Class Teacher (Progression Pathway)
Kemball School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JD26 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
22 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 January 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £32,915 to £51,047
Additional allowances
SEN 1 £2,786
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic teacher to join our hard working and committed team. The vacancy is for a teacher in our Progression Pathway who can deliver a curriculum suited to subject specific pupils who have a range of learning difficulties and are taught using a highly adapted, individualised curriculum. Knowledge and understanding of a EYFS/Key Stage 1 primary curriculum would be a strength. Candidates must also have a willingness to further their own professional development by attending relevant courses and implementing new initiatives that would increase your understanding of our progression pathway and how to fully support our pupils’ needs
What the school offers its staff
• Attractive Employers Pension Contribution
• Wellbeing time and access to support
• Development opportunities
Further information about the job
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic teacher to join our hard working and committed team. The vacancy is for a teacher in our Progression Pathway who can deliver a curriculum suited to subject specific pupils who have a range of learning difficulties and are taught using a highly adapted, individualised curriculum. Knowledge and understanding of a EYFS/Key Stage 1 primary curriculum would be a strength. Candidates must also have a willingness to further their own professional development by attending relevant courses and implementing new initiatives that would increase your understanding of our progression pathway and how to fully support our pupils’ needs
Kemball School, part of the Orchard Community Trust and is a day special school for pupils with cognitive and learning difficulties. There are currently 227 pupils on roll aged 3-19. Dependent on need, pupils are educated in one of our four bespoke pathways. Please refer to our website for more information. This particular vacancy is within the progression pathway. If you are creative, enthusiastic, love a new challenge, and are passionate about every child reaching their full potential then this may be the career opportunity that you have been looking for. Across all pathways, our curriculum offer includes daily maths, English, Read Write Inc phonics/spelling interventions and writing/reading interventions alongside carefully planned topics. We have an excellent in-house CPD offer that can support you in transitioning into the role of a special school teacher.
Applications from ECT candidates are welcome.
Non-contact time of 1 day per fortnight
Shortlisted candidates are encouraged to come and observe the current class teacher teach the class before being invited to deliver a lesson w/c 23 February.
Lesson observations and interviews will take place on 2 March 2026.
Closing date is 22 February 2026.
The ideal start date is 13 April 2026, however we are happy to offer flexibility for the right candidate.
The school is committed to equality of opportunity.
More information about our school and details of how to apply are on our website: https://kemballschool.org.uk/vacancies/
In line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance which outlines that schools should carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates. I can confirm that the online check will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates only as part of the process of assessing your suitability to work with children.
Commitment to safeguarding
In line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance which outlines that schools should carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates. I can confirm that the online check will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates only as part of the process of assessing your suitability to work with children.
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View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Kemball School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 220 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kemball School website
- Email address
- office@kemball.orchardct.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01782 883120
Kemball School is a special school catering for pupils who have a wide range of cognition and learning needs. The school moved into a brand new building at the beginning of the academic year 2013/14. It has an extensive range of modern facilities to meet the needs of the pupils. These include specialist teaching areas, hoists in all classrooms and extensive indoor and outdoor play areas. There is also a hydrotherapy pool and sensory/soft rooms. There are also several meeting/training rooms to provide professionals and families with comfortable surroundings. The building is co-located with the Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy which provides good links with mainstream pupils and colleagues.
We specialise in complex physical and medical requirements for individual pupils who have this as an additional need. Additional training is given so that class staff are able to meet the range of specific medical needs that our pupils may have. Families are encouraged to play an active part in the life of the school and to be fully involved in their child’s education.
Within Kemball School, classes are divided into four different pathways. This ensures that individual needs are fully met. The pathways are fluid and pupils may move from one pathway to another if their needs change. Classes may also change from year to year dependent on the educational needs of the pupils.
Our pathways are; Multisensory, Engagement, Progression and Functional. When students are in Key Stage 4 there is more emphasis on what will happen when they leave Kemball. Whether it is going into further education or working towards gaining employment the focus is on helping them to continue their career path. To enable this we offer nationally recognised qualifications for pupils to work towards. We have a Post 16 class for pupils who have profound and multiple learning needs, functioning on lower level Engagement Steps (previously P1 and P3ii).
Kemball School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.
It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.
A copy of the school's safeguarding policy can be viewed on our website: https://www.kemballschool.org.uk/page/?title=Policies&pid=86
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