SEN Classroom Teacher

West Hill School, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 7PW

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2026 or earlier if available

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,398.00 - £46,839.00 Annually (FTE) MPR plus SEN Allowance [FTE £2,787]

SEN Classroom Teacher job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, dedicated, and innovative SEN Classroom Teacher to join our team at West Hill School. We are looking for exceptional primary SEN teachers who can help our children to ACHIEVE as much as they possibly can and FLOURISH in adult life. If you have prior experience this does not need to be from a special school and we encourage and support teachers looking to transfer from mainstream if they are keen to grow and develop. We welcome applications from ECTs and have a strong reputation for positive support.

About the Role:

Our primary children work at least 3-4 years below age-related expectations and all have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) covering a range of complex learning difficulties, including speech and language difficulties, autism, and/or medical needs. Our models of learning mean that our children are based in mixed aged groups of 10-12 children. All teachers coordinate a subject as part of a team. Whilst we welcome teachers familiar in either Early Years, KS1 or KS2 and are flexible to support staff to develop well, we regularly promote and support staff to teach across our school.

We can offer you:

• Keen and eager children who are learning how to learn and ultimately love learning.
• Friendly and supportive staff, parents, and local board members.
• Varied curriculum and development opportunities.
• An amazing environment in which children really thrive.
• A positive focus towards supporting wellbeing for all.

Teachers at West Hill need to be team players and who embrace change as an opportunity. We are a "can do" school and we want innovation and enthusiasm to help us continue to develop our provision with us and drive forward our high standards. Every teacher should be ready to embrace the challenge of helping children to take their next steps using creative and adaptive approaches. You will be a confident and flexible individual who is ready to become part of our community.

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations. The Howard Partnership Trust is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, race, age, or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

We really want you to shine as part of our application and selection process, so that you can truly perform at your best and feel comfortable. Our processes are extremely flexible, so please let us know what we can do so that you can be at your best throughout the application and selection stages. Our selection processes are flexible, so please let us know what we can do so that you can be at your best. Please contact the HR Team for an informal chat, so that we can help create the perfect environment for you for the assessment/selection process.

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

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.

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 West Hill School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• School size: 153 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Hill School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-hill-school-leatherhead

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