Satellite Provision Lead

Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre, London, N20 0DH

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Spring 2026

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £50,598.00 - £64,817.00 Annually (Actual) MPS-UPR 3+ SEN Allowance + TLR 2b

Satellite Provision Lead job summary

The successful candidate will:

Hold QTS and a relevant degree.

Have proven experience in EYFS or primary teaching, ideally within a special or autism-specific setting.

Demonstrate strong leadership skills and the ability to support, inspire and nurture others.

Have advanced understanding of autism and experience implementing specialist approaches such as TEACCH, SCERTS, PECS, or Sensory Integration.

Be confident in safeguarding practice, ideally with DSL training or experience managing safeguarding cases.

Work effectively with pupils, families, and professionals to create inclusive, supportive learning environment

Have excellent inter-personal skills to ensure partnership working with our mainstream host school

Work with the extended leadership team to ensure equality of provision between the main school and satellite site.

Be flexible, empathetic, and creative, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across the site.

Show commitment to the school and a desire to improve and excel.

We can offer:

• Staff who are collegiate, committed to their own professional development and to improving life-long outcomes for the pupils
• The opportunity to play an active part in the school’s development
• Warm and positive working environment with a diverse school community
• Dynamic and forward-thinking Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body
• Purpose-built facilities designed to deliver a spacious, low-arousal learning environment with autism-specific facilities and resources, allowing us to support our pupil’s needs effectively.
• Individualised and comprehensive induction and training

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged. Oakleigh School is committed to safeguarding children and staff and all standard recruitment screening processes will apply to this post.

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

Oakleigh School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff are required to have an enhanced DBS.

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 Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 11
• School size: 178 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment Centre website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oakleigh-school-acorn-assessment-centre

Oakleigh School is a primary special school based in Barnet, London.

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