Specialist Teaching Assistant

Fern House School, Enfield, EN3 6NY

16 days remaining to apply

• 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: £28,110.24 - £30,238.28 Annually (Actual)

Specialist Teaching Assistant job summary

Fern House School Specialist Teaching Assistant

Apply By	12 noon Monday 10th November 2025
Interviews	Week beginning Monday 17th November 2025
Salary Scale	Scale 5 (Salary Range £28,110.24 - £30,238.28) PRO RATA (based on 36 hours and 39 weeks)
Contract Term	Permanent
Job Start	January 2026

Fern House School is a special school for pupils aged 5 - 16. We promote and adopt approaches based on attachment theories and neurobiological research to provide our pupils with a supportive framework, which allows them to be heard and understood safely. Our highly adapted curriculum ensures that all pupils can engage in learning and achieve something to feel proud of. We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and motivated Specialist Teaching Assistant who is passionate in helping children succeed and is open to learning a modern approach to understanding neurodiverse pupils. Though our Specialist Teaching Assistants are currently assigned to a phase, it is important that they are able to work flexibly from across the whole school from Early Years to Key Stage 4.

We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and well-being and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.

What more can we offer?

Enhanced Salary: Recognising the unique needs of our pupils.

Supportive Community: A welcoming, inclusive team with strong values.

Flexible Hours: Work-life balance that fits your needs. Well-being Boost: Paid days off for 100% attendance.

Modern Facilities: A brand-new, state-of-the-art learning environment.

Outstanding Development: Join a ‘Good’ school with ‘Outstanding’ personal development.

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.
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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