16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    6 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    19 May 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Grade 8 SCP 28-33 £32,655-£37,035 FTE (Pay Award Pending)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Why Join Portland School?

At Portland School, you’ll be joining a warm, welcoming, and committed team, all working towards one shared goal: making a meaningful difference in the lives of our pupils.

We currently support up to 160 children and young people with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMHD) across our two specialist sites — Trent Vale and Blythe Bridge. Each site offers a unique provision tailored to the needs of our pupils, with smaller class sizes, a practical and engaging curriculum, and alternative accreditation pathways.

Our staff are our greatest strength. With a new leadership team in place, we’re excited about the future and the opportunities it brings — not just for our students, but for our colleagues too. Whether you’re starting your journey in SEND or looking to take the next step, Portland offers excellent career development, supportive colleagues, and a real sense of community.

We are currently recruiting:

  • Assistant SENCobased at our Trent Valesite

Both sites are well-equipped, with Blythe Bridge offering specialist classrooms for Design & Technology, Art, Science, Food Technology, and PE, as well as large outdoor areas for outdoor learning.

At the heart of everything we do are our shared values: Respect, Responsibility, Belonging, Independence, Team Approach, and Mental Toughness. These shape the way we work, support each other, and help our pupils thrive.

If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely make a difference and be part of something special, we would love to hear from you.

All candidates are required to provide a supporting statement on the formal application forms which states clearly your reasons for applying, skills and experience for this position.

Shaw Education Trust are a thriving mix of diverse and growing schools including Primary, Secondary and Special Schools all working together to improve the lives of young people in our communities. We are sponsored by Shaw Trust a charity organisation that focuses on transforming lives. We’re a growing group of dynamically awesome academies providing education to children of all ages and abilities. Staff across our team of schools are dedicated to ensuring that every child has the opportunity to be successful, whatever their starting point in life.

What the school offers its staff

Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

  • An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
  • Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
  • Electric Car Scheme: Environmentally friendly vehicles with our electric car scheme.
  • Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
  • Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
  • Free Eye Tests
  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.

We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.

Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include all of the National Professional Qualifications – NPQH, NPQSL, NPQEYL, NPQLL, NPQLT, NPQLTD, NPQLBC are all delivered by the Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. In addition, we provide access to the NPQEL for Executive Leaders.

  • Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
  • Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
  • Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
  • Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
  • Participating in peer reviews.
  • Access to a suite of online courses.
  • Placement projects within our family of schools.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Portland School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 16
School size
114 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Arranging a visit to Portland School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email rosie.harrison@shaw-education.org.uk.

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