Job Description

SEN Teaching Assistant
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: 83 - 100 per day
GSL Education are currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate SEN Teaching Assistant to work at a Client Secondary School located in York, North Yorkshire, starting in September 2025.
About the School:

• The school was graded by Ofsted as 'Good' in all areas, where all staff have high expectations of their pupils.
• The school was also graded as "Outstanding" by SIAMS.
• Established in the 1800s, the school proudly strives to provide a 21st century education for all their young people.
• The school offers encouraging learning in a Christian environment, where all students are cared for, respected, and given chances to help others.
• Home to state-of-the-art facilities, which promotes the school's curriculum preparation for an appreciation of life in modern Britain.
• Performing arts, music, dance, and drama, are an essential part of every student's education at both Key Stages 3 and 4.
• The school currently works with students who have a wide range of additional needs, such as dyslexia, physical disabilities, issues with speech, language, and communication, conditions on the autism spectrum, more general learning difficulties, individuals with rare syndromes, impairments to hearing and vision, and attention deficit disorders.

SEN Teaching Assistant Responsibilities:

• Deliver personalised 1:1 and small group support to students with special educational needs.
• Monitor and record progress, feeding back to teaching staff.

• Assist with lesson delivery, adapting tasks to make learning accessible and engaging.
• Implement strategies to support the student's emotional, social, and academic development.
• Assist with emotional regulation strategies and de-escalate challenging behaviour.

SEN Teaching Assistant Requirements:

• Must have the legal right to work in the UK.
• A genuine passion for supporting children and young people with SEN.

• Experience working with students with SEN, particularly those with ASC, ADHD, SEMH, MLD or SLD.
• Hold an enhanced Child Workforce DBS, registered on the update service, or be willing to obtain one through GSL Education.

• Relevant qualifications (e.g. CACHE, Level 2/3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning) are desirable but not essential.

Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS on the update service.
If you would like to apply for the position ofSEN Teaching Assistant in York, North Yorkshire, please call Kerry Fowler at GSL Education and submit your up-to-date CV via the application link. Alternatively, please visit the GSL Education official website to apply online.