Job Description

Bardwell School

Bicester
18,454 - 19,995 per year

Salary:

Grade 6

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

Autumn term

Apply by:

8 July 2025

Job overview

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Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children and young people with special needs?

Barwell School is a thriving and vibrant community. The role of the Teaching Assistant involves setting appropriate boundaries for children, supporting with their education and care and liaising with families to get the best possible outcomes.

About the role:

The role of the Teaching Assistant involves setting appropriate boundaries for children, supporting with their education and care and liaising with families to get the best possible outcomes.


If you share our passion for making a real difference to the lives of children and young people with special needs, this could be the opportunity you are looking for.

About the Bardwell School:

Bardwell School is a community special school for children aged 2 - 19 years with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties. The school has 105 pupils on roll, following recent expansion of the school buildings.


Bardwell School is a member of The Gallery Trust, an expanding Special Needs Multi Academy Trust, which is dedicated to improving outcomes for SEND learners in Oxfordshire. The Trust has a national reputation for excellence and is influential in the development of SEND strategy in the county. With six academies currently in the Trust, our aim is to build a community of eight to ten special schools over the next five years.


The Trust can offer you:

the opportunity to work with skilled, hardworking, and empowered colleagues, and with our fantastic students a comprehensive and thorough induction programme tailored and appropriate continuing professional development, designed to support your needs and aspirations professional business and school improvement support and resources the opportunity to working collaboratively with staff throughout the organisation

About you:

The successful applicant will have the attributes to work across the whole school, including supporting children with complex health and medical needs and students who may demonstrate physically challenging behaviour.


You will have, or be willing to quickly develop, a good understanding of our school curriculum, how to create a climate for success and how to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities to learn and develop. You will also demonstrate a resilient and instinctive approach in meeting our pupils' needs.

How to apply:

To apply for this position, please submit an application form via email to jobs@bardwell.oxon.sch.uk or by post.
The deadline for applications is

8th July2025 at 5:00pm.

The Gallery Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with The Gallery Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, NCTL and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check. The Gallery Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.

Attached documents

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Applicant Info Pack
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About

Bardwell School

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Bardwell School

Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive, Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 4RZ
United Kingdom

+44 1869 242182

Bardwell School is a community special school for children aged 2 - 19 years with severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties. The school has 105 pupils on roll, following recent expansion of the school buildings.



We are passionate about students at Bardwell having their abilities recognised and celebrated, whilst receiving an excellent education. The staff team is committed to very high standards in relation to every aspect of our pupils' education.


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Benefits of working at Bardwell School include:

Professional development opportunities

Regular training and access to a range of internal and external professional development opportunities, tailored to your learning needs, your job role and your career aspirations. Opportunities for career progression, secondments and transfers within The Gallery Trust, the largest special school Academy Trust in Oxfordshire. Opportunities for collaborative working across the schools in The Trust, offering the chance to liaise with experienced colleagues, building knowledge and professional networks Develop your career in The Gallery Trust, an expanding and successful organisation which offers opportunities for progression, secondments and collaborative working with colleagues across our schools

Financial

Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book Access to attractive pension plans (TPS and LGPS), linked to salary life assurance Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use Salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work Scheme Perkbox - discount and wellbeing platform membership

Wellbeing

24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance Membership to Wisdom a wellbeing app Complimentary tea and coffee Weekly opportunity to purchase from the Post 16 lunch bar (currently soup and scone) Tuck shop - run by Post 16 provision (The Lodge)

Facilities

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