Teaching Assistant
Bardwell School, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RZ8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 March 2025
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
Working pattern
- Full time: 08:45-15:30 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 08:45-15:45 Tuesday Term Time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,992 - £28,163
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job overview
Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and young people with special needs?
Barwell School is a thriving and vibrant community. The role of the Teaching Assistant involves setting appropriate boundaries for children, supporting with their education and care and liaising with families to get the best possible outcomes.
About the role:
The role of the Teaching Assistant involves setting appropriate boundaries for children, supporting with their education and care and liaising with families to get the best possible outcomes.
If you share our passion for making a real difference to the lives of children and young people with special needs, this could be the opportunity you are looking for.
About the Bardwell School:
Bardwell School is a community special school for children aged 2 – 19 years with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties. The school has 105 pupils on roll, following recent expansion of the school buildings.
Bardwell School is a member of The Gallery Trust, an expanding Special Needs Multi Academy Trust, which is dedicated to improving outcomes for SEND learners in Oxfordshire. The Trust has a national reputation for excellence and is influential in the development of SEND strategy in the county. With six academies currently in the Trust, our aim is to build a community of eight to ten special schools over the next five years.
The Trust can offer you:
- the opportunity to work with skilled, hardworking, and empowered colleagues, and with our fantastic students
- a comprehensive and thorough induction programme
- tailored and appropriate continuing professional development, designed to support your needs and aspirations
- professional business and school improvement support and resources
- the opportunity to working collaboratively with staff throughout the organisation
What the school offers its staff
Benefits of working at Bardwell School 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
Commitment to safeguarding
The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with The Gallery Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, NCTL and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check. The Gallery Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to jobs@bardwell.oxon.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bardwell School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 113 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bardwell School website
- Email address
- gemmah@bardwell.oxon.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01869 242182
Bardwell School is a community special school for children aged 2 – 19 years with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties. The school has 105 pupils on roll, following recent expansion of the school buildings.
We are passionate about students at Bardwell having their abilities recognised and celebrated, whilst receiving an excellent education. The staff team is committed to very high standards in relation to every aspect of our pupils’ education. The school is values led, with every decision underpinned by its principles and values. These values include a positive reinforcement approach to behaviour management and a non-label led, individualised approach to planning and delivering learning for all students.
Bardwell School is a member of The Gallery Trust, an expanding Special Needs Multi Academy Trust, which is dedicated to improving outcomes for SEND learners in Oxfordshire. The Trust has a national reputation for excellence and is influential in the development of SEND strategy in the county. With six academies currently in the Trust, our aim is to build a community of eight to ten special schools over the next five years.
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