Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistants Required

Great Oaks College is an expanding specialist independent college in its third year of operation. We are located within Oaklands School, a new state-of-the-art, purpose-built premises located in Gresham Road, Hounslow, close to Osterley Tube Station. However, in September 2025 we are relocating to a new building in Sunbury (Surrey).The college provides further educational opportunities to students aged 19-24 with moderate, severe, profound

and multiple learning difficulties or autism. We run three Pathways, Vocational, Life and Living and Engagement

for Life.

We are looking to employ a Teaching Assistant to our team. We are interested to hear from you if you have an

NVQ3 in a relevant subject and have worked in a special college or specialist school before. You will have

previous experience and be familiar with using Makaton signing and symbols for communication and essentially

have experience of working with students with autism and complex needs.

We believe that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint

individuals who share our beliefs. Please refer to the job description and person specification for full details of

the role and the skills/experience needed.

We value our employees and offer a supportive and engaging environment, comprehensive Induction, Inset and excellent Continuous Personal Development Training Sessions, NEST Pension with this role, Employee Assistance Programme, access to Staff Discounts, and other well-being benefits:

• An employee assistance programme,
• Access to Private Doctors and Nurses 24/7 free of charge
• Free on-site gym with showers,
• Daily staff breakfasts and have 5 a day fruits to keep you well,
• Blue Light Card
• Online shopping discounts available,
• Cycle to work scheme,
• Leave of absence policy with paid time off (under the discretion of a College Principal)to support with unforeseeable life matters,
• Free eye test for the display screen users,
• Employee referral reward,

Great Oaks College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and anyone

applying to work at the college is expected to share this commitment. This position is subject to a satisfactory

fully enhanced DBS check and references being received. All positions are subject to the satisfactory

completion of a 26 working week probation period.

Please ensure that you explain clearly in your application how you meet the person specification.

Closing Date: 9 am, Friday 22nd November 2024

Interview Date: Tuesday, 26th November 2024

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only

Pay Scale: Scale 6, point 16 to 20 £34,779 to 36,888 per annum pro rata

Actual Salary: £26,195 to £27,784 per annum

Hours of work: 31.25 hours per week (excluding 45 min breaks), 08:30 – 15:30. (Monday to Friday). Due

to the college’s opening hours, we are unable to offer flexibility in the hours of work. Working 39 weeks in a year.

CV’s will not be accepted.

No agencies, please.