Teaching Jobs

SEN Teaching Assistant

Hays • Leicester, Leicestershire

Salary

£24k – £24k

Posted

14 July 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Hays is hiring a SEN Teaching Assistant in Leicester, a full-time teaching role advertised as permanent. The advertised salary is £24k – £24k. Hays holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Oakwood School SEN Teaching Assistant Full time and Permanent (term time only) £21,500 to £25,000 (actual salary) To start from September 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) We are expanding! This is an exciting opportunity to join our wonderful, growing school and work with our exceptional students and staff. At Oakwood we take enormous pride in allowing our staff the autonomy to develop their own ideas, be creative, look after their mental health and ultimately to succeed, grow and be ha…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Hays — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £24k – £24k
How this salary compares: about 26% below the £32,500 median across 1,158 teaching roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Leicester, Leicestershire · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 6 other live teaching roles in Leicester — browse them
Posted: 14 July 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Teaching roles in secondary and further education are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa, with particularly strong demand for STEM subject specialists, modern foreign language teachers, and SEN support staff. Both state academy trusts and independent schools appear on the Home Office sponsor register and recruit internationally.