Park Academy West London

Hillingdon, Middlesex

Salary:

Apprenticeship Pay Range (see Government's website regarding Apprenticeship pay ranges)

Job type:

Part Time, Fixed Term

Start date:

27 October 2025

Apply by:

6 October 2025

Job overview

Situated on the western periphery of London, Park Academy serves the vibrant community of Hillingdon. Life in the borough has lots to offer with easy access to central London for those who enjoy the bustle of city life, as well as lots of green space for those who prefer something a little more serene. For families, it’s a great place to live.

We pride ourselves on offering an excellent education for our students, and outstanding career opportunities for our staff. Our innovative and targeted Continuous Professional Development programme will help you accelerate your career. Candidates for leadership roles are identified early and supported to achieve career progression through a suite of qualifications offered by the Aspirations Learning Institute.

Due to its increasing popularity and growing student population Park Academy is looking for a Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprentice (SEND) (non-teaching).

An effective Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprentice (SEND) is an individual with exceptional drive and proven experience who will work within the SEN Team to promote quality support of all students with special educational needs attending the academy. The post holder will be working towards completing their apprenticeship by working alongside SEN professionals at the academy, supporting the education of individuals or groups of learners.

Each member of staff at Park Academy shares a drive to equip students with the qualifications, qualities and skills to reach their personal ambitions working together creatively to overcome any hurdle which might otherwise disadvantage our students.

Hours: 36 hours per week, term time only inclusive of study time (including 5 staff training days) [39 weeks]

Duration of Apprenticeship contract: 18 months

Please check the Government’s website regarding Apprenticeship pay ranges: https://www.gov.uk/become-apprentice/pay-and-conditions

Closing date – Monday 6th October 2025 at 10.00am

Interview date – TBC

About Aspirations

Park Academy West London is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It will carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of its due diligence. Online searches solely aim to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the academy may want to explore with the applicant at interview. The post is subject to all pre-placement checks including obtaining references, proof of eligibility to work in the UK and an enhanced DBS check.

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About Park Academy West London

Park Academy West London

Park View Road, Yiewsley, Hillingdon

London

UB8 3GA

United Kingdom

+44 1895 430 066

Park Academy West London is a new school for a new age, an 11-19 academy, based in Hillingdon Middlesex who joined Aspirations Academies Trust, from 1st September 2017.

Park Academy West London has a close working relationship with the Aspiration Academies Trust’s other academies in London. These are Rivers Academy West London, which was judged ‘Good’ in its recent Ofsted report, Space Studio West London, which specialises in space, aerospace, science and maths and, in the primary sector, Oriel Academy and Oak Hill Academy.

The Trust also operates the Aspirations Teaching School Alliance which provides high quality training and support for teachers. At Park Academy West London we aim to inspire young people to be adaptable, tolerant and prepared to work hard. We want them to take their place in the community and the wider world to be proud of their achievements and with the necessary skills, confidence and self reliance be successful learners.

We are passionate about excellence in education, giving students the very best start in life with a firm belief that excellent teaching transforms lives. As an Aspirations Academy, we aim to aid students to dream about the future and do something in their present in order to reach those dreams. Our core belief is that for all students to have high aspirations they must believe in themselves, be actively engaged in their learning and see the connection between what they learn today and who they want to become tomorrow.

The Academy is ideally situated ten miles from the centre of London and forty miles from Oxford in the London Borough of Hillingdon, with good transport links to the M4, M40 and M25. The impressive £26 million building opened in September 2005, offering state of the art facilities providing an excellent learning environment for the 21st Century.

Our impressive range of facilities includes: a suite of Science laboratories; Food Technology rooms and a garden; advanced Design and Technology workshops with industry-standard equipment; Art and Design suite with graphic design technology; the UK’s First LEGO Education Centre; a video editing suite; large drama studio; excellent music suite with advanced electronic music recording studio; individual practice rooms; a restaurant and fitness suite.

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