Primary/KS3 SEND Teacher
Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit, London, SE9 6HR32 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: Teacher contractual hours
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year in the first instance
Full-time equivalent salary
- £43,104 - £65,283
Pay scale
- Main Pay Scale/Upper Pay Scale plus SEN 1
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are currently seeking an experienced Primary or SEND specialist teacher to join our team. This role involves planning and delivering ambitious, well-sequenced learning, adapting a mainstream KS2/KS3 curriculum for autistic students, to enable them to eventually go on to achieve academic success at KS4.Flexibility and the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues are key to success, and this role may well suit someone who is looking to further develop their pedagogy in a creative, non-mainstream environment.
The ideal candidate will:
Hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
Demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and a commitment to promoting the welfare of children.
Have strong subject knowledge and a secure understanding of the National Curriculum.
Be an outstanding classroom practitioner with the ability to inspire others and a commitment to high standards.
Have strong adaptive teaching skills and the ability to teach a wide range of curriculum areas.
Have a proven record of securing good academic outcomes for students of all abilities.
Have experience of managing challenging behaviour, including working with pupils with autism in a mainstream or specialist setting.
Have a practical understanding that behaviour is communication and be able to motivate students who may display extremely challenging behaviour.
Demonstrate innovation and the ability to inspire students with a range of needs.
Be able to contribute to wider curriculum development within a SEND context and work collaboratively to support a broad and balanced curriculum.
Have a passion and enthusiasm for making a positive difference in the lives of students with SEND, supporting both personal and academic growth.
Be able to analyse progress, plan interventions and support achievement for all learners.
Actively participate in and contribute to staff CPD.
Ideally, have experience of teaching across KS2, KS3 and/or KS4, and be able to offer a specialist subject.
What the school offers its staff
Newhaven School is a complex organisation working with a range of young people. Please visit our website to learn more. There is potential for this role to be based in any of our different sites. Newhaven School are seeking to appoint an outstanding teacher who is committed to making a positive difference to the lives of vulnerable children, particularly those with SEND and associated mental health issues.
Our focus on social communication and independence, alongside academic success, make Newhaven School an exceptionally supportive environment in which young people can overcome barriers to learning. Our highly-professional staff team are committed to enabling students to gain academic success, a keen sense of right and wrong, and to recognize their responsibilities as fully participating members of society. Our overarching aim is for all students to achieve fulfilling and ambitious destinations when they leave Newhaven School.
Newhaven was recently awarded “Trauma Informed School” status, in recognition of how we support children and teenagers who suffer with trauma or mental health problems. The good health and well-being of all members of the Newhaven community are central to our ethos.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Newhaven is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced with Barred List check through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) plus additional pre-employment checks.
Newhaven is committed to the journey of decolonising our school by becoming deeply reflective about our systems, processes and decisions, by sharing our lived experiences in a genuine way that means we have a much better understanding of each other and by developing our staff so that all have equity of opportunity.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit website
- Email address
- recruitment@newhaven.greenwich.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02088593114
Our Vision
Newhaven School works hard to be a caring, trauma informed community where young people are kept safe, supported as individuals, taught the skills they need and challenged to become successful adults with dreams to realise.
A part time teacher is required to join our team in the Royal Borough of Greenwich The Newhaven Outreach team meets the needs of young people in the borough of Greenwich who are unable to attend an in school provision and require support in their homes or local community.
Arranging a visit to Newhaven Pupil Referral Unit
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@newhaven.greenwich.sch.uk.
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