Job Ref No. ECC7048-535 Position Type: Teacher Pay Range: MPS + SEN1
Position Start Date: 01/09/2026 Contract Type: Full-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 07/06/2026 Midnight Date of Interviews: 12th June 2026
Would you like to join our fabulous, friendly and dynamic team?
Edith Borthwick is a highly successful community special school supporting learners aged 3 to 19 with severe learning difficulties (SLD), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD), and autism. Since opening our purpose‑built site in Braintree in 2015, we have grown to over 245 learners, offering outstanding facilities including a large field, multi‑use games area (MUGA), sensory bus, sensory garden, and mud garden.
Our school’s heart beats with a commitment to personalised education, supported by a skilled multi‑disciplinary team including onsite therapists and family key workers. We pride ourselves on the warm, respectful, and supportive relationships between staff, learners, and families. Our vision – to enable everyone to reach and go beyond their potential – is lived daily through our values of Respect, Encourage, Achieve, Care, and Have Fun.
Our current priorities focus on enriching our curriculum, embedding therapy across classrooms, promoting mental health and wellbeing, and ensuring sustainable financial planning to maintain the highest standards of education and care.
Responsibilities
We are looking for someone who:
- is highly motivated and committed to achieving the best for every student
- sets high expectations for themselves and students
- has bundles of energy and enthusiasm and has a great sense of humour
- can make learning motivating, inspiring and fun
- has good interpersonal and communication skills and enjoys working as part of a team
Qualifications
ECT are welcome and we offer a good support network and programme for ECTs. Experience in working within a SEN children is essential even from a mainstream setting.
Benefits
- Truly amazing learners
- Lively, enthusiastic and caring ethos
- Friendly and supportive staff team
- Opportunity to have a positive impact on learner progress
- the opportunity to develop and grow professionally within the school and beyond.
Position commencing 1st September 2026 for 3 terms maternity cover.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
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