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Primary Teacher

Royal School for the Deaf Derby, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3BH

This job expired on 7 November 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): Term time only Monday-Friday, 8.30am-4pm.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS
• Additional allowances:

  SEN+ToD

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner with the ability to deliver creative and innovative lessons to join our busy Primary Department. Proficiency in British Sign Language (BSL) or the willingness to start working towards Level 3 BSL as soon as practicable upon appointment is essential.

We want the very best outcomes for our pupils and so seek the very best staff for them.

We want teachers who have the highest ambitions for our amazing pupils, and who can set and achieve the highest expectations for them.

What the school offers its staff

The successful applicant will benefit from a personalised CPD plan including a rolling programme of full sponsorship to achieve professional status as a Teacher of the Deaf with the option of continuing to achieve an MA.

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.

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About Royal School for the Deaf Derby

• School type: Special school, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 110 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Royal School for the Deaf Derby website
• Email address: kristy.orpwood@rsdd.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/royal-school-for-the-deaf-derby

Royal School for the Deaf Derby is a unique provider of day and residential placements for deaf children and young people aged 3 - 19. Over a hundred, well-behaved, confident young people are on roll, from 27 different Local Authorities ranging from Westminster to York. A small number stay in residence Monday to Thursday, term time only, with the majority of children and young people living locally and attending as day students.

Arranging a visit to Royal School for the Deaf Derby

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kristy.orpwood@rsdd.org.uk.

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