Job Details

• Job role: Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS/UPS
• Additional allowances: SEN Allowance (£2,679 per annum), Bundle Payment (£2,106 per annum)

What Skills and Experience We're Looking For

• Has a strong understanding of autism and early developmental learning profiles
• Can apply structured teaching and autism-informed approaches such as Attention Autism, TEACCH principles and co-regulation strategies
• Translates specialist understanding into calm, consistent and highly effective classroom practice
• Is confident working in environments where progress is gradual, individualised and carefully interpreted
• Brings reflective, precise and consistent practice to complex learning needs
• Can model and develop high-quality practice in others
• Understands that regulation, trust and engagement are the foundations of learning
• Remains calm and grounded when supporting pupils through dysregulation
• Brings resilience, emotional intelligence and a genuine commitment to connection
• This post is not suitable for ECTs or mainstream-only SEN experience.

What the School Offers Its Staff

• A supportive, values-led culture rooted in inclusion and high expectations
• Generous pension scheme
• High-quality CPD through our dedicated Everyone Learning Team
• Hospital Saturday Fund (HSF), including access to PerkBox
• Trust TOIL scheme for all staff
• Flexible working opportunities, including PPA at home where appropriate
• The opportunity to be part of a team committed to creating meaningful futures for both pupils and staff
• Progression opportunities into leadership role
• Flexible working opportunities - Flexible Job Design for all staff which shows flexibility available per role
• Opportunities for PPA at home where appropriate

Further Information

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. Visas cannot be sponsored. If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the Job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete. CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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• School type: Academies, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 717 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
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School Location

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