Working Hours, Salary & Location
Working pattern: 13hrs/week (2 days); 8:30 – 16:00 with 1‑hour lunch break (unpaid), TTO
Salary: Scale point 22 – Scale point 24.1
Actual: £9,134.64 – £9,728.65 per annum (FTE: £29,541 – £31,462), dependent on qualifications and experience
Location: St Dominic’s School, Hambledon, GU8 4DX
About St Dominic’s School
St Dominic’s School is a highly regarded special school in Surrey, set within 56 acres of serene, wooded grounds providing plenty of space for recreational activities. The school caters to pupils and Sixth Form students aged 7 to 19, supporting a diverse range of academic abilities and complex needs.
We offer a comprehensive range of in‑house therapeutic services, including Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Sensory Integration, all delivered by a qualified team. This extensive therapeutic support ensures that each student can access the curriculum at a level that suits their individual needs, helping them reach their full potential. We also provide purpose‑built medical facilities with qualified nursing staff on site every day.
St Dominic’s has earned recognition for its commitment to excellence, achieving Advanced Autism Accreditation, the prestigious Arts Council ‘Artsmark’ Silver Award, and the Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM).
Role Overview
We are seeking confident and self‑motivated individuals to provide specialist skills and knowledge to ensure that pupils and students who have literacy‑related special educational needs (SEN) or other needs affecting literacy make progress.
You will conduct ongoing literacy assessments of pupils and students to ensure that interventions are matched effectively. This will involve planning, preparing and delivering literacy learning programmes and monitoring pupils/students by assessing, recording and reporting on their achievements, progress and development.
Key Responsibilities
* Ensure that interventions are matched by practice in the classroom.
* Ensure that pupils/students with literacy‑related SEN or other needs affecting literacy make progress.
* Deliver literacy interventions in small groups around phonics and guided reading across the school.
* Work collaboratively with the Head of English to plan and oversee provision and tracking of Wave 2 and Wave 3 interventions in literacy.
Key Requirements
* GCSE or equivalent in English.
* Experience working in an educational setting.
* Ability to think, write and speak clearly and concisely.
* Confidence and self‑motivation to exercise appropriate initiative.
Rewards & Benefits
* Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment.
* Pension Scheme – you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family.
* Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme).
* Employee Wellbeing – access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working and enhanced parental leave; Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme.
* Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more).
* Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme).
About the Trust
St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust. We are a family of specialist education providers from pre‑school through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire, fully representing all designations of special education needs and disabilities (SEND). We employ over 1,500 people across our schools, college and central support teams, offering a wide range of roles from teaching and therapy to business support and significant career progression opportunities.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners. Working together to transform lives is what we do, and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.
Application Details
Your application form will be scored according to each requirement outlined in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria required for the role.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity before or after submitting an application form, please contact the School directly. Visits to the School in advance of applications are encouraged.
To apply for this role, please click ‘Fast Apply’; you will then be directed to a ‘Login’ page, and upon signing in, please complete and submit the Application Form. CV applications cannot be considered.
Closing Date: 12 April 2026 at 11:59pm.
Interviews will take place the following week.
To help us manage applications effectively, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.
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