Verbal Behaviour Assistant - Manor School

Manor School, London, NW10 3NT

Deadline is tomorrow

• Closing date

  23 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,617.00 Annually (FTE) Actual starting salary (pro rata), £26,346 including SEN Allowances.

Verbal Behaviour Assistant - Manor School job summary

We are seeking to appoint Verbal Behaviour Assistants to join our vibrant and welcoming special school.

Manor School provides an Ofsted-judged ‘Outstanding’ specialist learning environment for pupils with a wide range of special needs and we have a clear and strong vision ‘love, learn, laugh’ which we achieve through creating a positive, engaging environment where pupils effectively learn.

Our Trust mission: ‘love, learn, laugh’, underpins our key aim to improve our pupils’ lives and outcomes through outstanding educational practice and provision, while also setting challenging and aspirational goals designed to empower our pupils and enhance their life choices. The education and well-being we provide depends on forging excellent partnerships between home and school. ​

We strongly believe that school is the opportunity for children to discover and unlock hidden talents in a fun and nurturing environment, as we believe every child has the ability to do amazing things if a school provides the right opportunities.

What is Verbal Behaviour?

• Verbal Behaviour is an approach that applies behavioural principles to language development

• Teaching methodologies used are evidence based and developed from an initial text written by Skinner.

• Verbal Behaviour focusses on the reasons why we engage in different types of communication.
• It helps us identify areas of communication that our pupils find difficult and how to teach them most effectively.

• All of our teaching is delivered in the context of the MultiAgency Support the individual receives.

We can offer you:

• A place within a committed Verbal Behaviour team;
• Tailored CPD programme and training to develop an understanding of the Verbal Behaviour methodology
• Calm, purposeful and well-resourced learning environments
• A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school.

We are looking for:

• Positive, energetic and creative learning support and teaching assistants with a love of teaching and learning;
• Applicants who have a keen interest in developing skills in Verbal Behaviour:
• Experience or knowledge of autism and/or severe learning difficulties is an advantage.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and education of our children and expect all our staff to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check and references will be required.

The advertised role is not eligible for visa sponsorship, only applicants with the automatic right to work in the UK should apply.

Safeguarding Statement *

The Rise Partnership Trust take its’ responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and child protection very seriously. All appointments to the school are subject to Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service and comprehensive pre-employment checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All unspent convictions and conditional cautions

All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

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 Manor School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Size: 218 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Manor School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/manor-school-london

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