Thame
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Website Lord Williams's School

Job Reference #

EDV/2025/LWS/39277

Location

Oxford Road, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2AQ

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Part-Time

Salary

£32,918.00 – £51,048.00 Annually (FTE)
Teachers’ Main/Upper Pay Scale, pro-rated 0.5 = £16,459 to £25,524

Closing Date

9:00am, 20th Oct 2025

Start Date

January 2026

Positions Available 1

About this Role

The Learning Support Faculty

Lord Williams’s School has a very strong commitment to providing the best possible education to all students whatever their particular aptitudes, needs and circumstances. For students with special educational needs this is achieved, so far as is possible, by inclusion within mainstream classes and by the involvement of all staff. The range of needs supported is very wide and includes Cognition and Learning; Physical and Sensory; Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) and Communication and Interaction.

The Learning Support Faculty at Lower has its own newly-renovated building. It is well equipped for a variety of activities/interventions including three hubs: the Learning Hub, the Rainbow room and the 1B.

At Upper School there is a similar suite of rooms in a specially adapted building.

The Learning Support Faculty aims to enable all students to participate fully in the life of the school and has three key areas of activity.

Curriculum Support

Being aware of the key features of the curriculum
Helping staff to develop a differentiated curriculum
Advising staff about any changes needed to ensure access to the curriculum for all students

Mainstream Support

Developing strategies to support students with a range of specific needs, and seeking ways of ensuring the achievements of all students are recognised
Working in collaboration with curriculum teachers to help students make progress
Supporting and observing students in their mainstream lessons

Individual Support

Identifying and assessing students’ needs, and tracking their progress
Working with individuals to improve their literacy skills, social skills and relationships using a variety of skills and resources
Working in close co-operation with pastoral staff, parents and outside professionals/agencies to develop strategies to support under-achievement

The Learning Support Faculty has strong links to the Communication and Interaction [Autism] Resource Bases and we have arrangements that allow students to move between the Bases and mainstream classes.

The Learning Support Faculty has also received a certification from ASDAN recognising Lord Williams’s as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ and recently received very positive feedback from an independent review.

Safeguarding

Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory medical, reference and DBS clearance and also to The Asylum and Immigration Act ID checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974