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SEMH Teaching Assistant

Langley Park School for Boys

England

  • £28,617 - £29,025 per year
  • Expired
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 January 2026
Apply by:
26 November 2025

Job overview

We are looking for a candidate that is passionate about supporting young people with emotional difficulties to achieve their full potential. If you have a positive approach and experience in working with students that have complex needs, including behavioural and emotional challenges, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking to recruit a proactive Teaching Assistant to join our large and vibrant Learning Support Department, LPSB are fully committed to supporting SEND students with a range of needs so that they are able to embrace the wide social and academic curriculum offered across our setting.

We are ambitious for all students in our setting and pride ourselves on offering an inclusive environment, we have a strong tradition in producing confident, articulate and adaptable young people.

Ideally applicants will have:
• Experience supporting young people with SEMH, ASD, ADHD, emotional needs or challenging behaviour
• Teaching assistant or mentoring experience
• An empathetic and flexible approach when supporting students in an educational setting
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build a rapport with students and colleagues
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Foster an inclusive environment so that all students feels value and supported
• a positive mindset with the ability to inspire with a forward thinking problem solving approach at all times
• a good sense of humour
• good and effective ICT skills to support assistive technology in the classroom
• be committed to their professional development
• ideally a recognised qualification and/or experience of working with students who have a broad spectrum of learning difficulties particularly ASD and social communication
• a minimum of GCSE grade C or equivalent pass in Maths and English

The Learning Support Department comprises of a large team of dedicated staff who work with students with a wide range of special educational needs. The school has a designated specialist provision, The Sunil Centre, for children on the autistic spectrum so would welcome any experience in this area; although this is not essential. If you have supported students in a mentoring capacity or those that have experience in a secondary setting would be highly desirable.

We can offer:
• supportive senior management and departmental leadership
• a positive and friendly community with supportive colleagues
• opportunities for continued personal development (CPD), with specialised training opportunities
• a pleasant modern working environment
• additionally paid duties supporting students during the school day
• employee assistance programme to support general wellbeing
• free access to on-site fitness facilities
• free onsite car parking

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all of our staff.

Langley Park School for Boys is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure Certificate and other checks.

For an application pack please click here.

Please send completed application forms by email to Katie Savill, HR & Payroll Officer on ksavill@lpsb.org.uk

Please direct any questions to Jane Black, Director of ARP / Assistant SENDCO: jblack@lpsb.org.uk

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 26th November 2025 at midday
Interviews to take place: Friday 28th November 2025












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About Langley Park School for Boys

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  • Langley Park School for Boys
  • South Eden Park Road, Beckenham
  • Kent
  • BR3 3BP
  • United Kingdom

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Founded in 1901 as The Beckenham Technical Institute, before transitioning into Beckenham and

Penge Grammar School and then being renamed again when it moved to its current site in Eden Park

Road, Langley Park School for Boys has a rich history of educating local boys, and more recently in

the Sixth Form Girls as well.

Situated in Beckenham in the north of Bromley, London’s largest borough, the school is a very

popular and highly oversubscribed secondary comprehensive which retains many of the traditions of

its Grammar School past. The school now has over 1700 students on role including 600+ in its coeducational

Sixth Form and maintains its long-held belief in the importance of educating the ‘whole

child’. Whilst academic outcomes continue to be well above national averages at all levels, and with

GCSE progress scores also above average for boys every year, the school also retains its focus on

wider aspects of education placing a great deal of importance on the Visual and Performing Arts,

Sport and Outdoor Education. The school’s main sports are Rugby, Hockey, Cricket and Athletics in

which it competes with weekly fixtures against other local schools throughout the year. The

Performing Arts team regularly put on fantastic musical and theatrical performances in the purpose

built 550-seater theatre built in to the school which also boasts three Dance studios, and recording

studios.

The school is heavily over-subscribed with around 900 applications each year for the 220 places

available in year 7, and around 800 applications for the 150 external places in the Sixth Form. The

school was re-built under the BSF scheme with the new buildings opening in 2012 and providing

exceptionally high-quality facilities across all subjects. The school has an active and highly successful

PTA and a very supportive parent body who support the work that the school does.

We are extremely proud of the tradition and the success of Langley Park School for Boys and you can

find out more about us by visiting our website at www.lpsb.org.uk

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