Class Teacher for Life Skills Pathway (Maternity Cover)

Great Oaks College is an expanding specialist independent college in its third year of operation. We are co-located within Oaklands School, a new state of the art, purpose built premises located in Gresham Road, Hounslow, close to Osterley Tube Station.

The college provides further educational opportunities to students aged 19-24 with moderate, severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties or autism. We run three Pathways, Life Skills, Vocational and Sensory. In September 2021, we will have eleven class groups in total. Our education programmes are designed to prepare students for active lives, increasing the opportunities available to them through increased independence and communication skills.

Our student numbers are rapidly expanding and as a result, we are looking to appoint a teacher to deliver our highly individualised programmes of education on the Life Skills Pathway. Students within this Pathway are working towards the development of their day-to-day life skills including cooking, home management, shopping, travelling, developing communication and social skills and communication skills. Students also work to develop their functional literacy, numeracy and ICT skills. The students within Life Skills generally have Severe Learning Difficulties and/or Autism.

We would love to hear from teachers with experience of special education. What is important is the desire and motivation to make a difference to our students’ lives. We believe that all of our students are capable of making outstanding progress and we want to appoint individuals who share our belief.

We offer a comprehensive induction and Inset programme for our staff, a pension scheme and employee assistance programme. Our College offers a friendly place to work with a supportive Senior Leadership Team.

Great Oaks College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people, and anyone applying to work at the College is expected to share this commitment. This position is subject to a satisfactory fully enhanced DBS check and references being received. All positions are subject to the satisfactory completion of a twenty-six working week probation period.

To apply, please complete and email the application form along with a letter of application outlining how you meet the specification for this role and what you will bring to the team for the benefit of our students. 

Closing Date: 9am, Monday 8th November 2021

Interview Date: Tuesday 16th November 2021

Start Date: ASAP

End Date: 31st December 2022 (with possibility of full time fixed contract after)

Contract Type: Maternity cover

Pay scale: M4 to UPS plus SEN points (dependent upon relevant skills and experience in special education)

Please note all teachers paid UPS are considered to be middle leaders and will be given a cross school responsibility in line with their role.

CV’s will not be accepted. No Agencies Please