Special Support AssistantEDV​/TWOA​/

About This Role

We are offering the opportunity to join our friendly and dedicated team in our warm and welcoming school. You will be working with a supportive and experienced team who work collaboratively with professionals from a wide range of backgrounds to meet the physical, medical, sensory and emotional needs of our children. Our school caters for children from 3 to 16 with complex needs in purpose‑built accommodation and was rated Good by Ofsted in November 2021.

As a Special Support Assistant you will assist students who need additional support, either individually or in small groups, with learning, physical, medical and personal care. You will provide exceptional care, guidance and support so that our pupils thrive and make excellent progress in their personal development. Experience of working with children with similar needs is preferable but not essential – full training will be provided.

• The chance to make a real difference to the lives of children with complex needs and their families.
• A warm and personable working environment that supports close working relationships with the wider school community.
• Access to a wide range of professional development opportunities, including high‑quality CPD delivered by award‑winning experts.
• Access to the Trust‑wide employee benefit scheme.
• Free onsite parking.
• Supportive working environment within an academy focused on the wellbeing of staff.
• Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension scheme.

Thomas Wolsey Ormiston Academy and Ormiston Academies Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to equality of opportunity and diversity. All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, right to work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition checks, two references and enhanced DBS checks including the Children’s Barred List.