Assistant Teacher - Booker Park School
Location: Aylesbury
Overview
Booker Park School is seeking a caring, motivated Assistant Teacher to support pupils with special educational needs. You'll work with individuals, groups and whole classes, helping deliver engaging learning and supporting pupils' personal and academic development.
Term time only: Yes 39 weeks including INSET days
Salary Details: Bucks pay Range 4 £25,679-£27,568 per annum (FTE £30,361-£32,594)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time 37 hrs per week, Monday/Tuesday/Thursday 8.30am – 4.30pm, Wednesday 8.30am - 5.00pm, Fridays 8.30am - 5.00pm
Closing date: 22/02/2026
Interviews to be held: To be confirmed
**NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE**
About us
At Booker Park School we look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve in a caring and supportive environment.
The school is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary school Stocklake Park, and its post-16 site Harding House.
- Supportive team and strong values
- Ongoing training and professional development
- Opportunity to shape a curriculum specialism
- Safeguarding checks, references and an Enhanced DBS are required.
- Free onsite parking
- Large staffroom with resourced kitchen with complimentary hot and cold beverages
- Employer contribution pension scheme, with Life Cover
- Access to employee benefits including discounts on travel and purchases from local shops, cafes and restaurants
- 24 hour free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual Flu VaccinationReady to make a difference?
Website: www.thevalefederation.com
About the role
- Support teaching and learning in class
- Lead whole‑class sessions during teacher absence
- Assist pupils with SEN, including personal care
- Create positive relationships and promote independence
- Help plan lessons, prepare resources and record progress
- Responsible for checking emails regularly and keeping up to date with all school and Vale Federation communication
- To represent the school in a positive way in the community
- Work alongside the class Teacher to ensure the quality of education within the classroom is maintained during the Teacher’s absence
- Help pupils to access learning activities through specialist support
For mor information please see attached Job description
About you
- Kind, patient and enthusiastic
- Confident working with children with additional needs
- Able to follow guidance and take initiative
- Willing to undertake training, including clinical procedures
- Willingness to learn
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people - Calm, caring and patient approach
- Ability to follow directions and take own initiative
For more information please see attached Person specification
Other information
To apply click here; https://www.eteach.com/careers/bookerpark/application-register?vacancyId=1534196&lang=en-GB&src=BucksCCJobs
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lynne Worley on the number below.
Tel No: 01296 427221
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Email: [email protected]
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we appoint an appropriate candidate
If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date you must assume that your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful
The above post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.
The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake pre-employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
All unspent convictions and conditional cautions - All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
