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What our staff say

Working for TCW has afforded lots of freedom and flexibility to think about new approaches to teaching - whether that's a maths lesson on ratio, through the medium of baking, or learning about history, via the literature of the period. There's always a great new resource being suggested and support from the cohort is never in short supply!

Jeremiah (Teacher)

It's incredibly rewarding creating a connection with a young person who feels that an academic approach is not for them and not only helping them unlocking their potential, but helping them and those around them, recognise their achievement. I'm from a performance background and so teaching with TCW let's me approach academic subjects in a creative way to explore and inspire a love of learning. A good sense of humour helps! The ethos of TCW is to offer both staff and students alike a nurturing environment in which to grow and develop.

Sarah (Teacher)

One of the things I love and appreciate the most about TCW is that from the moment we first step into the classroom, we are given the autonomy to be creative with the curriculum, and the independence to tailor it to meet our students needs. We have the opportunity to make learning meaningful for our students every day, to ignite their passion for learning and give them memorable experiences they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. Teaching at TCW is life changing - not just for the students, but for the teachers who have the opportunity to grow here.

Paige (Teacher)

My experience at TCW was brilliant – everyone was warm and friendly and it didn’t take long to feel like part of the community. The environment was very welcoming and it was valuable to be able to experience the different learning centres. Everyone I met made a real effort to support me, before I had arrived and during the placement.

My timetable was well managed and it was obvious that care had been taken to make sure that I got the best out of my experience. I knew exactly who to contact and who to speak to if I needed any support and everyone was very responsive and happy to help. I only spent a short time at TCW but it felt like that everyone went above and beyond to make sure that I could make the most out of the experience and gave me as many opportunities as they could. It was a pleasure to be a part of TCW for a short time.

Arabella (Work Placement Volunteer)

Leaders help staff to manage their workload and support their well-being. As a result, staff feel valued and are dedicated to their jobs.

Ofsted 2022 Report

I've worked for TCW for 8, maybe 9, years now and have really enjoyed my time here. It gives me an opportunity to be creative by tailoring lesson plans and ideas to suit individual students, allows me to meet all sorts of people and get to know new ways of thinking as a result. It started as a job that I did part time around my other work but quickly became my main focus as I found it far more rewarding than my previous work in television. The school has also been very flexible with timings and is full of creative people doing interesting things. It's always great to see other teachers supporting students to discover a new skill, interest, or way of working.

Sebastian (Teacher)

My journey teaching SEN students from various backgrounds and life situations has been both challenging and inspiring. The students have not only positioned me to bring the best out of my teaching skills, but motivated me to be an inspiration to them in return. Every seed planted will and continue to germinate for their youthful lives and beyond adulthood. Every experience is absorbing and fulfilling, as every dream is encouraged to become a reality.

Kevin (Teacher)

Working at TCW provides a platform for creativity and relationship building. Being a part of a young person's achievements and difficulties has its challenges but also it's joys. My favourite aspect is building relationships built on fun and laughter.

Ben (Teacher)

Working at TCW has been one of the best challenges of my career. Teaching and building relationships with the students over my six years here continues to be a delight, and although there are incredibly hard moments- overcoming them as a team is wonderful. TCW has helped me develop my own professionalism, skill set, flexibility, and my own self-belief. The school has supported me, believed in me when I have not, and invested in self-development through my time here. I have overcome obstacles I never thought I would be able to both in my working and personal life, due to the confidence I have built here. I can honestly say that working at TCW has changed me in all areas of my life for the better.

Anwen (Teacher)

Working at TCW has been life-changing. As a new teacher, I am well supported by a team of welcoming, resourceful and fun staff, who always keep an open mind. As a one to one educator, I am learning and progressing with my students to thrive. As a team, we may not know what's around the corner, but we will make it work together and shine. Backed by its ethos, at TCW, the sky is your limit (so don't be shy to apply)!

