What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential:
* Strong understanding of SEND (e.g. ASD, ADHD, SEMH, SpLD)
* Proven ability to adapt teaching to meet diverse learning needs
* Experience of working with or supporting students with EHCPs
* Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
* The ability to motivate students and achieve excellent results
* Excellent organisational and ICT skills
* The capacity to work collaboratively as part of a team
Desirable:
* Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
* Experience working with students with SEN in a secondary setting
* Experience working with students in a specialist setting
* Experience teaching in KS1 and/or KS2 with a strong understanding of foundational literacy and numeracy development, and an ability to transfer this to support students accessing the secondary curriculum
* Experience delivering targeted interventions (e.g. literacy/numeracy catch‑up)
* Knowledge of current SEND Code of Practice
What the school offers its staff
The Trust offers exceptionally pleasant working environments. Our school sites offer a calm and safe place, where staff and students work hard, achieve a great deal and enjoy excellent working relationships.
Further details about the role
Due to continued growth and development of the Trust, South Lincolnshire Academies Trust is introducing an exciting new role within each of our four schools — Bourne Academy, Spalding Academy, Cowley Academy and Giles Academy. We are seeking to appoint an inspirational, highly motivated and enthusiastic Specialist Teacher for Access to Learning.
The successful candidate will support students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) to successfully access the mainstream curriculum by providing targeted teaching, intervention, and in‑class support. The post‑holder will work collaboratively with subject teachers, SEN Manager, the SENCo and pastoral teams to remove barriers to learning and improve outcomes for students with SEN.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre‑employment checks undertaken are in line with “Keeping Children Safe in Education”. All post holders are subject to satisfactory clearances prior to taking up an offer of employment. This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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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