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Respite Teacher (Independent School) January 2026 Start Position: Respite Teacher Curriculum Areas: English, Maths, Science, PSHE, Humanities, PE Location: Independent School (inner London) Contract: Full-time (details negotiable) About the School Parker Smith Inclusion are supporting an independent provision for young people aged 11 to 18 (KS3 through Sixth Form) who have been excluded from — or struggled to thrive in — mainstream education. This school believes in tailoring the education to the student, not forcing the student to fit the system. Strive to provide a fresh start for young people, offering a calm, nurturing and creative environment where they are met with understanding and respect, and supported in building toward a positive future. To support the diverse needs of their pupils, they offer flexible learning pathways (full-time, part-time, and blended learning) and small class sizes, ensuring each student receives personalised attention and support. Beyond academics, prioritise holistic development — social, emotional, and mental well-being — with an emphasis on personal and social growth embedded across our curriculum. The ethos is summed up in: “Every Young Life Matters.” Committed to giving every learner — regardless of background or previous difficulties — equal opportunities to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. About the Role They are seeking a resilient, compassionate, and adaptable Respite Teacher to join their team. In this role, you will deliver lessons across English, Maths, Science, PSHE, Humanities, and PE, while embedding personal and social development within every lesson. You will work with students who have experienced exclusion or significant challenges in mainstream settings. Although students may not be working toward formal qualifications, you will help them grow, learn, and build confidence. You will be supported by a small, dedicated team — including a Teaching Assistant and a Behaviour Mentor — to manage and support student learning and behaviour effectively. Your responsibilities will include: Delivering engaging lessons tailored to individual needs. Embedding social, emotional, and personal development into your teaching. Managing and de-escalating challenging behaviours with empathy, consistency, and professionalism. Building trusting relationships with students, offering stability, care, and positivity. Collaborating with support staff to create a safe, structured, and supportive learning environment. About You We are looking for someone who is: Experienced in managing challenging behaviours, ideally within SEND, alternative provision, or similar contexts. Patient, empathetic, and passionate about working with young people who may have experienced trauma, exclusion, or disruption in their education. Flexible and creative — able to adapt teaching methods and curriculum to meet individual emotional and learning needs. Committed to holistic education — supporting not only academic learning, but personal growth, wellbeing, and social development. Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is desirable but not essential for the right candidate with strong experience in behavioural support and working with excluded or vulnerable students. Why Join Us? Be part of a small, dedicated team where your contribution genuinely matters and your work directly impacts young lives. Work within a supportive, flexible, and caring school ethos — where education adapts to the student, not the other way around. Help provide a second chance to young people who’ve been let down by mainstream education. Help build not just academic understanding, but confidence, wellbeing, and hope for the future If you believe you have the resilience, passion, and commitment to join us — and you’re ready to make a genuine difference — we would love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV or call on 0203 011 4848 asking for Elise @ Parker Smith Inclusion, elise.harnwell@psinclusion.co.uk

