13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    11 May 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    28 April 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours a week

Contract type

Fixed term - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover

Full-time equivalent salary

£31,650 - £49,084 Per Year plus £2,679 SEN allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required September 2025. Location: Woodley. Contract: Fixed Term - maternity cover

Addington School is part of Ascendancy Partnership Trust, a multi-academy trust with deep community roots across the Berkshire area composed of a family of SEN schools all specialising in learning difficulties.

We are able to offer an exciting opportunity to join our team of dedicated and passionate teaching staff commencing September 2025 to cover maternity leave.

We can offer:

The opportunity to work in a special school judged ‘outstanding’ with a highly experienced Senior Leadership Team.

An environment committed to staff development and growing leadership.

A school with a coaching and collaborative culture.

The opportunity to personalise the curriculum.

Membership of an inclusive learning community with SEND expertise.

A school where creativity and innovation is encouraged.

What the school offers its staff

We are looking for teachers:

With a passion for teaching children and young people with learning difficulties.

With a commitment to high professional standards.

Who are skilled communicators and team players who are committed to developing themselves and others.

Who show empathy with parents and desire true working in partnership.

We cater for pupils aged 3 - 19 years with special educational needs and disabilities across two sites located in Woodley and Farley Hill.

Please contact Lynda Wood or David Maycock, Co-Headteachers on 0118 966 9073 if you wish to discuss the role further or arrange a visit to the school.

To apply visit:https://www.addington.wokingham.sch.uk/vacancies-1/vacancies

Closing date: 11th May 2025Interview date: 20th May 2025

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Addington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening and safer recruitment checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and DBS. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants must have a right to work in the UK.

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
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Additional documents

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

About Addington School

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 19
School size
Up to 255 pupils
Age range
3 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Arranging a visit to Addington School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email amandac@addington.wokingham.sch.uk.

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