Graduate Assistant with Boarding

Bruern Abbey School, a preparatory boarding school for boys with dyslexia, is situated in 27 acres of stunning Oxfordshire countryside. The school seeks a full-time graduate assistant from January 2021. The role will entail:

• Teaching Assistant role - predominantly working with Year 6 English classes
• Sports coaching
• Boarding duties 
• Extra-curricular activities 

Experience of working in an SEN setting is not essential whilst experience of working with primary or prep age pupils  would be desirable. 

The successful applicant will be energetic and positive, and willing to help with pastoral welfare.

Benefits

• Full annual salary (negotiable on experience)
• Off-site, single accomodation available
• Pension
• Working Monday morning until Friday afternoon in term time
• Around 18 weeks of holiday per year
• CPD support given
• Superb location outside Bicester, 20 minutes from Oxford
• Meals whilst on duty 
• Wonderful colleagues and charming boys!

Bruern Abbey

Bruern Abbey is a preparatory boarding school with 160 boys on roll, which specialises in learning difficulties such as dyslexia. We were Tatler’s Prep School of the Year in 2015 and are proud of our ethos to think differently and have fun. 

At Bruern we make every effort to give the boys an action-packed time – be it musical, theatrical, cultural or sporting. Bruern has a few fundamental differences to other prep schools, which allow our boys to succeed at their senior school and in later life:

• We have twice as many English and maths lessons as a standard prep school would, and there are two teachers in each class for these key subjects
• Reading is taught as a distinct curriculum subject
• Laptops are used in most lessons
• All classes have a maximum of twelve pupils – allowing boys more individual attention in class

Please take a look at our website, www.bruernabbey.org, for more information.

What others say

As well as the Good Schools Guide write-up on Bruern, Tatler hit the nail on the head when they wrote,

This scruffiest of country preps (think dogs, mud, piles of Beanos) looks after boys with dyslexia, dyspraxia or dyscalculia (often refugees from high-powered places where they have been neglected) and prepares them for CE. Boys flourish and leave for Marlborough, Rugby and Bryanston. The majority weekly board in this mini stately with 30 wooded acres, and are occupied with fly-fishing, clay-pigeon shooting and woodwork. The polo team made the nationals and even some of the youngest boys went on a 260-mile cycle ride to France. Food is a big deal, and with it manners, whether it's the twice-weekly candlelit dinners (parents can come too), plucking partridges or trying bouillabaisse in Oyster Club. Head John Floyd (dyslexic himself) and his wife Hen look after these boys with great care and gusto. We just wish there was a Bruern for girls too.

Apply now

By clicking 'apply now', you will be able to download the application form. Alternatively, please email recruitment@bruernabbey.org for an application form. To submit an application (or to ask any questions relating about the position), please email recruitment@bruernabbey.org. 

The closing date for applications is Monday 28th September 2020 at midnight. Early applications are encouraged, and the school reserves the right to appoint before the deadline. 

Bruern Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants for this post must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including reference checks with previous employers and a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. A copy of the School's Safeguarding Policy can be found at http://bruernabbey.org/policies.html