KS4 SEMH Teacher

Sutton House Academy, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5LG

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  30 November 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  10 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) M1 to M6 (UPS considered) plus SEN point

KS4 SEMH Teacher job summary

Position: SEMH Teacher KS4 Teacher

Salary: M1 - M6 (UPS considered) plus SEN Point

School: Sutton House Academy

Required: January 2027

The Role:

To prepare and deliver at least consistently good lessons that are well matched to the needs of learners. To set and mark work. To create a learning culture that enables students to become effective, enthusiastic and independent learners. To take responsibility for tracking, collating and monitoring data to support teaching and learning. To undertake routine evaluation of own practice and consistently seek to develop and use the most effective teaching strategies. To plan teaching to build on students’ capabilities and prior knowledge and ensure they are well prepared for all forms of assessment. To adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students, using differentiation appropriately, implementing approaches which enable students to be taught effectively. To promote at least good progress and outcomes by students. To demonstrate that as a result of their teaching, students achieve well relative to their prior attainment, making progress as good as or better than similar students’ nationally. To demonstrate consistent and effective use of information about prior attainment to set and communicate challenging targets and expectations for students. To contribute towards establishing Assessment for Learning and evaluating progress through the use of agreed assessment tools. To use assessment as part of their teaching to diagnose students’ needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvement and plan future teaching. To make records and prepare reports on the personal and social need of students and participate in meetings, as required.

Sutton House Academy is part of the Fortis Trust which is a Multi Academy Trust committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the Academy. As the duties of this post involves regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service, medical clearance and satisfactory references. We will also carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online.

Applications submitted on the application form will only be considered. Please take care to complete the application form in full as incomplete applications will not be considered.

CLOSING DATE: Friday 30th November 10.00am

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

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 Sutton House Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• Size: 82 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sutton House Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sutton-house-academy

Sutton House Academy is an SEMH school in Southend on Sea dedicated to pupils across all Key Stages with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Some pupils have associated difficulties and can express severe and complex social and behavioural needs. A background and interest in working with SEMH children and young people is essential.

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