Respite Teacher (Independent School) January 2026 Start Position: Respite Teacher Curriculum Areas: English, Maths, Science, PSHE, Humanities, PE Location: Independent School (inner London) Contract: Full-time (details negotiable) About the School Parker Smith Inclusion are supporting an independent provision for young people aged 11 to 18 (KS3 through Sixth Form) who have been excluded from — or struggled to thrive in — mainstream education. This school believes in tailoring the education to the student, not forcing the student to fit the system. Strive to provide a fresh start for young people, offering a calm, nurturing and creative environment where they are met with understanding and respect, and supported in building toward a positive future. To support the diverse needs of their pupils, they offer flexible learning pathways (full-time, part-time, and blended learning) and small class sizes, ensuring each student receives personalised attention and support. Beyond academics, prioritise holistic development — social, emotional, and mental well-being — with an emphasis on personal and social growth embedded across our curriculum. The ethos is summed up in: “Every Young Life Matters.” Committed to giving every learner — regardless of background or previous difficulties — equal opportunities to succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. About the Role They are seeking a resilient, compassionate, and adaptable Respite Teacher to join their team. In this role, you will deliver lessons across English, Maths, Science, PSHE, Humanities, and PE, while embedding personal and social development within every lesson. You will work with students who have experienced exclusion or significant challenges in mainstream settings. Although students may not be working toward formal qualifications, you will help them grow, learn, and build confidence. You will be supported by a small, dedicated team — including a Teaching Assistant and a Behaviour Mentor — to manage and support student learning and behaviour effectively. Your responsibilities will include: Delivering engaging lessons tailored to individual needs. Embedding social, emotional, and personal development into your teaching. Managing and de-escalating challenging behaviours with empathy, consistency, and professionalism. Building trusting relationships with students, offering stability, care, and positivity. Collaborating with support staff to create a safe, structured, and supportive learning environment. About You We are looking for someone who is: Experienced in managing challenging behaviours, ideally within SEND, alternative provision, or similar contexts. Patient, empathetic, and passionate about working with young people who may have experienced trauma, exclusion, or disruption in their education. Flexible and creative — able to adapt teaching methods and curriculum to meet individual emotional and learning needs. Committed to holistic education — supporting not only academic learning, but personal growth, wellbeing, and social development. Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is desirable but not essential for the right candidate with strong experience in behavioural support and working with excluded or vulnerable students. Why Join Us? Be part of a small, dedicated team where your contribution genuinely matters and your work directly impacts young lives. Work within a supportive, flexible, and caring school ethos — where education adapts to the student, not the other way around. Help provide a second chance to young people who’ve been let down by mainstream education. Help build not just academic understanding, but confidence, wellbeing, and hope for the future If you believe you have the resilience, passion, and commitment to join us — and you’re ready to make a genuine difference — we would love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV or call on 0203 011 4848 asking for Elise @ Parker Smith Inclusion, elise.harnwell@psinclusion.co.uk

Role: SEN Career Development Coach School: SEND School - Post 16 (Year 12) Location: Hackney (Central) great transport links January 2026 start date Are you passionate about supporting young people with complex needs to achieve independence and prepare for adult life? We are working with a school based in Hackney that caters to students for secondary students with SEND, which includes ASC, ADHD, learning difficulties, and speech and language and communication needs. The school are looking for passionate SEN Career Development Coach & Administrator for their Year 12s to join their ethical team. Part of the role as a Job Coach will involve supporting the students with their work experience placements, college applications, work experience through the school and giving guidance, support and advice for their job placements. The other part of the role will be supporting students with independent travel and administration support. Key Responsibilities Independent Travel Trainer Deliver tailored travel training to students, ensuring they can navigate public transport safely and independently. Monitor progress, complete checklists, and report updates to line managers, class teams, and other stakeholders. Prepare and implement risk assessments for travel training activities. SEN Career Development Coach Organise and coordinate meaningful external work experience opportunities that match students’ abilities and interests. Consult with students to understand their skills, preferences, and support needs, adopting a person-centered approach. Set up, support, and monitor students in work placements, providing on-the-job training, advice, and guidance. Develop and maintain strong relationships with employers, negotiating roles that align with students’ skills while meeting business needs. What We’re Looking For: Experience working with young people with SEND, particularly in a post-16 setting. Strong interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to build positive relationships. Knowledge of risk assessments, safeguarding, and disability equality practices. Confidence in delivering training, supporting students in the workplace, and promoting independence. A proactive, empathetic, and adaptable approach to problem-solving. Interested in hearing more? If you want to hear more about our SEND opportunities, please get in touch! You can apply by response to this advert! Applying on our company website, uploading your CV to our website, or emailing your CV to elise.harnwell@psinclusion.co.uk

