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  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    16 June 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    5 June 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

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Additional allowances

Main Scale

Permanent SEN Alternative Resource Provision Teacher job summary

Permanent SEN Alternative Resource Provision Teacher

Main Pay Scale

Required for September 2026

‘Love Each Other, Love Our World, Love Ourselves’

Would you like to work in a friendly family feel school? A school where everyone is given the opportunity to shine; where love and kindness is celebrated and where everyone's voice is equally important; where a therapeutic approach underpins all our interactions with our children.

New Christ Church is a small primary school with 210 children, based on the edge of the centre of Reading. We encourage you to come and visit and see what a warm and welcoming school we are!

We have a well-established Alternative Resourced Provision (ARP) on site. We are looking to appoint a class teacher dedicated to the ARP. The Nest caters for up to six children with significant learning difficulties. It operates in a self-contained space within the school with dedicated colleagues who care deeply about the children they serve.

The successful candidate may be someone with significant experience and qualifications in special education, or somebody with less experience of a SEN unit, but with an eagerness to learn and a strong desire to work with children with complex additional needs. Whatever your experience, we will be looking for enthusiasm and a dedication to teach and lead our fantastic children and support staff in the ARP with the guidance of our highly experienced and passionate SENCO.

This role is crucial in supporting our aspirational and Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school to continue to improve, as we look to always provide the very best for our diverse children and families. Building great relationships, a belief in every child’s potential and a strong commitment to providing great teaching and learning opportunities across our school are a must.

We can offer you:

- Children who will make your heart soar as they grow and learn

- Staff who group together and support one another through thick and thin

- Staff who ‘… work tirelessly to ensure that pupils are treated with dignity, respect and develop their self-worth and self-belief.’ (SIAMs Jan 2020)

- A curriculum that is tailored to the needs of our children and well supported by high quality schemes

- A commitment to professional development, and a belief in driving improvement

- A laptop to support your work in school

- The opportunity to work with a wider professional team of unique schools, all brilliantly supported by a Trust who strongly value the individual school’s character, ethos and approaches.

- A staff well-being package.

- A car park on site

Our SIAMs report said: ‘New Christ Church is a school where all members of the school community are loved as part of a family. All pupils are treated as individuals ... The school focuses on new beginnings, providing hope and aspirations for its pupils, enabling them to thrive and flourish.’

Joining our school family means you’ll need to be:

- An enthusiastic teacher who is a team player and puts children at the heart of all they do

- Flexible and dynamic, finding effective solutions at every turn whilst considering others’ points of view.

- A keen and able communicator

- A positive attitude - someone striving to be the best they can be

- Someone with a good sense of humour

- Thoughtful, reflective and a positive role model.

Do you have the skill, experience and vision that we are looking for?

For more information, please contact Mrs Dyksman, Admin Officer at ldyksman@newchristchurch.reading.sch.uk.

Visits to the school are welcomed.

Applications will be considered upon receipt.

The school reserves the right to close this advert once sufficient applications have been received.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils, staff and parents, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure & Barring Service clearance will be sought for the successful candidate.

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.

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About New Christ Church Church of England Primary School

School type
Academies, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
190 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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