Primary or Specialist SEND Teacher
John Hanson Community School, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 3PB7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
20 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
13 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
John Hanson Community School is seeking to appoint an ambitious, compassionate and highly skilled Primary or Specialist SEND Teacher to join our inclusive secondary school community.
This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding practitioner with experience in primary education, SEND and intervention-based teaching to play a key role in supporting vulnerable learners across Key Stages 3 and 4. The successful candidate will lead and deliver bespoke intervention programmes for pupils requiring additional academic, emotional and transition support, including pupils with SEND, literacy and numeracy gaps, SEMH needs and those requiring a more personalised curriculum approach.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has a strong understanding of teaching and learning pedagogy and adaptive teaching
- Can confidently adapt KS3 curriculum and develop core knowledge and skills
- Is passionate about inclusion and removing barriers to learning
- Can build strong relationships with pupils, families and external agencies
- Has experience supporting pupils with SEND
- Can support successful transition from primary to secondary education
This role presents a unique opportunity to shape and develop bespoke intervention provision within a mainstream secondary setting whilst working alongside a supportive pastoral and SEND team.
Job Description
Primary Specialist Teacher – Bespoke Intervention Provision
Salary: MPR/UPR
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time – 32.5 hours
Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher - SENDCo
The Primary Specialist Teacher will lead and deliver high-quality bespoke intervention and personalised learning programmes for pupils who require additional support to access the secondary curriculum successfully.
The role will focus on:
- Closing gaps in literacy and numeracy
- Supporting pupils with SEND and SEMH needs
- Delivering targeted intervention programmes
- Supporting transition from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 3
- Developing inclusive approaches that improve engagement, attendance and outcomes
- Supporting pupils who require alternative or adapted curriculum pathways
Duties and Responsibilities:
Bespoke Intervention and Inclusion
- Plan and deliver personalised intervention programmes tailored to individual pupil needs
- Support pupils with literacy, numeracy, communication and social development needs
- Deliver small group and 1:1 intervention sessions
- Adapt teaching approaches to support pupils with SEND
- Develop strategies that enable pupils to successfully access mainstream lessons
- Work closely with pastoral, safeguarding and SEND teams to provide holistic support for pupils
- Support emotionally based school avoidance and reintegration programmes where appropriate
- Monitor and evaluate pupil progress through intervention and adapt provision accordingly
Teaching and Learning
- Model excellent adaptive teaching and inclusive classroom practice
- Support colleagues in developing strategies to meet a range of additional needs
- Contribute to whole-school approaches to inclusion and intervention
- Promote high expectations, engagement and positive learning behaviours
- Ensure interventions are evidence-informed and impact driven
Partnership Working
- Work collaboratively with parents, carers and external agencies
- Support staff with strategies and approaches for individual pupils
- Promote a culture of inclusion, nurture and high aspiration across the school
Safeguarding
- Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and Prevent
- Promote the welfare and safeguarding of all pupils
- Report concerns in line with school policy
Person Specification:
Qualifications
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Degree or equivalent qualification
- Primary teaching qualification or significant primary experience desirable
- SEND qualification or experience desirable
Experience
- Successful experience teaching within a primary or specialist setting
- Experience supporting pupils with SEND
- Experience delivering targeted interventions and personalised learning
- Experience working collaboratively with families and external agencies
Skills and Knowledge
- Strong understanding of adaptive teaching and inclusive practice
- Excellent understanding of literacy and numeracy intervention strategies
- Ability to build positive and trusting relationships with vulnerable pupils
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to remain calm, flexible and solution focused
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting inclusion
Personal Qualities
- Compassionate, resilient and reflective practitioner
- Passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable learners
- Committed to inclusive education and high expectations for all
- Able to work effectively as part of a wider team
- Professional, organised and proactive
What the school offers its staff
We welcome informal conversations with a member of our Senior Leadership Team, and encourage you to come and visit our school to meet our staff and students. If you wish to do so, please email recruit@jhanson.hants.sch.uk to arrange a date and time
Closing date: Wednesday 20th May 2026
Interview date: Friday 22nd May 2026
We reserve the right to interview and appoint candidates before the closing date/scheduled interviews where applicable.
Application forms and further details are available from our website https://www.jhanson.hants.sch.uk/Latest-Vacancies/ or email recruit@jhanson.hants.sch.uk
John Hanson Community School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About John Hanson Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 993 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- John Hanson Community School website
- Email address
- gina.davis@jhanson.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01264325637
Vision and Values
At JHCS, our vision is to inspire and empower our students, within a culture of care and belonging, to embrace opportunities to learn, succeed and become the best versions of themselves. This is underpinned by our strapline: Inspire. Care. Succeed.
Inspire: Students who leave John Hanson Community school will:
Be motivated to reach their academic and personal potential
Be proud of their achievements
Find their passion for knowledge
Care: All members of the John Hanson community will:
Feel cared for and safe
Show kindness and respect to themselves, each other and the environment
Develop a strong sense of belonging and service to the community
Succeed: We achieve success by:
Striving for excellence in all that we do
Learning from mistakes
Embracing opportunities
Ofsted
“John Hanson Community School continues to be a good school.” Ofsted, March 2024
“This is a very happy and inclusive school because staff have successfully created a caring and aspirational culture. They share a genuine belief that all pupils can fulfil their potential. Pupils follow a rich and broad curriculum which supports academic development. It is designed and delivered to nurture confidence and independence. Pupils rise to staff’s high expectations of them, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.” Ofsted, March 2024
“The school is very mindful of staff workload and of creating a positive and supportive working environment which puts pupils first. Staff recognise this and are proud to work at the school.” -Ofsted, March 2024
Location and History
John Hanson Community School is a thriving, mixed gender 11-16 community school in South West Andover, Hampshire, with almost 1000 students. The school has a rich history, dating back to 1582, and was previously known as Andover Free School and Andover Grammar School. In 1974 the school was renamed John Hanson School in honour of its founder, and moved to the current site on Floral Way in 2001.
Arranging a visit to John Hanson Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gina.davis@jhanson.hants.sch.uk.
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