Are you looking for a fulfilling, worthwhile and secure job? Would you like to have a job that makes a real difference? Come and join the team at the SAND Academy Trust, a Trust in Gloucestershire offering exceptional education in our six schools.

The Piper Centre caters for 30 pupils and is part of SAND Academies Trust. Pupils are aged between 4- 11 years and have a range of special needs including communication and interaction delay, learning difficulties and Autism. The Piper Centre sits within the grounds of Willow Primary Academy. We are passionate about the children we support, and work together as small team delivering a specialist curriculum.

We are looking to appoint a permanent Learning Partner (LP6) to join our dedicated and friendly team. The successful applicant will support teaching staff with their responsibility for the development and education of pupils, some of whom may have a wide range of special needs and will have experience of working with pupils who have special educational needs and disabilities.

If you would like to visit the Centre please contact Mandy Walton, Head of Piper Centre, on applications@sandmat.uk or via telephone 01452 526442 to arrange a suitable date. You find out more via our website: The Piper Centre - The Piper Centre (sandmat.uk)

The Schools and the Trust

We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: Improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.

Our Benefits

By joining our team we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (LGPS/TPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme

Additional Information

SAND Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. As part of our Safe Recruitment Practice, we will need a completed application form before any offers, and all staff will require safeguarding/pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK. Please ensure that you have read and understood the information within the Candidate Information pack and understood our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders which can be found on our careers page.