Role: SEN Career Development Coach School: SEND School - Post 16 (Year 12) Location: Hackney (Central) great transport links January 2026 start date Are you passionate about supporting young people with complex needs to achieve independence and prepare for adult life? We are working with a school based in Hackney that caters to students for secondary students with SEND, which includes ASC, ADHD, learning difficulties, and speech and language and communication needs. The school are looking for passionate SEN Career Development Coach & Administrator for their Year 12s to join their ethical team. Part of the role as a Job Coach will involve supporting the students with their work experience placements, college applications, work experience through the school and giving guidance, support and advice for their job placements. The other part of the role will be supporting students with independent travel and administration support. Key Responsibilities Independent Travel Trainer Deliver tailored travel training to students, ensuring they can navigate public transport safely and independently. Monitor progress, complete checklists, and report updates to line managers, class teams, and other stakeholders. Prepare and implement risk assessments for travel training activities. SEN Career Development Coach Organise and coordinate meaningful external work experience opportunities that match students’ abilities and interests. Consult with students to understand their skills, preferences, and support needs, adopting a person-centered approach. Set up, support, and monitor students in work placements, providing on-the-job training, advice, and guidance. Develop and maintain strong relationships with employers, negotiating roles that align with students’ skills while meeting business needs. What We’re Looking For: Experience working with young people with SEND, particularly in a post-16 setting. Strong interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to build positive relationships. Knowledge of risk assessments, safeguarding, and disability equality practices. Confidence in delivering training, supporting students in the workplace, and promoting independence. A proactive, empathetic, and adaptable approach to problem-solving. Interested in hearing more? If you want to hear more about our SEND opportunities, please get in touch! You can apply by response to this advert! Applying on our company website, uploading your CV to our website, or emailing your CV to elise.harnwell@psinclusion.co.uk

Role: SEN Career Development Coach School: SEND School - Post 16 (Year 12) Location: Hackney (Central) great transport links Are you passionate about supporting young people with complex needs to achieve independence and prepare for adult life? We are working with a school based in Hackney that caters to students for secondary students with SEND, which includes ASC, ADHD, learning difficulties, and speech and language and communication needs. The school are looking for passionate SEN Career Development Coach & Administrator for their Year 12s to join their ethical team. Part of the role as a Job Coach will involve supporting the students with their work experience placements, college applications, work experience through the school and giving guidance, support and advice for their job placements. The other part of the role will be supporting students with independent travel and administration support. Key Responsibilities Independent Travel Trainer Deliver tailored travel training to students, ensuring they can navigate public transport safely and independently. Monitor progress, complete checklists, and report updates to line managers, class teams, and other stakeholders. Prepare and implement risk assessments for travel training activities. SEN Career Development Coach Organise and coordinate meaningful external work experience opportunities that match students’ abilities and interests. Consult with students to understand their skills, preferences, and support needs, adopting a person-centered approach. Set up, support, and monitor students in work placements, providing on-the-job training, advice, and guidance. Develop and maintain strong relationships with employers, negotiating roles that align with students’ skills while meeting business needs. What We’re Looking For: Experience working with young people with SEND, particularly in a post-16 setting. Strong interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to build positive relationships. Knowledge of risk assessments, safeguarding, and disability equality practices. Confidence in delivering training, supporting students in the workplace, and promoting independence. A proactive, empathetic, and adaptable approach to problem-solving. Interested in hearing more? If you want to hear more about our SEND opportunities, please get in touch! You can apply by response to this advert! Applying on our company website, uploading your CV to our website, or emailing your CV to elise.harnwell@psinclusion.co.uk

Special Needs Teaching Assistant Newham - East Ham MS Primary, SEN Support £90 - £95 per day PAYE January Start Are you an experienced teaching assistant seeking a long term contract with the potential to go permanent? Do you have experience supporting children with speech & language needs and autism? Have you got a fantastic personality that can bring energy to the classroom? A MS Primary School based in East Ham are seeking a special needs teaching assistant to work in a dual role, this means you'd be split across the nursery provision and the mainstream classes supporting children with speech and language challenges. This is a small school that have high standards for their students and staff, therefore I am seeking confident, pro-active, polite and committed candidates to join their team and become part of their trust of schools, you'll be offered progression and learning new things every day! The ideal candidate will have the following experience on their CV; Experience with speech & language Experience and ability to deliver speech & language interventions such as; colourful semantics, phonics, bucket time, attention autism Hands on experience supporting pupils within a school setting Familiar with PECs and Makaton Experience with Primary aged and/or EYFS children Supported children with needs such as; autism, ADHD, global delay, behaviour challenges GCSE/A-Levels, Degrees preferred but not essential Level 3 Health & Social Care / TA Qualification - preferred not essential Maths & English qualified The school are seeking candidates with the following personality traits; Energetic Pro-active Engaging Confident Ability to think on their feet Fantastic communication skills Ability to work well within a team and alone Professional Polite If you believe this role is for you and you'd be interested in finding out more, please apply or call me on 0203 011 4848 and can provide more detail about the school. Please be aware you will be required to complete a DBS and reference checks before entering the school for a trial day, this is a full time role Monday - Friday 8:30 - 3:30. If you do not hear from me in the next 5 days please be aware that your CV is not suitable for this role.

