18 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    2 February 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    15 January 2026

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: FTE

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPR1 - UPR3

Additional allowances

SEN1

What skills and experience we're looking for

ESSENTIAL

- Qualified Teacher Status or QTLS for Post 16

- SEN experience.

- Awareness of current practice in relation to SEND

- Able to work as a member of a team. Effective leading of the class team. Ability to reflect on own practice. Reliability and integrity

- No Smoking Policy Undertake training in Restrictive Physical Prevention (Restraint)

DESIRABLE

- Evidence of higher level study/qualifications in SEN

- Breadth of SEN experience from mainstream à special school

- Involvement in local, regional, or national developments in SEN Post 16, SLD, MLD and CLDD

teaching experience

- TEAM TEACH Training Further qualification in SEN

What the school offers its staff

• Permanent contract

• Salary Mainscale / Upper Pay Scale plus SEN 1 point

• Access to the Schools Advisory Service

• Bike to work scheme

• Continuing Professional Development

• Teachers Pension Scheme

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 Severndale Specialist Academy

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 19
School size
414 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 19
Ofsted report
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Severndale Specialist Academy:

Severndale Specialist Academy is a multi-site special school incorporating our Monkmoor campus, provision within a local mainstream secondary school and a purpose built 16-25 year old provision at our local college. We work with young people with special educational needs from within Shropshire and beyond. Our children and young people can access Severndale Specialist Academy from nursery age through to 25 and have a range of learning, physical and mobility difficulties and some students require personal care. Supporting communication and enabling independence is a key focus of our work .

Severndale is a truly unique special school and is one of the largest special schools in the country. We are proud to be able to meet the needs of over 430 young people across all abilities of the SEND spectrum and across three different sites. Severndale is also proud to be part of The Learning Community Trust, a truly inclusive multi academy trust based in Telford.

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