Teaching Assistant in Surrey

Location: Redhill, Surrey

Contract: permanent, 40 hours per week, term time only

Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time only - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 4.45pm, Thursday 5pm and Friday 4pm

Annual Salary: £24,139 - £25,819

Own car is desirable.

School Staffing Solutions are recruiting on behalf of a Special Needs School in Redhill which opened in September 2025 for young people aged 11-16 who require support with social communication, emotional regulation and sensory processing, typically associated with Autism. All students have access to a broad and exciting curriculum, personalised to meet their needs, interests and passions.

The main purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Teaching Assistant is to support the children with their learning and general wellbeing to ensure every child has the best opportunity to reach their full potential in a caring and safe environment. This may include supporting with care needs from time to time as well as positive behaviour management adopting a tailored approach to the individual child.

Duties:

• Take responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare and positive wellbeing of pupils according to the school's policies, including safeguarding and PREVENT.
• Provide meaningful feedback on pupil behaviour, relationships and attitudes.
• Support positive behaviour and concentration levels of the children and adapt own behaviour and responses to any change or escalations in behaviour of the children.
• Establish a positive relationship with pupils in order to support them in feeling safe and enabling them to enjoy and learn.
• Promote and encourage independence and personal development and maintain high expectations of behaviour at all times.
• Implement, and when appropriate, adjust learning activities as agreed with the teacher.
• Reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
• Support learning by arranging/providing resources for lessons/activities under the direction of the teacher.
• Implement learning activities and experiences, appropriate to the class group, by supporting the delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum aiming at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning.

Successful candidate qualities:

• GCSE Maths and English qualification minimum Grade 4 or equivalent is essential.
• L2 award in supporting teaching and learning in schools or equivalent or willingness to work towards.
• Previous experience of working within a relevant SEND Provision is desirable but not essential.
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge.
• Experience working within education is advantageous.
• Experience of working within a multi-cultural, inclusive setting.

Benefits:

• Full training with the opportunity to gain qualifications (funded by us!) and CPD pathway for progressing.
• The little perks of appreciation, chocolates, food, tea & coffee pods, Christmas hampers etc.
• Free homemade lunches with a range of options.
• Full management support.
• Life assurance.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Car lease scheme.
• Fully funded training and qualifications.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

If you are an experienced Teaching Assistant seeking a new challenge supporting students with SEN to succeed then this could be the job for you! Apply today!