Verbal Behaviour Tutor

The Avenue School, London, NW6 7BH

2 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,535.00 - £34,488.00 Annually (FTE) Actual starting salary (pro rata), £29741,87 including SEN Allowance.

Verbal Behaviour Tutor job summary

The Avenue School is a growing school, expanding to reach full capacity of 104 places serving the needs of pupils with autism and complex needs.

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.

We are seeking to appoint Verbal Behaviour Tutor to join our school, where we strive to ensure our environment supports children to be happy, safe and educated in a tailored manner in order for them to achieve their potential.

Here's a video to give you an idea of what it's like to work at The RPT and The Avenue School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsSaxsqk5o

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

Verbal Behaviour doesn’t just have to be vocal communication.

Individuals can engage in Verbal Behaviour in multiple modes using sign language, communication books, electronic devices etc.

All of our teaching is delivered in the context of the Multi-Agency Support the individual receives.

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;

Learning support and Teaching assistants who have experience in positively managing behaviour;

Experience or knowledge of autism and/or severe learning difficulties an advantage.

Applicants who are interested in building on their knowledge and understanding in evidence based teaching methods (or in Verbal Behaviour/ABA).

For more information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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 The Avenue School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 100 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Avenue School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-avenue-school-london

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