84 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    19 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    26 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): 40 hours per week Mon-Fri

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,027-£30,060

What skills and experience we're looking for

Able to build positive and constructive relationships with children and young people

Able to work autonomously and on a one: one basis

Proficient communication in both British Sign Language and English

Ability to work in a non-judgemental and confidential manner

Able to use strategies for rebuilding damaged emotional relationships between pupils and their peers

Ability to promote good team working, support colleagues and remain professional at all times

Ability to create and maintain a positive learning environment where young people feel safe, happy and engage in teaching and learning

The ability to reflect on own behaviour for example, the importance of modelling the behaviour you want to see and the implications of this for your own behaviour

What the school offers its staff

Royal School for the Deaf Derby is a welcoming, inclusive and understanding environment. We offer a supportive environment with our staff at the heart of what we do - support our children to be the best that they can be.

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 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.

Upload additional documents

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

Application-Form.doc - 107 KB (opens in new tab)
TSC-Role-Specification-Sep 2025.pdf - 162 KB (opens in new tab)

About Royal School for the Deaf Derby

School type
Special school, ages 3 to 19
School size
110 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
School website
Royal School for the Deaf Derby website
Email address
kristy.orpwood@rsdd.org.uk
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/royal-school-for-the-deaf-derby

Royal School for the Deaf Derby is a unique provider of day and residential placements for deaf children and young people aged 3 - 19. Over a hundred, well-behaved, confident young people are on roll, from 27 different Local Authorities ranging from Westminster to York. A small number stay in residence Monday to Thursday, term time only, with the majority of children and young people living locally and attending as day students.

Arranging a visit to Royal School for the Deaf Derby

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kristy.orpwood@rsdd.org.uk.

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