11 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    13 October 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 October 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher or lecturer

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: FTE

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£62,145 - £66,956

Pay scale

L7 - L10

Additional allowances

SEN Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential

We will look for evidence of your experience regarding

- Successful middle/senior leadership and management experience.

- Significant experience and knowledge of working with pupils with special education needs.

- Managing change successfully

- Development and implementation of an area of school improvement.

- Line management and staff development.

- Building effective relationships with governors and parents/carers.

- Experience of successful multi-agency working with educational, health and social care teams.

Desirable

- Breadth of SEND experience from mainstream tospecial school

- Experience of working in more than one school

- Understanding and knowledge of school/budget financial management.

What the school offers its staff

  • Access to the School Advisory Service &Bike to work scheme
  • Local Authority Pension Scheme
  • Continuing Professional Development


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

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Additional documents

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

About Severndale Specialist Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 2 to 19
Size
424 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 19
Ofsted report
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Severndale Specialist Academy:

Severndale Specialist Academy is a multi-site special school incorporating our Monkmoor campus, provision within a local mainstream secondary school and a purpose built 16-25 year old provision at our local college. We work with young people with special educational needs from within Shropshire and beyond. Our children and young people can access Severndale Specialist Academy from nursery age through to 25 and have a range of learning, physical and mobility difficulties and some students require personal care. Supporting communication and enabling independence is a key focus of our work .

Severndale is a truly unique special school and is one of the largest special schools in the country. We are proud to be able to meet the needs of over 430 young people across all abilities of the SEND spectrum and across three different sites. Severndale is also proud to be part of The Learning Community Trust, a truly inclusive multi academy trust based in Telford.

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