Teacher

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Job DescriptionJoin Our Team at OFG!

Job Title: Teacher - Maternity Cover

Location: Yiewsley Grange School, West Drayton UB7 7QP

Hours: 37.5 per week | Monday to Friday

Salary: £43,000 per annum (not pro rata)

Contract: Fixed Term - Until 31st July 2027 | Term Time Only

Start: November 2026

Note: UK applicants only – no sponsorship available

About the Role

At Hillingdon Grange School – Yiewsley, we’re on the lookout for a passionate and adaptable Teacher to join our specialist education team on a fixed-term maternity cover contract. This is your chance to teach in an environment where you can truly connect with your students!

In this role, you’ll work with individuals and small groups, tailoring lessons to meet diverse strengths, interests, and needs. Your mission? To help students overcome barriers and experience meaningful success in their education.

You'll be working with students with autism and additional needs, combining high expectations with a calm, personalized, and supportive approach. Your efforts will help students develop skills that can make a lasting difference in their lives.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Plan and deliver engaging, personalized lessons for individual students and small groups in line with the school’s curriculum.
• Adapt teaching, resources, and learning environments to meet individual needs and enable meaningful progress.
• Monitor, assess, and record student progress, using this information to shape future learning and individual targets.
• Develop and review Individual Education Plans, behavior plans, and other personalized programs.
• Create a structured and supportive classroom where students feel safe, understood, and ready to learn.
• Support students in developing confidence, independence, and self-regulation, including those who may display challenging behaviors.
• Lead and coordinate Learning Support Assistants and other colleagues to provide consistent and effective support.
• Work closely with families and the wider multi-professional team to support each student’s education, development, and wellbeing.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll bring:

• A relevant teaching qualification.
• Experience working within an educational setting and planning and delivering engaging lessons.
• Experience supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or challenging behaviors.
• The ability to tailor teaching and learning around individual strengths, needs, and starting points.
• A calm, empathetic, and resilient approach.
• Strong communication, organization, and teamwork skills.
• The confidence to lead and coordinate others effectively.
• A commitment to safeguarding and achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.

About Us

Yiewsley Grange is one of our Early Years and Primary sites, providing specialist education for children aged 3.5 – 11 years old. We support pupils in the Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, and Key Stage 2.

Our approach includes a wide range of teaching strategies to engage learners with diverse learning difficulties and styles. With smaller class sizes, we work towards the Equals Semi-Formal Curriculum and equivalent functional skills qualifications.

As part of the Hillingdon Grange group of schools, Yiewsley Grange offers a unique combination of education and support for pupils across a wide spectrum of needs and abilities. Our tailored primary learning environment is designed specifically to support autistic children in reaching their full potential.

Why Join Us?

At OFG, we place students and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do. Every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference! We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people.

Benefits Include:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – mental health support and physical health checks
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support

Note: We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

OFG Education is committed to a fair, thorough, and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

london (west drayton)

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

23-10-2026

Profession type

Teaching / Instructors / Guides

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English