Position Details
Position Start Date: 01/09/2026
Contract Type: Full-time
Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 12/07/2026
Schedule
36.5 hours per week (daily protected 30 minutes lunch break)
Directed hours: Mondays 8:30 – 5:30, Tuesdays–Fridays 8:30 – 4:00
5 days per week, term time only
Required 1st September 2026
Benefits
- Recruitment incentive – £2000 payment upon successful completion of probation
- Full pension
- Private health benefits scheme
- 10 paid term‑time wellbeing days tagged onto beginning / ends of terms
- Annual pay rises (independent of National School pay scales)
- Stability and job security
- Extremely generous 13 INSET days provided P/A
- Supportive, empathic, professional team to work with
- Therapeutic approach to pupil behaviour and SEND provision
- Small school, maximising professional nurturing of children in accordance with updated psychological research
- Substantial paid non-contact time each week
- Additional paid individual CPD time
- Protected lunch break each day in our quiet, staff retreat area
- 24/7 wellbeing support from the Employee Assistance Programme (including free face‑to‑face counselling and supervision sessions if desired)
- Generous budgets for resources for subject delivery – each child has a personal ICT and SEND budget
- Schemes of work and resources provided
- Staff ‘thank you’ events throughout the year to show our appreciation to you
- Refreshments provided throughout every day
Role Summary
We are looking for a positive, flexible, compassionate person to join our friendly team at this independent special school for 18 pupils, which opened in September 2019. You will be delivering a tailor‑made academic curriculum for small groups of 5‑6 pupils and lead on one subject area, with support from the class teacher and Curriculum Lead. With training, you will deliver our therapeutic curriculum, supporting children with low‑level dysregulation and mental health needs. Lessons are at the school and activities are planned around the local area, using specialist support teams for extra‑curricular activities.
As part of the staff team, you will transport and accompany children to local activities. Ownership and use of a car full‑time, as well as a full driving licence, is essential. Pupils are aged between 6 and 17 years of age, main cohort usually between 10 and 17 years.
The successful applicant will need to have substantial recent school‑based experience including supporting and teaching pupils with SEND using an evidence‑based, therapeutic approach. A qualification at grade 4/C in GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English is an essential requirement for this post. We also welcome applications from highly experienced Learning Support Assistants who desire to progress to Higher Level Teaching Assistant status but have not yet achieved HLTA status. Full financial support and training time will be given throughout the duration of the course.
Qualifications & Experience
- Substantial recent school‑based experience supporting and teaching pupils with SEND using an evidence‑based, therapeutic approach
- Grade 4/C (or equivalent) GCSE in Maths and English
- Full driving licence and ability to use a vehicle full‑time
- Experience in a small, nurturing teaching environment is desirable
- Understanding of therapeutic approaches to pupil behaviour and SEND provision
Workplace & Values
We are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates and adhere to equal opportunities and protected characteristics.
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