What skills and experience we're looking for
What you will be looking for in a successful applicant:
The Position
The successful applicant will be a key member of the team, carrying out the professional duties of a teacher while taking direct responsibility for the day‑to‑day management of the Special Educational Unit (SEU).
Key responsibilities include:
* Overseeing the daily organisation of the SEU, including staff inductions, performance reviews, and coordinating cover in response to absences.
* Modelling strong practice and delivering high‑quality lessons, specifically for pupils with learning disabilities.
* Taking responsibility for the standards and progress achieved by specified classes/year groups and monitoring the specific needs of pupils with SEN.
* Working with the Principal to identify training needs and designing/delivering professional development to ensure the team maintains high standards.
* Acting as a vital link to Trust‑wide groups, attending meetings to represent the school's position and communicating outcomes back to the Principal to drive school improvement.
What you will offer
The successful applicant will have a previous experience working in a SEN provision. You will be qualified to degree level (or equivalent), be able to demonstrate knowledge of effective strategies to meet the specific communication needs of pupils with significant SEND, and must be able to plan lessons effectively for groups and all the pupils.
You will have successful teaching experience across primary, secondary or both. You will have strong subject knowledge in your own subject and also the ability to teach across other subject areas.
What the school offers its staff
We strive to be a family friendly employer and offer a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:
* Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)
* A strong commitment to professional development
* Employee counselling service
* Cycle to work scheme
As a Trust, we are committed to reducing unnecessary workload and are outcomes‑driven; flexible working options can be accommodated.
All applicants must have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and this will be assessed as part of the recruitment and selection process. If you are successful you will be required to comply with the Trust’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
An Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required for all posts. All completed applications must be submitted by the closing date and time detailed above.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical, online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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