Teaching Assistant

The Iffley Academy is a community Special Academy for children and young people up to the age of 18 with complex special educational needs. Our students have a range of needs but primarily we work with students with Moderate Cognition and Learning Difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and/or Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties. All of our students have Education, Health and Care Plans, or Statements of Special Educational Needs.

Benefits of working at Iffley Academy include:

Professional development opportunities

• Regular training and access to a range of internal and external professional development opportunities, tailored to your learning needs, your job role and your career aspirations.
• Opportunities for career progression, secondments and transfers within The Gallery Trust, the largest special school Academy Trust in Oxfordshire.
• Opportunities for collaborative working across the schools in The Trust, offering the chance to liaise with experienced colleagues, building knowledge and professional networks
• Develop your career in The Gallery Trust, an expanding and successful organisation which offers opportunities for progression, secondments and collaborative working with colleagues across our schools

Financial

• Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book
• Access to attractive pension plans (TPS and LGPS), linked to salary life assurance
• Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work Scheme
• Perkbox - discount and wellbeing platform membership

Wellbeing

• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
• Membership to Wisdom - wellbeing app
• Complimentary tea and coffee

Facilities

• Free car parking and cycle storage