11 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    as soon as possible

  • Closing date

    21 March 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    7 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Special Needs

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£38,766.00 - £50,288.00 Annually (Actual) SEN allowance £2679

Secondary English / Therapeutic Teacher job summary

Apply by: Friday 21st March 2025 at 12pm

Start Date: as soon as possible

Salary: M1 to M6 depending on experience

Location: Pathways School

Contract type: Full time, Permanent


Eko Trust is a family of good and outstanding schools situated across London and Suffolk. Collaborating seamlessly, we are dedicated to cultivating a supportive environment where our collective goal is to constantly learn and innovate, striving to deliver unparalleled educational outcomes for the children under our care. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact in education and thrive in a collaborative, progressive atmosphere, this is the perfect opportunity to contribute to a community committed to excellence.

Pathways School, Barking and Dagenham, RM10 9NH

Pathways School is a small special school, currently catering for pupils from KS2 to KS4 and offering a curriculum based on a child’s right to ‘Learn, Grow and Thrive’. We absolutely believe that all our children and young people deserve to achieve and succeed and will do so, with the right guidance and academic and pastoral support.

A fantastic opportunity for an innovative, creative, courageous and resilient Interim Head of School to grow, nurture and lead in a unique special school in an ethnically diverse inner-city area.

The ideal candidate will have successful experience of senior leadership or strong middle leadership in either a special or mainstream education setting, as we are just as keen to encourage applications from candidates with a relevant mainstream background as those with special school experience. There will be a timetabled teaching requirement also.

The successful person will be supported in post by a trust leadership which ensures our:

schools are vibrant, multicultural centers of learning

children achieve highly

children are happy and love actively learning

children leave with the resilience and motivation to continue their successful learning

community are proud of our schools and excited by what we can achieve together

Our Trust can offer:

  • Supportive and friendly staff who work together as a team

  • Forward-thinking approaches to learning, professional development, and school improvement

  • Continuous professional development & learning opportunities

  • Employee benefits scheme offering great discounts from a range of brands

  • Salary sacrifice schemes such as Cycle to Work

  • Employee Assistance Programme offering 24/7 access to a confidential employee helpline staffed by trained counsellors

  • Access to private GP services, counselling, financial wellbeing advice, physiotherapy, and other specialist services

  • Family-friendly policies and options for flexible working

  • A commitment to your career aspirations and professional development

  • A clear vision for the future and strong values of school values

Visits are welcomed. Please contact pathwaysinfo@ekotrust.org.uk ,to arrange this or for any further information.

To apply, please visit ‘My New Term’

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 are not accepted.

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About Pathways School

School type
Free School, ages 6 to 19
School size
56 pupils enrolled
Age range
6 to 19
Ofsted report
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Pathways is a new all-through special school for pupils with severe Social Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties, who, for a variety of reasons find mainstream school challenging to manage. The school is part of the Eko Trust family of schools. As an Eko School there is a focus on innovating practice and inspiring teachers and support staff by collaborating with staff from other schools. Eko Trust is now a group of 6 schools, 2 of which are SEMH settings.

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