Class Teacher with EYFS experience (Communication & Interaction needs)
Westfield School, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5BE40 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026 or as soon as possible (including January 2027)
Closing date
5 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 May 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS Salary Range (depending on experience). We are happy to consider supporting relocation costs.
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you want to join a happy, collaborative and effective staff team committed to ensuring our children with SEN make real world progress? Westfield is a successful and stable primary special school, expanding (yet again) to meet demand for special school places. ECTs are very welcome.
Flexibility, humour and willingness to go the extra mile are essential for all staff to ensure a high standard of support for all of our pupils. This post offers either an early career or an experienced teacher the opportunity to develop their professional expertise. We are looking for someone who is:
- Able to demonstrate good safeguarding practice and a commitment to fostering children’s well-being and positive mental health
- Committed to working with children and families with SEND
- Experienced teaching pupils with SEND and enabling progress and able to explain and demonstrate this
- Knowledgeable of Autistic Spectrum Condition and supportive of children who display challenging behaviours related to these needs
- An intelligent and reflective practitioner seeking to extend their professional skills
- Flexible in their approach to school life and positive in outlook
- Well organised and calm with a systematic approach to learning
- Able to work as a member of a team, providing motivation and support to colleagues
- Able to work in partnership with families, external agencies and schools
- Able to teach within EYFS and KS1 of the national curriculum ensuring pupils make progress
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
What the school offers its staff
“Staff are happy and proud to work at the school. They feel highly valued by leaders and are highly motivated to help pupils achieve their best.” Ofsted Inspection Report February 2024.
Successful candidates can expect to work in a calm and welcoming environment where positive relationships are central to our ethos and culture and an ongoing programme of training and staff development ensures continued learning for all. We can offer you:
- Professional development opportunities
- Innovative approaches to teaching and learning
- A positive, caring and forward thinking environment with superb space and facilities
- A friendly and committed team of staff and governors and strong, supportive management
- Frequent and regular bespoke training and support to fully develop your skills, knowledge and understanding of SEN
Please see the attached School Information and visit www.westfieldschoolbucks.org for more information
Further information about the job
If you would like to find out more about our school or arrange an informal discussion with Tara Deakes, Headteacher, please contact the school office by telephone 01628 533125 or email recruitment@westfield.bucks.sch.uk.
An application pack is attached. You can also obtain one using the contact details above or by visiting our website www.westfieldschoolbucks.org.
Completed applications should be emailed to recruitment@westfield.bucks.sch.uk. Only applications submitted on the current Buckinghamshire Council application form will be considered. Please note we do not accept CV’s.
Interview date: Applications will be considered on receipt and we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. We reserve the right to interview candidates and withdraw the post if an appointment is made.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
Commitment to safeguarding
Westfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS, Teaching Regulation Agency, childcare disqualification, qualification and reference checks.
As part of the shortlisting process, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on the shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Westfield School
- School type
- Special schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
- School size
- 80 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westfield School website
- Email address
- recruitment@westfield.bucks.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01628 533125
Westfield School is a primary aged special school for children who experience Communication and Interaction difficulties within the moderate learning difficulties range. We are continuing to expand so that more children can benefit from our provision and are increasing our staffing to support this.
Arranging a visit to Westfield School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@westfield.bucks.sch.uk.
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