SEN Teacher ASC Specialism

West Bromwich Collegiate Academy, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 7LE

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  19 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: TMS / UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

The post holder will be responsible for delivering a personalised, outcomes‑driven curriculum aligned to pupils’ EHCPs, supporting inclusion into mainstream lessons where appropriate, and ensuring pupils make strong academic, social and emotional progress.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate:

The successful candidate will:

• Have experience working and teaching in a specialist setting
• Have experience teaching across the key stages.
• Be a consistently good/outstanding teacher.
• Have a strong understanding of SEN needs and specifically ASC.
• Have a experience in managing and supporting the progress of pupil with complex communication and autism.
• Be an exceptional classroom practitioner with high expectations of both learning and behaviour.
• Able to inspire, motivate and enthuse pupils.
• Committed to raising standards for all and share the same drive to constantly learn and improve.
• Show willingness to lead initiatives and show evidence of impact.
• Demonstrate a passion to make a difference to others.
• To be proficient with the use of technology for learning and have a willingness to innovate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with teaching assistants, the SENCO, learning mentors as appropriate
• Trust-wide working across our developing resource bases
• Create and review individual Support Plans for all students.
• Carry out annual review for all EHCP pupils with support of SENCo
• Support and upskilling teachers and teaching assistants in adaptive teaching methods including trust-wide CPD.
• To deliver the programmes of study from Asdan or a similar life skills program.
• To deliver a range of enrichment activities linked to EHCP outcomes and the wider curriculum.
• To teach small groups of SEN children with complex needs specifically focusing on EHCP outcomes
• To liaise with the wider school to ensure opportunities to integrate are provided.
• To communicate regularly with parents and carers and provide termly reviews of progress.
• Deliver intimate/personal or medical care where appropriate.
• To prepare, with support of senior leaders, risk assessments for pupils who require one.

What the school offers its staff

This is chance to be part of the brand-new SEND Resource Base opening at West Bromwich Collegiate Academy supporting students with ASC. The facility will open in September 2026 in an Annex based at Shireland CBSO Academy whilst we wait for completion of the new state of the art building.

West Bromwich Collegiate Academy is an oversubscribed Secondary School in the Black Country. The Academy opened its doors in September 2019 with 175 students and has continued to grow each year. It is now at full capacity with 805 students on roll.

West Bromwich Collegiate Academy is committed to an inclusive education for all students at every ability and equipping students for the future through teaching them relevant and cutting-edge skills for the era in which they live. Most importantly we believe that every student should be safe, happy, ambitious for themselves and respectful of all.

The Teacher of the ASC Resource Base will provide high‑quality, specialist teaching and pastoral support for pupils with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) who are educated within the Academy’s specialist resource provision while remaining part of a mainstream secondary school community. We want to ensure that our pupils thrive here, developing socially, emotionally and academically. Whilst working closely with the SENDCo and the Trust Director of SEND you will have the opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the Resource Base and provide the very best educational experience for our young people.

The post holder will be responsible for delivering a personalised, outcomes‑driven curriculum aligned to pupils’ EHCPs, supporting inclusion into mainstream lessons where appropriate, and ensuring pupils make strong academic, social and emotional progress.

This role will develop into working across our trust to support development of other resource bases.

We can offer:

• Opportunities across our MAT to enhance skills and experience.
• Excellent career development opportunities
• Exceptional CPD provision including working with national and international experts in their field.
• A supportive working environment and team ethos, friendly, enthusiastic children.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JOB DESCRIPTION Teacher of SEN.pdf - 219 KB (opens in new tab)

Person Specification Teacher of SEN.pdf - 202 KB (opens in new tab)

About West Bromwich Collegiate Academy

• School type: Free Schools, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 779 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Bromwich Collegiate Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@shirelandcat.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-bromwich-collegiate-academy

Arranging a visit to West Bromwich Collegiate Academy

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