SEND Teacher

Ark St Alban's Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 0YH

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  1 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • SENCO (special educational needs coordinator)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £33,739 - £53,094 Per Year

SEND Teacher job summary

The Teacher of SEND will have specialist expertise in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curricula and significant experience of teaching pupils with complex and high needs SEND, including those with autism, communication and interaction needs, cognition and learning difficulties, sensory needs and social, emotional and mental health needs.

  Key Responsibilities:

•  Plan and deliver high-quality, engaging and personalised lessons that meet the diverse needs of pupils with high
• levels of SEND
• Adapt and differentiate curriculum content to ensure all pupils can access learning at an appropriate level whilst
  maintaining high expectations
•  Deliver teaching that develops pupils' academic progress, communication skills, independence, emotional
• regulation and personal development
• Work closely with therapists, educational psychologists and other professionals to ensure integrated support for
  pupils
• Contribute to the development and review of individual risk assessments, behaviour support plans and
  personalised learning plans

Qualifications:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Degree or equivalent qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development relating to SEND

Knowledge & Skills:

• Experience of teaching pupils with SEND within a specialist or inclusive educational setting
• Strong knowledge of the KS1 and KS2 National Curriculum
• Experience of planning and delivering highly differentiated learning programmes
• Experience of teaching pupils with complex and high needs SEND
• Experience of working with pupils with EHCPs and contributing to annual review processes
• Understanding of autism, speech and language needs, cognition and learning needs, sensory needs and SEMH

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

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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.

About Ark St Alban's Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 797 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark St Alban's Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-st-alban-s-academy

Ark St Albans Academy is committed to addressing educational disadvantage. We consistently guide pupils to GCSE and A-Level outcomes which place our cohorts in the top 10% of schools nationally on many measures, including those for the progress of disadvantaged pupils. Our school serves pupils from central Birmingham. The percentage of our cohort eligible for the Pupil Premium is the eighth highest in the country.

There are very few communities in the UK who need great teachers more than ours. Teachers and leaders at Ark St Alban’s Academy are determined to prove that the background of a young person can be no impediment to their success. Our school prepares pupils to succeed at elite universities, with our alumni proudly representing our community at prestigious destinations including Cambridge University, Durham University and the London School of Economics.

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