Senior Teaching Assistant - Full-time

Shenstone School, Crayford

• Ref:KCC303-7001-144S
• Posted:15/01/2026
• Pay:Bexley 07 £23,214 per annum
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:13/02/2026 at 23:00
• Interviews:Week Commencing 23rd February 2026

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We are seeking enthusiastic, engaging, empathetic and resilient individuals to join our fantastic and dedicated team at Shenstone School as a Senior Teaching Assistant.

In this role, you will work closely alongside the Class Teacher, supporting lesson planning, preparing resources and, when required, delivering lessons in the teacher’s absence. Using your experience and knowledge of SEND, you will help guide and support a team of Teaching Assistants, working collaboratively to motivate, engage and encourage pupils to reach their full individual potential.

At Shenstone School, the achievements of our pupils are truly extraordinary. Progress may be small, but every step forward is meaningful — and seeing that progress will bring a genuine sense of achievement and purpose to your work.

You will need to feel confident, calm and resilient when supporting pupils who may present with challenging behaviour. Every child is unique, with their own abilities and behavioural needs, and your flexibility and understanding will be key to helping them succeed.

The role is varied and active and includes participation in a range of education focused initiatives, games and activities e.g. swimming. You will also be required to carry out personal care duties e.g. toileting. 

If you are passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children with additional needs and thrive as part of a supportive and committed team, we welcome your application.

Information about the school

Shenstone School is an all-through school for children with severe or complex learning difficulties within the London Borough of Bexley. All pupils who attend Shenstone School have Education and Health Care Plans. We are one of two special schools within The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).

Shenstone School is based across three sites: Sidcup, Crayford, and Belvedere. We will introduce a new secondary year group every year. By 2029-2030, Shenstone will accommodate children aged 3 -19 across our three school sites.

Every child is an individual, and as such, we diligently work as a school team and with wider multi-agency support teams to ensure that our curriculum delivery recognises this individual support, supporting each child with their life-long learning journey.

Paramount to our ethos is the belief in “support for all”, which ensures that engagement with the pupils, their families, and our staff team is at the heart of all we strive to achieve. We work hard to ensure that Shenstone is a safe, happy, welcoming, and truly outstanding place where our pupils will thrive. Our school benefits from impressive facilities across all school sites, enabling us to offer a wide range of opportunities and activities to enhance learning both inside and outside the classroom.

Our pupils are amazing, and their progress is inspiring. Regardless of how big or small their successes are, we are very proud of the children and pleased to contribute to and support their achievements. The values and ethos of "together we engage, thrive, and achieve" are entwined through all that we do at Shenstone School.

Staff at Shenstone School can access the following benefits: excellent induction and probation processes, comprehensive in-house training, competitive pension scheme, employee counselling services, vaccination programmes, on-site mental health first aid team and various other well-being and social activities.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Georgia Bissett
• Address:94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
• Telephone: 01322 524145
• Email: hr@shenstone-tkat.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Senior Teaching Assistant Applicant Pack