SEN Teaching Assistant (PMLD)

Job title: SEND Teaching Assistant (PMLD) – Specialist School – Sutton

Location: Sutton, London

Salary: £93 - £105 per day, depending on qualifications and experience.

Start date: 16 November 2026

Contract: Full time, temporary, long term.

Hours: Term time; daily hours and assignment arrangements confirmed before placement.

Taking time to understand a pupil’s smallest responses can open up new possibilities for communication and learning. Transparency Education is recruiting a SEND Teaching Assistant for a specialist school opportunity in Sutton, supporting pupils with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

You will provide practical classroom and care support, helping pupils access activities designed around their individual needs. This position would suit someone who values careful teamwork, follows specialist guidance and treats personal care as an important part of supporting dignity and participation.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personalised activities that develop awareness, communication and choice.

• Use sensory resources and communication systems as directed by the class team.

• Support personal care and mobility routines within individual plans and completed training.

• Assist at mealtimes where required, following the pupil’s care guidance.

• Report changes in comfort, engagement or wellbeing to the appropriate colleague.

Requirements

• Relevant experience with complex disabilities or additional care needs.

• A sensitive approach to personal care and safe practical support.

• Consistency, patience and the confidence to ask for guidance when needed.

• Specialist school or alternative communication experience is an advantage.

• An enhanced DBS check, or willingness to complete one as part of the recruitment process.

What the role offers

• A meaningful opportunity to support access to education alongside daily care.

• The chance to build knowledge of individual communication and learning approaches.

Why work via Transparency Education?

You will have a dedicated consultant for ongoing support and guidance, with access to CPD through our in-house team of experienced senior leaders.

Our refer-a-friend scheme pays £150 for each candidate you refer after they have worked and been paid for their first 10 days. We pay in line with applicable Agency Workers Regulations (AWR).

Apply

Apply with your CV, outlining your SEND or care background and availability in Sutton.

Email (url removed) or call (phone number removed). Please include your availability for a 9 November 2026 start.

If you have not heard from us within two working days, your application has not progressed for this role. We may contact you about other suitable education opportunities.

Safer recruitment

Transparency Education is committed to equality and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and appropriate safer recruitment checks