Teresa (Teacher)

Artwork by Students & Staff at The Shoreditch Hub

Vacancies

Teacher - Bank Worker
Join Our Team: Make a Difference in Education!

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of vulnerable young people? We're an innovative education charity and creative school dedicated to supporting London’s most at-risk young people. Through our holistic approach, we empower students to thrive academically, socially, physically, and emotionally in a nurturing community.

Our Approach: We offer a unique blend of personalised group and one-to-one lessons, combined with creative projects and comprehensive wellbeing support. Over the past 25 years, our team has helped thousands of young people regain their confidence, earn valuable qualifications, and grow into successful, happy adults.

The Role: We are seeking passionate and creative people to teach one-to-one lessons with young people across London, working both in students’ homes and our Learning Hubs. You do not need to be a qualified teacher, we will provide your training. Our students have high needs including SEN, medical needs, and SEMH, making mainstream school unsuitable. The work is varied, challenging, and immensely rewarding. You’ll be backed by a dedicated office education team, including a QTS teacher who will mentor you, as well as specialists in safeguarding, wellbeing, and interventions. Your mission: to inspire your students to learn creatively, grow in confidence, and achieve academically.

What We Offer:
- Competitive pay rates with regular progression
- A culture of promotion from within (our senior leadership team all started in entry level positions)
- Ongoing professional development, tailored to your ambitions and interests
- Regular socials and staff clubs, a supportive and friendly culture
- Competitive Pension scheme
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support from our in house Wellbeing Team
- Access to hundreds of company discounts, including gym membership, cinema tickets and fashion.
- Excellent work life balance - school holidays.
- The chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children
- Flexibility to develop your role based on your strengths and interests.
Requirements:
- Legal right to work in the UK.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate and Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable).
- Two professional reference checks.
- Experience working with young people, ideally with SEN or SEMH.
- Ability to teach up to KS3 or KS4 level, with support.
- Strong literacy and numeracy skills.
Pay:
- Starting rate: £50.48 per 3-hour session + £6.09 holiday pay.
- After a 5-week induction: £57.69 per session + £6.96 holiday pay.
Training:
- Induction Day: One full day (9:00 am – 3:45 pm).
- Induction Training Sessions: Five Tuesday afternoons (4:30 – 6:00 pm).
- Ongoing Professional Development: Weekly sessions on Thursday afternoons (4:30 – 6:00 pm).
- Training is paid at £13.15 + £1.59 per hour, allowing you to learn and teach simultaneously.
Ready to make a real impact? Apply now and be part of a team that's changing lives through education!

TCW Values:

We believe our students deserve a broad range of role models, reflecting the diversity of our society. Therefore we welcome applications from those of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions.

The Complete Works school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 2020. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.

If you would like further information please email jobs@tcw.org.uk

How to Apply

1. Click here to download the Job Description

2. Click here to download the Application Form

3. Click here to download the Equal Opportunities Form

4. Fill in the forms and email them to Jobs@tcw.org.uk
Teacher - Salaried
Join Our Team: Make a Difference in Education!

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of vulnerable young people? We're an innovative education charity and creative school dedicated to supporting London’s most at-risk young people. Through our holistic approach, we empower students to thrive academically, socially, physically, and emotionally in a nurturing community.

Our Approach: We offer a unique blend of personalised group and one-to-one lessons, combined with creative projects and comprehensive wellbeing support. Over the past 25 years, our team has helped thousands of young people regain their confidence, earn valuable qualifications, and grow into successful, happy adults.

The Role: We are seeking passionate and creative people to teach one-to-one lessons with young people across London, working both in students’ homes and our Learning Hubs. You do not need to be a qualified teacher, we will provide your training. Our students have high needs including SEN, medical needs, and SEMH, making mainstream school unsuitable. The work is varied, challenging, and immensely rewarding. You’ll be backed by a dedicated office education team, including a QTS teacher who will mentor you, as well as specialists in safeguarding, wellbeing, and interventions. Your mission: to inspire your students to learn creatively, grow in confidence, and achieve academically.

