Head of Specialist Resource Provision - Vision Impairment

Woking High School, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4TJ

38 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Spring Term 2026

• Closing date

  15 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of department or curriculum
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPR/UPR depending on experience +TLR
• Additional allowances:

  SEND Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a passionate, experienced and well-qualified Qualified Teacher of students with a vision impairment (QTVI) who is looking for an opportunity to provide strong leadership to our highly successful Specialist Resource Provision – Vision Impairment.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a student-centred approach and a commitment to the school’s Mission and Core Values, ensuring that teaching and learning is consistently good or better and that all young people, regardless of background and ability, make at least expected progress and that ambitious targets for student performance are met in all Key Stages.

What the school offers its staff

Woking High School is a high achieving school with Academy status. We have an outstanding team of staff who are all committed to developing our students as individuals. All students are challenged to achieve their best. The Ofsted inspection of April 2025, which judged the school to be good, noted that, ‘‘This is a lively, welcoming school where expectations are high. Pupils live up to the school’s motto of inspire, challenge, achieve’’ and ‘‘The school’s curriculum is designed to develop pupils to be confident, responsible and articulate learners’’.

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

Woking High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As part of the requirements of KCSIE, all roles are subject to online checks including Social Media. These are carried out by a 3rd party – https://www.sp-index.com/. By applying for this role, you agree to these checks being carried out and your data being processed by SP-Index. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

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22072025 HOC VI Application Pack PDF.pdf - 501 KB (opens in new tab)

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About Woking High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1208 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woking High School website
• Email address: recruitment@wokinghigh.surrey.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01483716884
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woking-high-school-woking

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