lead for EAL (English as Additional Language) who is able to provide support in the classroom and beyond with targeted pupils in a personalised learning environment. As a well-qualified and experienced individual with a strong background in Special Educational Needs, you will be responsible for leading, developing and managing provision for pupils who first language is not English. The successful candidate will need to have significant experience of working independently as well as being part of a team within a large department.

The post is offered for 34 hours a week, 08:30 to 16:00 (Monday - Thursday) 08:30 - 15:30 (Friday) for term time only (38 weeks per year). Part time would also be considered.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share in this commitment.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Woodlands School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1492 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodlands School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodlands-school

Aspiration, Resilience, Opportunity, Excellence, is our ethos. These four pillars underpin all we do and drive us forward as one inclusive learning community.
We have the privilege to be able to teach and learn, as an 11-16 Academy, in a £26 million building. Woodlands School is proud to serve the people of Basildon and we are constantly striving to be better. We are focused on ensuring academic excellence for all our youngsters, allowing them the opportunity to thrive at further and higher education.

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