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  • Start date details

    April 2025

  • Closing date

    10 February 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    23 January 2025

Job details

Job role

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Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M3 £35,674 to UPS3 £49,084

Additional allowances

TLR2b £5,641

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Governors are seeking to appoint a dynamic and inspirational full-time teacher to lead and develop our onsite SEND Learning Hub of up to 30 students aged between 11 to 16 years. Reporting to the SENDCO, the successful candidate will be passionate about teaching and learning. Someone who is dedicated to achieving excellence for all and a person who has impacted positively on the learning of students with special educational needs and abilities.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone wanting to take responsibility for an extremely important part of our school. You should have already demonstrated excellent leadership and management skills, be committed to inclusion and the well-being of every child and be an outstanding role model in your professional practice.

The position would suit an outstanding primary or secondary teacher or SEND specialist looking for a new challenge. The person appointed to this post will be expected to demonstrate the skills, knowledge and understanding of a highly competent teacher and to be the Academic Lead of the Learning Hub. This rewarding role requires someone exceptional, energetic and resourceful.

What the school offers its staff

You would join our highly successful Learning Hub team including the SENDCO, SEND Manager, HLTAs and SSAs who are all passionate about delivering a high-quality engaging curriculum to our SEND students in both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.

St Bede’s is a successful and heavily over-subscribed mixed, 11-16 school with a long history of academic success. We have an excellent reputation in the community for the standards of behaviour and achievements of our students. The post offers you an opportunity to join a school determined to continue to improve on our success by committing to the ongoing development of all our staff.

Further details about the role

We welcome visits to school during the application process; if you would like to have a look around St Bede's, please contact Mrs Dudgeon at ddudgeon@stbedesblackburn.com

St Bede’s is committed to safeguarding children and young people and therefore this post is subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

Candidates shortlisted for interview will be expected to deliver an observed lesson on a topic chosen by the SENCO to a high standard.

Commitment to safeguarding

Enhanced DBS required

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About St Bede's Roman Catholic High School, Blackburn

School type
Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1061 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
01254 202519

Secondary School

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