SEN Teacher

Ipswich Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0SP

51 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Teaching Staff Pay Scales points 1 - 9 (National) £30,000 - £46,525 Unqualified Teachers Pay Scales points 1 - 6 (National) £21,731 - £33,902
• Additional allowances:

  SEN allowance - £2,679

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Position

We are seeking teachers, preferably with a SEND background, to work with students in the school’s special education unit, although this is not essential as training will be delivered relevant to experience and the cohort of children.

You will be carrying out the professional duties of a class teacher and as such will provide the provision of an appropriate learning experience for all pupils under the guidance of the Assistant Principal.

Unqualified teacher applications with experience will also be considered.

What you will offer

The successful applicant will have the ability to demonstrate enthusiasm and a passion for teaching. You must be able to enthuse, motivate and progress pupils of all abilities.

What the school offers its staff

What we will offer

You will be joining a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:

• Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)
• A strong commitment to professional development
• We strive to be a family friendly employer
• Employee counselling service
• Cycle to work scheme

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.

About Ipswich Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1006 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ipswich Academy website
• Email address: amelia.brown@paradigmtrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ipswich-academy

"Good" co-educational Secondary school - ages 11-16

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