Job Title: SEND Teaching Assistant – Where Patience Meets Purpose
Location: Bromley
Start Date: September 2025
You’re not just in the classroom. You’re in their corner.
We’re looking for a compassionate and confident SEND Teaching Assistant to join a nurturing school, supporting pupils with additional needs to access learning, feel seen, and thrive—on their own terms.
This role is ideal if you’ve worked in SEND before or have experience supporting children who need a little extra help navigating school life.
What you’ll be doing:
Working 1:1 or in small groups with pupils with ASD, ADHD or communication needs
Supporting sensory, emotional and social needs with care and consistency
Helping pupils engage with lessons, build routines, and feel proud of progress
Working closely with class teachers, SENCOs and sometimes external therapists
Using structured strategies like visual timetables, sensory breaks and social stories
You’ll be great for this role if you have:
✅ Experience working with children with SEND (in or out of schools)
✅ A calm, positive, and patient approach
✅ Strong communication skills and an eye for subtle progress
✅ A genuine desire to help children feel safe and successful
Thrive trained? Brilliant. If not, we’ll fund it through our free CPD Academy.
What you get from Protocol Education:
Weekly pay through PAYE (no umbrella costs)
FREE access to our CPD Academy—over 50 specialist training courses
myProtocol app to manage your diary and preferences
Personalised support from a local consultant who gets SEND
Long-term roles that match your strengths and passions
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This isn’t just about lesson support—it’s about making school a better place for every child you work with.
Sound like your kind of role? Apply now or drop us a message—we’ll take it from there.
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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