SEN Teacher
Blackfriars Academy, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 2TF15 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
30 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- M1- UPS3, £32,916 - £51,048 + SEN £2,787
SEN Teacher job summary
We are seeking a passionate and dedicated SEN Teacher to join our exceptional team. In this role, you will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support pupil progress and well-being and create a positive and stimulating learning environment that encourages independence and resilience. Our pupils aged 11 to 16 years who have a range of learning needs including Moderate Learning Difficulty, Severe Learning Difficult and/or Complex Learning Needs.
What We’re Looking For:
- Experience or a strong interest in working with pupils with SLD and/or complex needs.
- A commitment to promoting well-being and fostering a love for learning.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with pupils, families, and colleagues.
- Creativity, resilience, and adaptability in your teaching approach.
If you’re inspired to join our team and make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you!
Our School Motto of PRIDE runs through everything we do:
Pride in our appearance and all that we achieve
Respect for ourselves, others and the environment
Independent living skills
Determination to succeed
Enjoyment of learning and life
At Blackfriars Academy we pride ourselves on preparing our learners for life through prioritising skills required to meet their full potential. Through our specialist curriculum, our students are empowered through a strong emphasis on the development of individual communication strategies and life skills. Our staff team provide enriching and safe environments, where our pupils are encouraged to develop independence, whilst promoting well-being for a happy and fulfilled future.
Blackfriars Academy is a truly exceptional place to learn and grow.
We are a vibrant learning community of around 120 students, aged 11 to 16, supported by over 90 dedicated staff members. Together, we are committed to helping young people with profound and complex, moderate, or severe learning needs achieve their full potential.
What makes us special is our unwavering focus on providing an outstanding educational experience tailored to a wide range of individual needs. Our inclusive and nurturing environment allows every student to thrive—academically, socially, and emotionally. At Blackfriars, students don’t just attend school—they flourish.
Join Shaw Education Trust – Support, Teach, Lead… Make the Remarkable Happen
At Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role holds the power to transform a life. Whether you're supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, or leading with vision, you’ll be part of something extraordinary.
We are a dynamic and growing family of Primary, Secondary, and Special Schools, proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury. Our mission is to unlock opportunity for every young person—whatever their background, ability, or starting point.
Our people are our greatest asset, and we are deeply committed to their growth. Through high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent acceleration, and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled, confident professionals and we champion wellbeing, value every voice, and create a culture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a real difference.
Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:
- An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff) / Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)
- Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’ service including Bank Holidays)
- Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.
- Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust.
We know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding one.
Colleagues within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and professionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the National Professional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered by Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute.
• Experienced leadership and subject-specific support.
• Guidance from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust.
• Access to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT.
• Opportunities to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate.
• Participating in peer reviews.
• Access to a suite of online courses.
• Placement projects within our family of schools.
Shortlisting: Monday 18th May 2026
Interview date: Either Wednesday 20th May 2026 / Friday 22nd May 2026
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Blackfriars Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 120 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Blackfriars Academy website
At the outstanding rated Blackfriars Academy we are committed to providing an exceptional educational experience for children with a wide range of special educational needs aged 10 to 16. Ours is a welcoming school where each student is supported to develop a positive sense of self-worth and discover all that they can achieve.
Our committed staff team is what makes us exceptional. We expect them to continually build on their expertise and experience so they can offer the best possible opportunities to students in their care.
The broad and balanced curriculum we offer allows students to follow the National Curriculum, as well as working towards a range of externally accredited schemes tailored to their individual needs. We work with students to nurture their skills in vocational and leisure activities so they can build their capacity and capability to live and work as adults within our society.
As a school judged to be outstanding, we are also able to lead a Teaching School Alliance. This allows us to share the skills and expertise of our school with mainstream schools and Higher Education institutes and others in the local community to help create an increasingly inclusive society.
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