Teaching Assistant - Pebble Brook School
Location: Aylesbury
Overview
Are you ready for a rewarding career where you can make a meaningful difference by supporting students with additional needs?
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: £22,496.00 - £24,379.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only - 39 weeks
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: 04/05/2026
Interviews to be held: To be confirmed on application
About us
Pebble Brook School is a welcoming community special school with a strong belief that every young person can succeed. We are committed to creating a safe, happy and inclusive environment where pupils feel respected, valued and proud of their school.
Our work focuses on supporting children and young people aged 11–19 with communication and interaction needs, including speech, language and communication needs, autistic spectrum disorder and moderate learning difficulties. We place high importance on nurturing confidence, independence and personal development alongside academic progress.
Pebble Brook School is a secondary special school for approximately 182 pupils with a range of moderate learning difficulties. Located on an attractive site in the centre of Aylesbury, the school is maintained by Buckinghamshire Local Authority. Our pupils come from across the county, joining us from both mainstream and primary special schools, bringing with them a wide range of experiences, strengths and needs.
Website: http://pebblebrookschool.org.uk/
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Teaching Assistant to support our students with a range of additional needs. Pebble Brook provides you the opportunity to work with specialist teachers who will mentor you to support the needs of our students with their education in preparation for adulthood.
Please see the job description attached for more information.
About you
Experience of working with children is required.
We are looking for someone who enjoys working with adults, children and young people, and who communicates clearly and confidently.
Good literacy and numeracy skills are important, along with clear spoken and written English.
A positive, practical approach to using ICT to support learning is also essential.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Tel No: 01296 415761
Email: [email protected]
If you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please use the link below:
https://mynewterm.com/jobs/110576/EDV-2026-PBS-13986
Pebble Brook follows Buckinghamshire Council guidelines for safer recruitment. This position will be subject to safer recruitment checks, Social Media checks and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of ability, gender, ethnicity or religion.
Please complete the Self-Declaration form included included with the attached documents and submit with your application.
This school is fully committed to safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people in all aspects of its work, including recruitment, and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Safe in Education 2025 online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. The search is not part of the shortlisting process itself, and candidates will have a chance to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview.
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.
