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Students within the Vocational Pathway are working towards the development of skills that they need to prepare them for paid employment. Students have access to work experience on-site, including Horticulture, Catering and Facilities Management. Students also access external work placements in the community. We expect most students to work towards becoming independent travelers.

Students within the Life Skills Pathway are working towards the development of their day-to-day life skills, including cooking, home management, shopping, travelling, and developing communication and social skills and communication skills. Students also work to develop their functional Literacy, numeracy and ICT skills. The students within Life Skills generally have Server Learning Difficulties and/or Autism.

Within the Engagement for life Pathway, students are working to develop their communication, their understanding of cause and effect, to develop meaningful relationships and to maintain their physical ability.

We would love to hear from Teachers with experience in special education, who have the desire and motivation to make a difference in our students' lives. We believe that all of our students can make outstanding progress, and we want to appoint individuals who share our beliefs.

Great Oaks College is an expanding specialist independent college colocated within Oaklands School, a new state of the art, purpose built premises located in Gresham Road, Hounslow, close to Osterley Tube Station.

However, in September 2025 we are relocating to a new building in Sunbury (Surrey).

The college provides further educational opportunities to students aged 19-24 with moderate, severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties or autism. We run three Pathways, Vocational, Life and Living and Engagement for Life.

We value our employees and offer a supportive and engaging environment, comprehensive Induction, Inset and excellent Continuous Personal Development Training Sessions, NEST Pension with this role, Employee Assistance Programme, access to Staff Discounts, and other well-being benefits:

An employee assistance programme,

Access to Private Doctors and Nurses 24/7 free of charge

Free on-site gym with showers,

Daily staff breakfasts and have 5 a day fruits to keep you well,

Blue Light Card

Online shopping discounts available,

Cycle to work scheme,

Leave of absence policy with paid time off (under the discretion of a College Principal)to support with unforeseeable life matters, Pay Scale: M1 to UPS plus SEN point 2 £5,285 Inner London Pay Scale (dependent upon relevant skills and experience in special education) £38,766to £55,415 per year

Please note all teachers paid UPS are considered to be middle leaders and will be given a cross college responsibility in line with their role.