Careers

Prior's Court was set up by Founding Patron Dame Stephanie Shirley, whose vision of a centre of excellence for children with autism became reality with the opening of Prior's Court School in 1999. We have since grown to support around 80 young people with autism aged between 5-25 years.

Since opening, our team has grown from around 20 to 600 and we have built a reputation as a leading edge educational, vocational, and residential facility for young people with autism. Our business support, estates and housekeeping teams have also grown to enable us to support the increasing number of young people we now support.

Our support teams are vital to the progress our young people make and many little moments of progress are celebrated every day. So what did you do today? And what do you want to be doing tomorrow? Join our teams and help make a difference to children and young people with severe autism.

Become an Autism Practitioner

Go home every day with a smile on your face knowing that you made a real difference. Read more

Changing Lives

Our work is defined by little moments of progress. To some people they might seem trivial. To us and our young people they are breakthroughs. Read more

An inspiring environment

Our specialist facilities are housed within a beautiful, tranquil estate, where you can gain valuable experience, skills and autism expertise. Read more

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a range of excellent benefits, including flexible shifts, to help support our staff in developing their skills, expertise and career with us. Read more

Skills and Experience

You don’t always need qualifications to join us. Our diverse teams of professionals come from a range of different cultural and career backgrounds. Read more

Training and Support

Our comprehensive training and support ensures that our staff can maintain a high level of expertise and understanding of autism, throughout their career. Read more

Contact Recruitment

Get in touch to discover more about what it's like to work at Prior's Court, to speak to a member of our recruitment team or to attend one of our open days. Read more

Vacancies

There are over 500 staff at Prior’s Court to provide support 24 hours a day. There are full and part time roles working directly with our young people, business support, estates and housekeeping. Read more

Application Process

What happens when you apply for a job at Prior's Court? Find out our recruitment process and timeline here. Read more

Latest

Prior’s Court helps 200th student as demand is at all time high

Almost twenty years on from opening, Prior’s Court has just welcomed its 200th student. Prior's Court started out with just two young people and a staff team of 28. It now currently supports 91 students and more than 500 employees.

80 apple trees planted to create Prior's Court Orchard

Staff, students, and a team of volunteers from Microsoft came together to plant 80 apple trees to create our very own Prior's Court orchard.

Education and Care Lead (19-25)

We are looking for an Education and Care Lead who will ensure outstanding progress in all areas of learning, communication, daily living skills, vocational skills, sensory tolerance and healthiness for our young people aged 19–25 who have severe autism.

3 day Structured Teaching

A broad-based course providing both the theoretical and practical applications of structured teaching.

Press statement; Devastating news from Prior's Court

On Thursday 11 October, Prior’s Court received a call from Thames Valley Police informing us that one of our minibuses had been involved in a serious road traffic collision with a heavy goods vehicle on the M4.

Contact Us

Set up in 1999, Prior's Court Foundation provides the governance and administration for Prior's Court School, Prior's Court Young Adult Provision and Prior's Court Training & Development Centre. Find out how to contact us here.

Autism Practitioner

We are looking for individuals with an interest in or experience of working in a care environment, who are passionate about providing a positive learning environment for young people and are ambitious to build a career in care to join our team of Autism Practitioners.

What we do

Prior’s Court is dedicated to bringing the highest level of expertise to support and improve life chances for people with severe autism.

What we do 5-19

Prior's Court School is an independent special school for young people with autism aged 5 to 19 years. All students are on the autism spectrum and have moderate to severe learning difficulties and complex needs.

Family Fund

We are absolutely devastated that a road traffic collision on Thursday 11 October caused three members of staff to lose their lives while two have suffered life changing injuries. We would like to thank all those who donated or sent messages of support to those affected.

Let Me Shine

To mark World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April, Prior’s Court released a new single, ‘Let Me Shine’, to challenge perceptions of autism. Please listen to the song, watch the video and help share the message.

What we do 19-25

Prior’s Court Young Adult Provision was set up in 2011 to meet the continuing needs of young adults between the ages of 19 and 25 with autism, learning difficulties and complex needs.

Senior Autism Practitioner

Join our teams working in conjunction with the Home Management Team supporting young people with severe autism in their homes.

Autism Practitioner - Nights

Our night teams play a key role in improving the sleep patterns of young people with autism and in building their independence and life-skills.

Our Impact

Due to the high level and complexity of need, our priority is to ensure that young people are safe and healthy. From there we work to enable progress in all areas of their lives. Read more

Prior Insight

Prior’s Court has the opportunity to develop the first digital whole organisational recording and reporting system for children and young people with autism. Prior Insight will provide new insights and a better understanding of autism to enhance support. Read more

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