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Meadowfield School is looking to appoint an innovative and inspirational special needs teacher for Maternity Cover (Full-time, November 2025 – July 2026). The successful candidate will require a range of essential skills in delivering a curriculum adapted to children with special educational needs.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic teacher to join our highly skilled team, making a difference to our pupils with profound, severe and complex needs. If you want to teach in a welcoming, joyful school community, and you share our passion and determination to unlock the potential in every pupil, then we have the ideal teaching role for you! Experience of working in a special needs setting and teaching pupils with ASD as well as learning difficulties is desirable, but not essential. If you work in a mainstream setting and are curious about Special Needs Schools, you are welcome to contact us to find out more. We strongly recommend that you book an appointment to visit us.
At Meadowfield we work hard to ensure that all of our pupils make excellent progress, and continually seek to improve the wellbeing of both pupils and staff. From staff we expect commitment to the school and pupils, and a desire to improve and excel. We encourage all of our employees to further their career development and we respect initiative and ambition. In return, successful candidates can expect:
1. Training and development support, including induction, e-learning and weekly CPD sessions held on a Friday afternoon.
2. To work in a collaborative and nurturing environment where well-being is a priority
3. Career development opportunities and a network of experienced colleagues
4. Access to Employee Assistance Programme, offering free and confidential support and advice
5. Ample free on-site parking
6. Free use on multi-gym at main site
If you are appointed to a teaching role with us, we guarantee that you will be well supported. You will receive a structured process of induction and will benefit from the collective support of an experienced network of colleagues. Further information about the responsibilities of the role can be found in the attached job description. In addition, the attached information pack has guidance on applying for this role. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with all the information provided, plus information about the school from our website, before submitting your application.
Meadowfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. This post is subject to, references, a medical check and an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a Self-Disclosure Form and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, will also be subject to an online search.