Do you have a passion for working with learners with SEND?
Do you want to enable young people with SEND to independently contribute to society, embrace lifelong learning and achieve without a ceiling?
If you answered 'YES' to the above, this may well be the perfect opportunity for you.
Job description
Lord Gowthorpe's is an Independent Special School with 25 students on role with special educational needs, predominantly social and communication differences. Our school places our young people at the heart of their learning with their emotional and mental wellbeing placed at the forefront of everything that we do. We offer a unique and bespoke learning package to each of our young people which includes occupational therapy, animal-based therapy and horse riding.
We are excited to announce that we have a vacancy for a Qualified Science Teacher to work with 12-16 year olds at our school in Dunnington, York.
We're looking for passionate individuals with experience of helping to develop young people in line with targets from their academic and pastoral plans.
The successful candidate will be delivering iGCSE Science lessons to all cohorts which have a maximum of eight learners per group and all of which include learning support staff to assist our young people with their learning. We have a fantastic team throughout the school and we all feel incredibly blessed to be able to deliver teaching and support to truly inspirational young people.
Essential experience:
* An aptitude to work in partnership with a number of professionals, as well as parents/carers.
* Experience and passion for working outside of the conventional classroom.
* A practical understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education legislation.
* Secondary / SEN GCSE Science teaching.
Essential Skills
* Empathy, sensitivity, patience and kindness to the needs of learners with SEND.
Preferred Qualifications
* Qualified Teacher Status in Secondary or Special Education
Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to)
* Responsibility for planning Schemes of Work with a creative, yet target based approach, built upon a solid understanding of the student's learning needs.
* Responsibility for marking students' work in line with the marking policy and feeding back to students and leaders.
* Responsibility for contributing to the overall ethos of the school.
* Responsibility for following a self-constructed Scheme of Work in line with a long-term plan, which guarantees the educational and personal improvement of students within the year.
* Responsibility for using assessment software to monitor students' progress, the analysis of which will feed into planning.
* Responsibility for reporting on the progress of students' both in subjects and related to their SEND.
* Responsibility for the timely completion of teacher and student assessment documentation.
* Responsibility for working collaboratively and across curriculum areas in partnership with other teachers.
* Responsibility for establishing and maintaining an environment conducive to the progress of our students bearing in mind their sensory needs.
* Responsibility for highlighting and requesting resources to best impact the academic progress of the student.
* Responsibility for contributing targets to students' Support Plans.
* Responsibility to lead some inset day sessions
* Responsibility for attending and contributing to departmental meetings as and when required
* Responsibility for taking ownership of own continued professional development and performance management process.
* Responsibility for keeping up to date with latest educational advances and research in the field.
* Responsibility for attending moderation sessions
* Responsibility for embracing the local community and planning session in order to have an impact on the local area.
Compliance responsibilities
* Have an awareness of the risk assessment for bases in which they work and be up to date with all relevant policies and procedures.
* Demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Administrative Responsibilities:
* Responsibility for the preparation of Schemes of Work and communication of these to the relevant parties.
* Responsibility for the preparation of any resources for lessons.
* Responsibility for any work needed to contribute to staff meetings.
* Responsibility for the input of data to, and analysis of reports from, planning and logging software.
* Responsibility for contributing to Risk Assessments where sessions deem this a requirement.
* Responsibility for annually contributing to reports to be communicated home to parents.
Health & Safety Responsibilities
* All employees are responsible for ensuring they take every reasonable action to keep themselves and everyone in the school environment safe and well.
Safeguarding:
Please ensure that you visit our website and read our Safer Recruitment policy before applying for the role.
Lord Gowthorpe's is committed to Keeping Children Safe In Education. Part of this position requires you to work closely with vulnerable young people, reporting to Designated Safeguarding Leaders pertinent information about the safety, welfare and wellbeing of students. Full training will be provided.
∙You are not required to disclose convictions or cautions that are 'protected', as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in If you're not sure whether one of your convictions is 'protected', you can check here ).
∙If you accidentally provide information about 'protected' convictions or cautions, we won't take this into account. It is an offence to apply for the role if you're barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
∙All appointments are subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Proof of address
Two satisfactory references
Verification of your identity and right to work in the UK
Confirmation of your teacher registration number
A satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check.
Verification of all listed qualifications
Proof of a valid driving licence
Please email with full C.V. and cover letter.
Job Type: Part-Time
Schedule:
* Monday to Thursday
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: From £34,000.00 per year
Expected hours: 21 per week
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 15/09/2025