25 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    6 January 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    26 November 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Part time: 30 hours per week (term time only)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,992-£28,163

Actual salary

£17,670-£19,146

Pay scale

Grade 6 (SCP 8-13)

Hourly rate

£13.47-£14.60 per hour

Additional allowances

Up to £1,500 per annum regional allowance pro rata, based on 30 hours per week.

What skills and experience we're looking for

We would like to hear from you if

  • You have good numeracy, literacy, and ICT skills (GCSE Level 4 or equivalent in English and Math’s is desirable)
  • You have the ability to work with a range of children and young people with additional and complex needs
  • You are a team player who can build good working relationships with colleagues
  • You are flexible, enthusiastic, and resilient, with a good sense of humour
  • You are committed to ongoing personal development
  • You have high aspirations in teaching and learning for all children and young people


What the school offers its staff

What can we offer you

  • The opportunity to work with a progressive and forward-thinking multi-academy trust, where you are making a difference to the lives of young people.
  • Opportunities for development and career progression
  • Extensive induction programme and ongoing CPD and training

  • A range of staff benefits including one wellbeing day per term (after a qualifying period, pro rata for part time employees), access to an Employee Assistance Programme and a workplace pension scheme (LGPS)

  • Free eye test for DSE users
  • Free flu vaccinations
  • Free tea and coffee
  • Refer a friend bonus (up to £500)
  • A positive and friendly working environment

Commitment to safeguarding

The Propeller Academy Trust and its member schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people according to child protection and safeguarding guidelines. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Posts classed as having a high degree of contact with children or vulnerable adults are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All post holders are subject to the necessary pre-employment check, including a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, including a Child/Adult’s Barred List check (where applicable to the role in question).

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@bishopswoodschool.co.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
Sign in to download application form
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Bishopswood School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 16
School size
72 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 16
Phone number
01189724311

Bishopswood is a special school in South Oxfordshire (Berkshire border) that provides specialist education for children aged 2—16 years with severe (SLD) or profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and complex needs, including those children with ASD.

Holding an inclusive ethos, Bishopswood endeavours to provide specialist provision alongside its co-located mainstream partners across two sites.

School location

Similar jobs nearby

Teaching Assistant

Chepping View Primary Academy

Cressex Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4PR

Senior Teaching Assistant - Literacy Interventions

Matthew Arnold School

Arnolds Way, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JE

SEN Teaching Assistant

Fitzwaryn School

Denchworth Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9ET

SEND 1:1 Teaching Assistant

Abbey View Primary Academy

Kennedy Avenue, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1BX

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Reading