Part Time SEN TA East Ham Primary Immediate Start Are you looking for a part time role that can work around your childcare needs? Do you want to work within a school but have to work around your own school drop off times? Would you want to support a child with SEN & SEMH needs? A Primary school based in East Ham are in need of an experienced SEN TA to support a Year 4 child that has social, emotional, mental health needs, autism and learning difficulties. This child struggles with change and the main focus is to get him to school and stay at school to have access to his education. Currently this school is only requiring morning support form 8:30 - 12:30 Monday - Friday, meaning that you can also work around your own child care should you need to. This child needs the right support from someone who is empathetic, patient, friendly and he can confined in to really open up about his struggles and someone who isn't scared to challenge him to help him build new friendships and learn new life skills. As this role is starting from 21st April I am looking for candidates that can commit to this start date and can possibly interview next week. If you're interested please give me a call or respond to this email. Parker Smith Inclusion are a SEND Specialist consultancy focusing on long term and permanent roles, if this role isn't for you but you're seeking a new role for now or September 2025 please get in touch.

SEN Teacher January Primary SEN school A well established primary special school in East London are seeking a SEN teacher. The school is a holistic setting and therapy mostly takes place within the classroom. Some of the students are pre verbal and PECS, Makaton, and Core boards are used for communication. Whilst special school teaching experience would be beneficial, I am welcoming anyone who is eager to transition into special schools from mainstream. This special school provides learning and support to pupils with autism and other complex learning difficulties. With a focus on positive behaviour support, this school fosters a happy and safe atmosphere where all pupils can learn freely and with the correct support. Operating as a part of a trust that functions across East London, this special school boasts incredible development and training opportunities with a focus on staff retention and supporting talent. If this opportunity fits with your current career circumstances and ambition, please contact us to discuss how we can guide and advise you going forward. Whether it is this specific role or other SEND opportunities, we can help you find the right next step for your career. Please get in touch if you want to hear more about this or our other SEND teaching opportunities. You can get in touch by responding to this advert, uploading your CV to our website, or calling us on 0203 011 4848 and ask for Faye We are very different in our approach as you will see from the voices reviewing and recommending us. If you would like your journey so far to be recognised and respected, Parker Smith Inclusion is the right partner for you and your future. At Parker Smith Inclusion, we specialise exclusively in SEND recruitment. Our reputation is built on integrity and expertise. With over 350 five-star Google reviews, we are committed to finding the right leadership opportunities for exceptional educators. Benefits of PS Inclusion supporting you in your SEND role search. Tailored School Matches – We carefully match you with schools that align with your experience and career aspirations. Exclusive Opportunities – Many of our roles are exclusive to Parker Smith Inclusion. That’s how much our schools trust our service and knowledge. Expert Knowledge – Our strong relationships with schools and trusts mean we can provide valuable insight into the school’s history, leadership structure, and culture. Transparent Pay Structure – All long-term roles are PAYE only, with no hidden umbrella costs. Your salary is matched from the beginning of your contract. Comprehensive Interview Support – We offer detailed interview preparation, increasing your chances of success. Specialist Settings – Opportunities in schools supporting children and young people with SEMH, EBSA, PMLD, SLD, ASC, Complex Needs, and MLD.