What We Offer:
- Competitive pay rates with regular progression
- A culture of promotion from within (our senior leadership team all started in entry level positions)
- Ongoing professional development, tailored to your ambitions and interests
- Regular socials and staff clubs, a supportive and friendly culture
- Competitive Pension scheme
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support from our in house Wellbeing Team
- Access to hundreds of company discounts, including gym membership, cinema tickets and fashion.
- Excellent work life balance - school holidays.
- The chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children
- Flexibility to develop your role based on your strengths and interests.
Requirements:
- Legal right to work in the UK.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate and Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable).
- Two professional reference checks.
- Experience working with young people, ideally with SEN or SEMH.
- Ability to teach up to KS3 or KS4 level, with support.
- Strong literacy and numeracy skills.
Salary: £27,669,29 per annum FTE

Deadline: We are interviewing on a first come first serve basis.

Training

One off induction day – 9.00am – 3.45pm

Five Tuesday afternoon induction training sessions- 4.30 – 6.00pm

Ongoing professional development on Thursday afternoons – 4.30 – 6.00pm

You will be teaching and training simultaneously.

TCW Values

We believe our students deserve a broad range of role models, reflecting the diversity of our society. Therefore we welcome applications from those of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions.

The Complete Works school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 2020. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.

If you would like further information please email jobs@tcw.org.uk

How to Apply

1. Click here to download the Job Description

2. Click here to download the Application Form

3. Click here to download the Equal Opportunities Form

4. Fill in the forms and email them to Jobs@tcw.org.uk
Teaching Assistant (Bank Worker)
Join Our Team: Make a Difference in Education!

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of vulnerable young people? We're an innovative education charity and creative school dedicated to supporting London’s most at-risk young people. Through our holistic approach, we empower students to thrive academically, socially, physically, and emotionally in a nurturing community.

Our Approach: We offer a unique blend of personalised group and one-to-one lessons, combined with creative projects and comprehensive wellbeing support. Over the past 25 years, our team has helped thousands of young people regain their confidence, earn valuable qualifications, and grow into successful, happy adults.

The Role: We are looking for Teaching Assistants to support our students 1:1 and small group classes out of our Learning Hubs. Our students are typically not suited to mainstream education due to SEN, medical needs, or SEMH. The work is varied, challenging, incredibly rewarding. Our aim is to use creative means to inspire students, so the lessons you support will be original and dynamic! This approach has helped us to engage some of the most hard to reach young people. We are proud that, over the years, we have turned many lives around. You will be looked-after by our office-based education team, including a QTS teacher who will act as your mentor as well as safeguarding, wellbeing and logistical staff. The goal is to help your students learn creatively, grow socially and achieve academically.

What We Offer:
- Competitive pay rates with regular progression
- A culture of promotion from within (our senior leadership team all started in entry level positions)
- Ongoing professional development, tailored to your ambitions and interests
- Regular socials and staff clubs, a supportive and friendly culture
- Competitive Pension scheme
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support from our in house Wellbeing Team
- Access to hundreds of company discounts, including gym membership, cinema tickets and fashion.
- Excellent work life balance - school holidays.
- The chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children
- Flexibility to develop your role based on your strengths and interests.
Requirements:
- Experience working with young people, ideally with SEN or SEMH.
- GCSEs in Maths/English/Science at C or above.
- To share our vision of inspiring, motivating and supporting students.
What We Offer:
- Competitive pay rates with regular progression
- A culture of promotion from within (our senior leadership team all started in entry level positions)
- Ongoing professional development, tailored to your ambitions and interests
- Regular socials and staff clubs, a supportive and friendly culture
- Competitive Pension scheme
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support from our in house Wellbeing Team
- Access to hundreds of company discounts, including gym membership, cinema tickets and fashion.
- Excellent work life balance - school holidays.
- The chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children
- Flexibility to develop your role based on your strengths and interests.
Pay:

