Teaching Assistant - SEND

Job Title: SEND Teaching Assistant
Location: Islington, North London
Salary: £95–£100 per day (PAYE, weekly pay)
Contract: Full-time, Long-term
Start Date: ASAP

We’re working with a fantastic specialist school in Islington looking for a full-time SEND Teaching Assistant to join their team. This is a setting where every day is about patience, progress, and properly supporting pupils with additional needs.

If you’ve got a big heart, a steady approach, and experience in SEND, this could be your kind of place.

What you’ll be doing:

Supporting pupils with autism, ADHD, and complex needs

Working 1:1 and in small groups

Helping create a safe, structured, and positive learning environment

Collaborating with teachers, therapists, and support staff

Celebrating every bit of progress, however small

This isn’t about standing at the back of the classroom. It’s about being right there, building trust, encouraging independence, and helping pupils feel understood.

What we’re looking for:

Experience working with children or young people with SEND

A calm, patient, and resilient approach

Strong communication skills and emotional intelligence

A genuine passion for supporting vulnerable learners

Thrive training is a big plus in specialist settings. If you’re not Thrive trained yet, don’t worry, we offer FREE Thrive training to our educators to help you build your skills and stand out to schools.

Why join Protocol Education?

Weekly pay through PAYE, no umbrella companies

FREE access to our online CPD Academy

Personalised support from a dedicated consultant who actually listens

Opportunities in SEND, mainstream, and alternative settings

Streamlined registration and local placements

Referral scheme, because great educators know great educators

This is a full-time role where your work really will make a difference. The kind of role where you go home tired, but knowing it meant something.

If you’re ready to step into a school that values its support staff and truly understands SEND, we’d love to chat.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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