Level 3 Teaching Assistant

The Woodlands School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK8 0PU

39 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Education
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,711.00 - £30,060.00 Annually (FTE) Actual starting salary £24,047

Level 3 Teaching Assistant job summary

LEVEL 3 TEACHING ASSISTANTS REQUIRED

Grade E

FTE £27,711 - £30, 060

Hours 8am to 4pm

Actual starting salary £24,047
(term time only + 5 inset days)

Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with Special Educational Needs? If your answer is yes, then why not come and work with like minded people?

The Woodlands School is a specialist provision for children and young people with Autism and/or Social Communication Difficulties, all students have Education, Health and Care Plans as their needs are long term and complex.

The Galley Hill Campus has been purposefully designed to support our students and benefits from bespoke classrooms with specialist rooms such as an independent flat, soft-play etc.

We are looking for a staff member to join our Galley Hill team in Stony Stratford. The students that attend Galley Hill have high sensory needs, limited communication and difficulties with emotional regulation. All the students that attend Galley Hill present with behaviours that challenge regularly. Due to this, the ratio of staffing within the classroom is high, there are four students to three teaching assistants, plus a class teacher.

If you are passionate about making a difference and have high emotional resilience, we would love to hear from you. Experience is not required but an emphatic nature and a desire to make a difference to students' lives is essential.

We welcome visits to the Galley Hill Campus, please contact jamie.pink@twsmk.co.uk

Please Note: A willingness to take part in swimming is essential as the students take part in swimming as part of the curriculum.

All candidates must be suitable to work with vulnerable children and adults. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974

Closing Date: Rolling

Interview Date: TBC

Start Date: June or 1st September 2025

Commitment to safeguarding

The Walnuts School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The school follows safer recruitment procedures and all staff are subject to enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Woodlands School

• School type: Special school, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Woodlands School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-walnuts-school

An all age special school for children and young people with Autism or Social Communication Difficulties

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