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Alternative Provision Teacher (SEND allowance)

Longbenton High School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE12 8ER

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  30 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3
• Subjects: English, Mathematics
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term 1 year
• Pay scale: MPS + SEND Allowance
• Additional allowances:

  SEND Allowance (£2,679)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an enthusiastic committed professional to join us as a SEND Teacher, predominantly based in our Alternative Provision space.

The successful candidate will:

• Be able to offer a range of core or foundation subjects at KS3 (English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, ICT etc).
• Help to engage students with both reading and writing (potentially Phonics based reading intervention work).
• Provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• Establish and maintain a safe environment and purposeful working atmosphere which supports learning and in which students feel secure and confident.
• Provide a nurturing environment for our SEND students.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A committed and passionate view of students with SEND.
• Experience of working in a SEND/AP environment or similar unit/provision in either primary or secondary.
• QTS/QTLS.
• A track record of successful engagement with vulnerable young people.
• Great interpersonal/people skills and a nurturing approach; lots of energy and patience.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• The support of a vibrant and driven senior leadership team, committed to supporting staff with a mindful approach to teacher workload and promoting a healthy work/life balance.

• A fantastic, modern building in a convenient location, within walking distance of several Metro stations and close to Four Lane Ends bus station.

• An evidence-informed approach to CPD, offering tailored professional development opportunities for both teaching and support staff.

• A collaborative, open-door culture that celebrates and shares best practices.

• A strong emphasis on traditional KIDMAP values: Kindness, Integrity, Determination, Manners, Ambition, and Positivity.

• Outstanding support for Early Career Teachers (ECTs) and a dedication to developing talent, cultivating excellent leaders, and empowering them to build their own high-performing teams.

• An inspiring and motivated student body, making teaching and learning truly rewarding.

Read more in our recruitment prospectus online.

Further details about the role

This is a fixed term 1 year post, with the potential for extension to a permanent post.

We have a new AP Lead and Inclusion Manager starting June 2025 to lead strategically on our alternative provision space; this is an exciting time to join our school and work in this area.

Commitment to safeguarding

Longbenton High School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Longbenton High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 964 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Longbenton High School website
• Email address: recruitment@longbenton.org.uk
• Phone number: 0191 2189500
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longbenton-high-school

We are a highly aspirational, truly comprehensive 11-18 secondary school of around 1,000 students in North Tyneside. Our vision is ambitious and unapologetic: we are creating change in order to be the school of first choice in the local area. We are passionate about equality, fairness and our students achieving the very best they can. We are proud of our traditional values: kindness, integrity, determination, manners, ambition, and positivity. We are a fully inclusive school, in a wonderful modern building, that is dedicated to both supporting and challenging all members of our diverse community and to developing the potential in all our students, regardless of their starting points. Ours is a calm and orderly work environment, based upon high standards of behaviour and an ethos of trust and care. We were rated Good by OFSTED in June 2022 and are oversubscribed for Year 7 admissions.

Arranging a visit to Longbenton High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@longbenton.org.uk.

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