Specialist SEND Teaching Assistant

Fern House School, Enfield, EN3 6NY

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,689.25 - £32,565.89 Annually (FTE)

Specialist SEND Teaching Assistant job summary

Fern House School Specialist SEND Teaching Assistant

Apply By	12 noon Monday 10th November 2025
Interviews	Week beginning Monday 17th November 2025
Salary Scale	Scale 6 (Salary Range £30,689.25 - £32,565.89) PRO RATA (based on 36 hours and 39 weeks)
Contract Term	Permanent
Job Start	January 2026

Fern House School is a specialist school for pupils aged 5-16. We promote and adopt approaches rooted in attachment theory and neurobiological research to provide our pupils with a supportive framework, which allows them to feel safely heard and understood. Our highly adapted, creative curriculum ensures all pupils can engage in learning and achieve success. We are seeking an enthusiastic, hard-working Specialist SEND Teaching Assistant who is open to learning a modern approach to understanding pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. The successful post holder will be an integral part of the SEND team, working closely with the SENDCo and teaching staff to deliver targeted support, which involves supporting pupils to make progress and achieve the outcomes detailed in their Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), as well as providing direct support to promote pupil wellbeing and assisting pupils in overcoming barriers to learning. At Fern House School, our pupils benefit from a creative curriculum, taught by trusted staff who are flexible in their approach and offer integrated sensory breaks when required. We maintain a shared, consistent and fair whole school approach to behaviour management that is clear and easy to follow.

At Fern House School we understand the importance of building meaningful relationships with pupils and families to nurture growth and development of relational milestones such as, building trust and sharing enjoyment. Care and making connections are at the heart of our ethos and we work hard to ensure that all staff feel cared for too.

Staff well-being is a school priority, and we ensure that all staff are given dedicated opportunities to reflect and share information with their team. All staff are given access to Perkbox - an app that provides discounts on many high street chains. We also provide our staff with attendance incentives and the opportunity to join a cycle to work scheme.
We are strongly committed to providing high-quality professional development and career progression for all staff as part of the Connect Education Trust. We constantly review our practices to ensure our staff can focus on what matters most: creating a rich learning environment where children can thrive. We offer significant opportunities to collaborate with colleagues both within Fern House School and across the wider Trust. At Fern House School, we encourage expertise by enabling staff to get involved in curriculum developments in areas that genuinely interest them. We foster a supportive atmosphere where staff develop their own practice by working together to create remarkable futures for all pupils.

To apply please go to https://www.fernhouseschool.org/page/?title=Vacancies&pid=47

All Connect Education Trust is committed to safeguarding, therefore all employees working within the Trust must have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of our children and young people. All candidates are required to complete the school’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ declaration and will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). For posts in regulated activity, this will include a barred list check. The Trust also requires consent from applicants to carry out online searches of publicly available information, including social media, prior to interview. The trust and its schools are committed to ensuring that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment or is disadvantaged on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, and we welcome applications from all sections of society.

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 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 Fern House School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 72 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fern House School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fern-house-school

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