Oakwood School
SEN Teaching Assistant (Careers and Employability)
Full time and Permanent (term time only)
£21,500 to £25,000 (actual salary)
Plus £1,000 - £3,000 for an additional responsibility
To start as soon as possible

This is an exciting opportunity for a TA to join our wonderful school and work with our exceptional students and staff. The ideal candidate will have experience working within SEN and/or SEMH. The appointed person will establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which students with special educational needs make good academic progress and can participate in activities across the school. Amongst other responsibilities the appointed person will support the creation and delivery of a post 16 employability pathway and help to deliver (following CPD), career advice and guidance across the school.

We are immensely proud that our staff enjoy their work and enjoy coming to school. We strongly believe that by caring for our staff and providing the right work life balance, you in turn help to produce a happier environment, with a more productive team and a better connection with our students.

Job Role
Due to increased student numbers, we are excited to be recruiting for a Teaching Assistant to join us at Oakwood and work with our pupils who experience a range of needs including SEMH. You will be able to successfully build trusting student relationships and motivate and encourage pupils by providing levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with tasks as appropriate.

We are removing the glass ceiling for TA’s and have created an opportunity to take on an area of responsibility to lead on either phonics, interventions, ELSA lead, inclusion coordinator etc. This would be dependant on the experience of the candidate and matching to a need within the SIP. This would attract an additional responsibility remuneration of between £1,000 and £3,000.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and adventurous individual to join our school. We encourage our staff to take learning beyond the classroom and utilise our 30 acres of ground and woodland to bring learning to life.

About Oakwood
Oakwood is a SEN School specialising in the education of SEMH students. Set in 30 acres of grounds and woodland in the heart of the Leicestershire countryside. The school has been purpose built to cater for the requirements and needs of the pupils we support and offers fantastic facilities for every child. We are a fairly new school with big ambitions and an ethos of putting every child first. We support a range of young SEMH pupils from the ages of 8-18 across our two sites based at our Oakwood Community School and our Cedarwood site within Leicester City.

At Oakwood we believe that treating everyone equally and developing a culture of mutual respect is essential to create a bond between staff and pupils and between pupils and their peers. We also uphold those values that help everyone embrace children whose backgrounds involve different faiths, lifestyles, and beliefs.

We have a no blame culture where you are encouraged to be creative. Applications are welcome from colleagues with either mainstream or SEND experience, with appropriate training provided for all staff.

Working hours (and everyone really does go home on time!)
• Monday and Wednesday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
• Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30am to 4pm
• Friday: 8:30am to 3pm

We very much hope you will feel inspired to come and be part of the Oakwood team. If you're interested in making a real difference and impacting positively on the lives of our students, we would love to hear from you.

We encourage you to visit us to see for yourself the opportunities we can provide.

How to apply
For more information on how to apply, arrange a school visit and for a full application pack, please contact Mike Sherwin on the below details:

E: oakwoodschool@hays.com

T: 07525 889925

Closing date for applications: ASAP and by Friday 10th January 2025

Strong applications may be considered upon receipt