Enhanced SEND Provision / Nurture Teacher (SEMH or Cognition & Learning)

City Academy Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7LP

61 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  11 July 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  11 May 2026

Job details

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

  SEND allowance (considered)

Enhanced SEND Provision / Nurture Teacher (SEMH or Cognition & Learning) job summary

Part of the Sapientia Education Trust 

 

• Salary - MPS – UPS (an additional SEND allowance will be considered for the right candidate) 
• Permanent 
• Full Time 
• Required for September 2026 

City Academy Norwich is a dynamic, nurturing learning community with the highest expectations and aspirations for our students and staff. We strive to ensure that every child, irrespective of their starting point, receives an excellent education enabling them to become the best version of themselves. We are committed to ensuring all our students succeed and embrace the opportunities and experiences available to them.  

 

City Academy Norwich is part of the Sapientia Education Trust, working together to build a highly successful community Academy for all our students.  

 

THE ROLE 

At City Academy Norwich we recognise the value and worth of those in our charge and seek to uphold standards of the highest quality; which reinforce the dignity and respect of the individual in an atmosphere which is warm, caring, stimulating, accepting and free from all forms of prejudice and discrimination. 

In order to realise these aims, no effort is spared to achieve a true partnership between school, parents/carers, and authorities, which will promote the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of our children and young people in order that they may achieve their full potential. 

As a ESP / Nurture Teacher you will:  

• be responsible for teaching classes in the Academy using your skill, experience and best endeavours and in accordance with Teachers’ Standards  
• lead the day‑to‑day running of our Nurture Classroom, delivering highly personalised, specialist and differentiated learning  
• inspire, motivate and champion students with SEND, ensuring they feel safe, welcomed and supported  
• develop a bespoke curriculum aligned with whole‑school provision, enabling increased access to mainstream learning  
• work collaboratively with the SENDCo, support staff, external agencies and feeder schools to ensure continuity of care, progress and transition  
• contribute to the wider life of the Academy, including supporting extra‑curricular activities and whole‑school initiatives 

 

How to apply 

A job description is available from ‘Attachments’. 

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our Trust’s website to apply via the online application form. 

Closing date:   Applications will be considered upon receipt, therefore early applications are encouraged. 

Interview date:  TBC 

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. 

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.

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 City Academy Norwich

• School type: Academies, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 682 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: City Academy Norwich website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/city-academy-norwich

City Academy Norwich is a dynamic, nurturing learning community with the highest expectations and aspirations for our students and staff. We strive to ensure that every child, irrespective of their starting point, receives an excellent education enabling them to become the best version of themselves. We are committed to ensuring all our students succeed and embrace the opportunities and experiences available to them.

City Academy Norwich is part of the Sapientia Education Trust, working together to build a highly successful community Academy for all our students.

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