The first 5 weeks of working with TCW is an induction period for which the session rate will be:

- Session Rate (3hrs) - £41.03 + £4.95 Holiday Pay

Once all training sessions have been attended, and the education department is satisfied with your teaching standards, then your rate would then be reviewed and be increased to:

- Session Rate (3hrs) - £42.33 + £5.11 Holiday Pay

Training:
- One off induction day - 10.00am - 4.00pm
- Five Tuesday afternoon induction training sessions - 4.30 - 6.00pm
- Ongoing professional development on Thursday afternoons - 4.30 - 6.00pm
We believe our students deserve a broad range of role models, reflecting the diversity of our society. Therefore, we welcome applications from those of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations and those with disabilities or neurodiverse conditions.

TCW is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.

Interviews - We will be interviewing on a first come first serve basis. Please do not wait to apply!

How to Apply

1. Click here to download the Job Description

2. Click here to download the Application Form

3. Click here to download the Equal Opportunities Form

4. Fill in the forms and email them to Jobs@tcw.org.uk
Student Welfare Officer (East London School)
Join Our Team: Make a Difference in Education!

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of vulnerable young people? We're an innovative education charity and creative school dedicated to supporting London’s most at-risk young people. Through our holistic approach, we empower students to thrive academically, socially, physically, and emotionally in a nurturing community.

Our Approach: We offer a unique blend of personalised group and one-to-one lessons, combined with creative projects and comprehensive wellbeing support. Over the past 25 years, our team has helped thousands of young people regain their confidence, earn valuable qualifications, and grow into successful, happy adults.

The Role: The Student Welfare Officer’s role is to deliver programmes of pastoral care, wellbeing support and personal coaching to our students, on a one to one basis. The sessions are highly bespoke programme and based on the unique needs and personality of the students. The SWO will have the freedom and flexibility to create and deliver these programmes as they see fit, working closely with the education, interventions, counselling and safeguarding teams to ensure that TCW students are safe, protected and happy. By offering this highly specialised pastoral care the role ensures that all elements of their students’ TCW experience is catered for and they are in the best position possible to both engage in their current studies and be prepared for their next steps. This role sits within our East London School; sessions will be delivered in students homes, public spaces and in our Learning Hubs.

What We Offer:
- Competitive pay rates with regular progression
- A culture of promotion from within (our senior leadership team all started in entry level positions)
- Ongoing professional development, tailored to your ambitions and interests
- Regular socials and staff clubs, a supportive and friendly culture
- Competitive Pension scheme
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support from our in house Wellbeing Team
- Access to hundreds of company discounts, including gym membership, cinema tickets and fashion.
- Excellent work life balance - school holidays.
- The chance to positively influence the lives of vulnerable children
- Flexibility to develop your role based on your strengths and interests.
Requirements:
- Legal right to work in the UK.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate and Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable).
- Two professional reference checks.
- Experience working with young people, ideally with SEN or SEMH.
Salary:
- £27,669.20 FTE
Training:
- Induction Day: One full day (9:00 am – 3:45 pm).
- Induction Training Sessions: Five Tuesday afternoons (4:30 – 6:00 pm).
- Ongoing Professional Development: Weekly sessions on Thursday afternoons (4:30 – 6:00 pm).
Ready to make a real impact? Apply now and be part of a team that's changing lives through education!

TCW Values:

We believe our students deserve a broad range of role models, reflecting the diversity of our society. Therefore we welcome applications from those of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions.

The Complete Works school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 2020. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.

If you would like further information please email jobs@tcw.org.uk

How to Apply

1. Click here to download the Job Description

2. Click here to download the Application Form

3. Click here to download the Equal Opportunities Form

4. Fill in the forms and email them to Jobs@tcw.org.uk

Artwork by Students & Staff at The Shoreditch Hub