Location: Ambitious College, West Thames Campus
Contract: Full-time
Salary: Circa £30K

Start your teaching career and make a lasting difference.

Are you passionate about supporting autistic young people to achieve their ambitions? Do you have industry experience or a desire to develop a career in education? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

At Ambitious College, we believe every learner deserves outstanding opportunities to thrive. As a Trainee Lecturer, you'll receive support and development while working towards becoming an exceptional educator, helping autistic young people develop the skills, confidence and independence they need for adult life.

About the Role

As a Trainee Lecturer based at our West Thames Campus, you'll work closely with experienced colleagues to plan and deliver engaging, person-centred learning for groups of 6–10 learners. You'll inspire, motivate and support learners with a range of abilities, ensuring every individual is given the opportunity to achieve their personal goals.

You'll contribute to delivering high-quality teaching across the College curriculum while developing your own teaching practice through mentoring, observation and professional development.

What You'll Be Doing

• Deliver engaging, inclusive lessons that meet individual learner needs.
• Support learners to achieve the outcomes identified in their Person-Centred Learning Plans (PLPs).
• Prepare schemes of work, lesson plans, learning resources and assessments.
• Monitor learner progress through accurate assessment, recording and tracking.
• Manage a classroom environment that is safe, supportive and motivating.
• Direct and work collaboratively with Learning Support Assistants to maximise learner achievement.
• Use digital technologies to enhance teaching and learning.
• Contribute to curriculum development, quality assurance activities and inspection preparation.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, families and multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best outcomes for learners.
• Ensure safeguarding, equality, diversity, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection policies are always upheld.
• Travel and work across Ambitious College sites and external venues where required.

About You

We're looking for someone who is:

• Passionate about education and improving the lives of autistic young people.
• Enthusiastic about developing a career in teaching.
• A confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Organised, adaptable and committed to high standards.
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.
• Dedicated to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Previous teaching experience is not essential—we'll support you to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to become an outstanding lecturer.

Why Join Ambitious College?

At Ambitious College, you'll be part of a passionate team committed to transforming the lives of autistic young people. We invest in our staff through excellent training, mentoring and ongoing professional development, giving you the opportunity to build a rewarding and meaningful career in specialist education.

You'll work in an environment where innovation, collaboration and person-centred practice are at the heart of everything we do.

Ready to make a real difference?

Apply today and begin your journey towards becoming an outstanding lecturer at Ambitious College, where every learner is supported to reach their full potential.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response

Start Date: September 2026 

Closing date: Tuesday 21 July 2026

Interview date: held on an ongoing basis

Ambitious about Autism is committed to fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion at every level of our organisation. We warmly welcome applications from all qualified candidates, valuing the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives they bring. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or parental status, disability, or age.

Our recruitment process promotes equal opportunities, and we are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities or additional needs throughout the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team for accommodations. We recognise disability as a physical or mental impairment that significantly and long-term affects a person's ability to perform day-to-day activities, as defined by the UK Equality Act 2010. All applications will be considered solely on merit, aligned with our mission to support autistic children and young people.

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.