Learning Guide
West Oaks School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS6 2ST21 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
13 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
22 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,776.00 - £20,384.00 Annually (FTE) This includes £750 SEN Allowance
Learning Guide job summary
If you can put the needs of our children first and commit to our “Excellence for Everyone” philosophy and approach, please get in touch.
West Oaks School is an over-subscribed SEN school, operating over three sites. We are recruiting and we really want to hear from you.
Do you want to work in a rewarding environment and really add value to our pupils learning experience? Whether you have the experience of working with children or young people with SEN or not; if you have the patience, aptitude, energy and are willing to learn and develop new skills we want you to apply.
We have opportunities at our Woodhouse, Headingley and Boston Spa Learning sites from January 2026.
We can offer you:
An opportunity to work with our amazing children.
Rewarding and enjoyable work.
Opportunities for fast-track career development as we have a recognised progression and pathway programme for our Associate staff group.
An experienced staff group who work as part of a team to drive improvement and raise standards for everyone within our school community.
A high-quality programme of continuous professional development.
The opportunity to work in an outstanding school, (Ofsted Outstanding 2007,2012, 2017, 2022)
Work in a leading-edge SEN school that has expanded capacity to 500 pupils.
An environment that creates teaching and learning opportunities for everyone (we view the environment as the 3rd Teacher), and we have high-quality facilities on all our sites.
A well-being package providing counselling, physiotherapy and access to GP appointments.
Thirteen weeks holiday a year.
The successful candidate will have the following qualities:
- Ability to relate well to children and young people
- Excellent team player
- Resilience
- Ability to use initiative
- Problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Positive attitude
- Good Maths and English skills
- Basic IT skills including use of e-mails
- Willingness to learn, reflect and share effective practice with others
We are committed to safeguarding, and we see this as the Golden thread that drives everything we do. We also promote the welfare of all our children, and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Any candidates who have lived or worked overseas in the last 5 years, will need to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries they have resided in if they are the preferred candidate. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Applicants should apply through eteach.com or via the school website: westoaksschool.co.uk/vacancies. Application forms should be completed on-line through the MyNewTerm portal, CVs will not be accepted. Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application process, please email recruitment@westoaksschool.co.uk.
Hours - 32.5 hours per week (5 days) Term Time Only plus 5 training days, Monday to Friday, 4 days 8:45 - 15:30 and 1 day 9am till 17:00 to cover after school club.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and to promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About West Oaks School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 488 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Oaks School website
West Oaks School is an all age 2-19 specialist provision catering for pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, communication difficulties and those with a diagnosis of autism. The school operates over two locations. The most established provision is based in Boston Spa, a village on the North East outskirts of Leeds. Our second site is based in the inner city Meanwood area of Leeds and is known as Woodhouse Learning. This site opened in September 2015.
Our sites, Boston Spa Learning and Woodhouse Learning both embrace the same vision for educating children and young people. West Oaks is proud of its inclusive and innovative practice where every child and young person’s needs are met with no compromise. A place where we strive, alongside parents and carers, to achieve the very best outcomes. The learning needs of all our pupils are at the core of our thinking, with a positive culture driving excellence for everyone within our school and college community.
Our learners reflect the wide ethnic and cultural diversity of the city of Leeds.
We design and teach a broad and balanced curriculum, highly differentiated to incorporate the needs, interests and motivations of our pupils. We celebrate individualism at all levels and have a reputation for being ever-responsive to the needs of our pupils. We believe that pupils learn best and enjoy learning when they are actively engaged in practical experiences and are confident in established routines
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