Class Teachers - Special Needs

Prestley Wood Academy, Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4BL

21 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  20 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: SEN allowance
• Additional allowances:

  SEN allowance

Class Teachers - Special Needs job summary

Class Teachers - Special Needs - Prestley Wood Academy

Salary dependent upon qualifications and experience (plus SEN allowance).

Permanent posts required September 2026

Our pupils with special needs and disabilities enjoy learning and would like outstanding teachers to support them to achieve success both within the school and in their community. The school has state of the art facilities and the support of experienced and friendly teaching assistants who work as a class team.

Experience of special needs is desirable. This post if suitable for teachers who would like to develop special school experience in their career.

• Class Teachers (QTS status or educated to degree level and interested in gaining qualified teacher status (QTS) within 2 years or enrolled on a degree program with the intention to gain QTS within 2 years of finishing said degree)

Closing Date: Midday on Thursday 20th November 2025

Interview Date: Tuesday 2nd December 2025

All appointments are subject to satisfactory references and checks, (including an enhanced children and adults DBS check, On-line search in line with KSCIE ’23, Barred List Check 99, Prohibition from Teaching (128 check) and health checks). The school has an Induction programme and genuine ongoing commitment of staff professional development.

Horizons Education Trust is committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children and young people and expect staff to share this commitment.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Prestley Wood Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 65 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Prestley Wood Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/prestley-wood-academy

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