Work Related Learning Teaching Assistant
Phoenix School, London, E3 2AD28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
12 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
15 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Permanent | 35 hours per week | Term Time Only| 8:45am to 3:30pm Including one evening until 5pm & one evening until 4pm)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Scale 4 Point 7-10 Pro-rata | Actual Salary £27,631 - £28,844
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Role
- To plan and deliver work related learning opportunities for students who are on the autism spectrum in a Key Stage 5 class, coaching and mentoring them to fulfil their potential.
- To liaise with the teacher and develop students coping strategies and resilience to support them to confidently work in new environments and with new people.
- To monitor the health and safety of students on work placements/during activities and develop students’ autonomy around this.
- To make reasonable adjustment and scaffold students to carry out work tasks with greater independence and increase their confidence in the workplace.
- Work with the class teacher to plan and prepare appropriate visuals and resources for work related learning sessions.
- Respond to the pupil’s specific communication needs adapting your level of language and using appropriate visual support.
- Keep daily work-related learning data on every pupil to track progress over time and to assess/plan next work-related learning opportunity.
- Work with class teacher to collate the end of term work- related and accreditation data.
- Contribute to students' vocational profile.
To support the school mission, vision, values and strategic objectives.
What the school offers its staff
We are looking to appoint Work Related Learning Teaching Assistants who will work within a class team. Candidates should ideally have experience of working with children with special needs.
Split over three main sites with additional Satellite provisions, Phoenix supports young people aged between 3 and 19 with severe language and communication difficulties including autism. We are an award-winning and “Outstanding” school (Ofsted 2024) accredited through the National Autistic Society and praised for our creative approaches. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our young people.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and staff. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS clearance. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Governing Body of the school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and staff. The Executive Headteacher must ensure that the highest priority is given to following all safeguarding guidance and regulations. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS clearance. All of the school's Safeguarding and Child Protection policies are available on the school's website. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, religion or age.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Phoenix School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 502 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Phoenix School website
- Email address
- recruitment@phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02089804740
Special School for children with Autism
Arranging a visit to Phoenix School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk.
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