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SEN Teacher
John Watson School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1NN10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 January 2026
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 September 2025
Job details
Job role
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- 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance 1
What skills and experience we're looking for
Person SpecificationEssential
Meets Teachers’ Standards
Recent classroom teaching experience
Excellent understanding of safeguarding and risk management
Strong classroom organisation and behaviour management skills
Proven ability to manage and develop a class team
Strong communication skills with pupils, parents, staff, and external professionals
Excellent IT and assessment skills
Commitment to SEN provision and inclusive practice
Desirable
Proven ability to lead curriculum change or development
Experience monitoring provision across a Key Stage and/or curriculum area
Recent experience contributing to curriculum design and training colleagues
Middle leadership training
Postgraduate qualification in SEN or subject leadership
What the school offers its staff
We are proud of the fantastic learning culture at John Watson. The decisions we make are guided by SLICE.
These 5 areas drive the work of the school. Our aim is to empower each child to ensure they can live as full and as independent lives as possible…
Safety
Learning
Independence
Communication
Engagement
Teacher Vacancy
If you share our values of teamwork, inclusion and innovation and have high expectations of what children can achieve, we would love to hear from you. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic teacher to join our existing committed team.
We are a Community Special School for children and young people from the ages of 2–19 years, with 116 on roll. Our pupils have severe learning difficulties, or profound and multiple learning difficulties. The designation of the school means that pupils typically have complex needs, and medical needs requiring a high degree of differentiation and bespoke provision. In most cases our pupils will be working below the national curriculum and the equivalent of Expected Levels for NCY1.
We value a happy, healthy and secure learning environment in which all the needs of pupils are met, enabling each young person to reach their individual potential and to maximise their independence.
We are judged Good by Ofsted (October 2022) and we are ambitious in our vision for the future provision for our pupils. We offer small classes, typically less than 10 pupils per class, working within large teams of support staff and additional NHS therapists, and have newly refurbished high-spec learning spaces throughout most of the school.
Please see our website www.johnwatsonschool.org for further information about the school. Please consider the job description and person specification below and complete an application form. Visits to the school are welcome and provide the chance to meet our pupils and staff, see our learning environment, and discuss the role
Further information about the job
Please complete the application form, which can be found on our website (www.johnwatsonschool.org), and return by email to sbm@johnwatsonschool.org.
Please do not send CVs; applications will only be considered using the correct application form. As part of our recruitment process we will require you to fill out an overseas check prior to interview. We will email this to you on receipt of your completed application.
Salary Details: MPR/UPR plus SEN Allowance 1
Job Term: Permanent position
Appointment Type: Full time (FTE)
Contact Telephone: 01865 452725
Closing Date: 9.00am Monday 6th October
Shortlisting: Monday 6th October
Interview Date: Friday 10th October
To start: 01/01/2026
Wheatley Site: Littleworth Road, Wheatley, Oxford, OX33 1NN
Holton Site: Steve Drywood Building, Wheatley Park School Campus, Holton, Oxford OX33 1QH
Tel: 01865 452 725
Commitment to safeguarding
Safer Recruitment
John Watson School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post involves the type of work with children and young people that requires applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All users are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About John Watson School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 19
- School size
- 113 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- John Watson School website
- Email address
- sbm@johnwatsonschool.org
- Phone number
- 01865 452725
We cater for children and young people with Special Educational Needs from the ages of 2-19 years. The school is designated for SLD and PMLD pupils. The majority of the pupils are working at pre-KS1 levels. They are vulnerable learners with complex needs who need individualised provision to meet their medical and/or behavioural needs and to engage them in learning
Arranging a visit to John Watson School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email sbm@johnwatsonschool.org.
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