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  • Start date details

    TBC

  • Closing date

    31 October 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

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Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£17,000.00 - £17,400.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant - Apprenticeship (Level 3) - Studley Green job summary

Term time + INSET days (39 weeks per year)

Full Time Hours: Monday 8.15am - 3.30pm, Tues-Fri 8.30-3.30pm

1 day release- during Apprenticeship

Apprentices will be paid in accordance with National Minimum Wage guidelines.

Chiltern Wood School is a Special School currently supporting over 200 students ranging from ages 3 to 19 years, located across three sites in Cressex, Studley Green and Downley. We offer the opportunity to become part of a team of caring professionals, contributing purposefully to meeting the special educational needs of children in the High Wycombe area. You will be well supported by welcoming and knowledgeable staff within a well-run, hard-working school which holds as its core value the wellbeing of its pupils, parents and staff.

We are currently recruiting for an Apprentice to join us at Studley Green. The successful candidate will provide support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities in order to help all students to achieve their full potential.

Duties may involve supporting an individual or a group of pupils with a particular assignment, or providing invaluable general support to the teacher in the classroom, which makes the work very rewarding.
As part of the apprenticeship, you will complete a level 3 qualification with one day per week on day release.

You will have good numeracy and literacy skills and be comfortable working with students. You must be reliable and punctual, friendly and polite, be proactive with the ability to show initiative and have the desire to develop in the role. You will also need to be able to form effective relationships with staff.

Our Cressex and Studley Green Site support children with severe and complex learning needs, and our Downley site supports pupils with complex medical needs (PMLD) as well as severe learning difficulties.

You will be well supported by experienced and welcoming staff within a well-run, hard-working school who put the wellbeing of pupils and staff at the forefront. We pride ourselves on building positive relationships with our pupils, their families and supporting professionals to enable communication, physical, social and emotional development for each individual. Chiltern Wood follows a therapeutic approach and is well-supported by occupational and speech and language therapists who work across all sites.

If you are interested in learning how to contribute purposefully to the educational and social development of children and young people and you feel you have the qualities to successfully attend to their welfare and emotional needs, we want to hear from you!

Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full vetting checks, including a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level, online searches and satisfactory references


Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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.

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About Chiltern Wood School

School type
Special school, ages 3 to 19
School size
218 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 19
Ofsted report
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School location

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