Lead Teaching Assistant

Lead Teaching Assistant – Care Tech (Bletchley)

Apply for the Lead Teaching Assistant role  position is full‑time, permanent, and part of the Bletchley Park specialist school.

Location: Bletchley
Contract: Term Time, Full Time
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 08:30 – 16:30)
Salary: £22,662.38
Closing Date: Friday 26 December 2025
Work weeks per year: 39 weeks including training days

Key responsibilities

• Work alongside teachers in planning and preparing classroom work.
• Provide learning activities for students both on and off site.
• Support students with formal learning, self‑help skills, life skills and social understanding; assess their progress regularly.
• Organise teaching assistants within the class to create a bespoke timetable that meets each individual's needs.

Qualifications and experience

• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Calm under pressure.
• Professional attitude and appearance.
• The ability to lead and be led.
• Experience of working with young people with additional needs, preferably with autism spectrum.
• Good organisational skills.
• Experience and knowledge of learning disabilities and/or special needs.

Person specification

• Highly motivated, well organised, resourceful, and flexible.
• Patient, energetic, and genuinely concerned to improve the quality of life for young people in care.

Contract details

• 37.5 hours per week (Mon–Fri 08:30–16:30), term time only.
• Representative:
  Bletchley Park School; dedicated team of professionals with clear guidance and mentoring.

Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding

Cambian is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Cambian is committed to safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Cambian will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates as part of a safeguarding check; the search will be based on suitability to work with children and will avoid unconscious bias and discrimination.

Additional Information

_Assistant_May_2024.docx (Reference file).