SEN Post 16 Teacher
Silverwood School, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2QQ25 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 1.0 FTE Permanent, Full-time, Mon-Fri
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Joining our team means becoming part of a passionate, driven and skilled group of professionals who pride themselves in creating an environment where innovation and leadership are central to improving education.
- We offer a bespoke and tailored package of training opportunities to work with external professionals, alongside additional ongoing CPD opportunities
- All staff upon joining attend a structured, well supported and informative induction programme.
- Our staff are given freedom to teach and tailor lessons to meet each pupil individual needs and are not constrained in the way mainstream schools can be.
- All staff have a strong sense of shared purpose and vision, clarity of values and use these daily to guide our actions, interactions and decision making and are at the heart of everything we do.
- Working here isn’t always easy but it is deeply rewarding. Every day brings opportunities to learn, connect and change lives.
What our staff are saying:
“Silverwood has a real sense of community and we are forever evolving and changing as a school. It’s a really exciting and inspirational place to work with fantastic people in every department and level in the school”
“There is a genuine ‘human’ feel to the school. Colleagues are respectful of everyone’s situations and there is a real focus on providing a work/life balance”
What the school offers its staff
About the role:
- Based at our Rowde campus which sits in a sensory rich setting of 35 acres. A setting ideal for enhancing learning through nature, a haven for exploration and discovery, offering an inclusive outdoor learning experience to all.
- We are excited to announce that this role will be taught from our new bespoke Post 16 building and newly created independent living suite which opens September 2025.
- Joining our dynamic team currently consisting of 4 Post 16 Classes, you will lead a class of young people aged 16-19
- Our pupils will be accredited ASDAN qualifications which focus on preparing pupils for adulthood through a curriculum that promotes independence, life skills, employability and functional literacy and numeracy.
- Our Post 16 cohort of pupils have a wide variety of learning needs, including moderate to severe learning difficulties, autism and complex needs.
We are seeking a passionate, caring and creative Teacher who thrives on making meaningful connections and unlocking potential in every child and who:
- Commits to plan and deliver differentiated engaging lessons, tailored to the needs, abilities and learning styles of each pupil
- Encourage self-advocacy and promote confidence amongst our Post 16 learners
- Have patience, understanding and empathy in their approach to teaching -being able to think outside the box is essential.
- Strong behaviour management skills are critical in creating a safe, productive and structured learning environment
- Have the ability to communicate instructions and feedback clearly and effectively, adapting their communication style to suit the needs of their pupils.
Further details about the role
Commitment to safeguarding
Under section 175 of the Education Act 2002, Governing Bodies of maintained schools are required to ensure that their functions are carried out with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. It is vital that schools adopt recruitment and selection procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children or are otherwise unsuited to work with them, in order to safeguard children.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Silverwood School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 453 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Silverwood School website
- Email address
- sophiecovington@silverwood.wilts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01380 850309
Silverwood School is an inspirational and forward thinking maintained special school based in the heart of Wiltshire and spread across three campuses. Our school is dedicated to supporting pupils aged 4-19 years with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Our mission is to enhance opportunities, enjoyment and empower every pupil to reach their full potential. Our vision is ambitious ‘Building Community; Inspiring Learning’, to create a truly integrated and inclusive system of outstanding education for all young people with SEND needs.
Our inclusive system of excellence will seek to re-balance and improve educational provision for all children and young people with SEND, including those currently in mainstream schools and resource bases or in other alternative provision. Offering local and community-based SEND provision across a wide area from its new inception. It will also deliver high quality training and expertise to a wide range of SEND settings across the county.
Arranging a visit to Silverwood School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sophiecovington@silverwood.wilts.sch.uk.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
SEND Teachers EYFS, Post 16, PMLD, Social Communications & Key stage 2
Silverwood School
Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2QQ
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Wiltshire and Swindon