SEND Unit Teacher/Designated Specialist Provision Lead
Oak Multi Academy Trust, Oadby, LE2 4FU7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
5th January 2026
Closing date
15 October 2025 at 10am
Date listed
7 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) From £32,916 to £51,048 + £2,787 per annum (M1-UPS3 + SEND Allowance 1)
SEND Unit Teacher/Designated Specialist Provision Lead job summary
Oak Multi Academy Trust is seeking two passionate and committed Teachers of SEND to lead learning within two of our specialist provisions. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
About the Role
You will manage the SEND unit to ensure high quality teaching and learning for all pupils, oversee provision for children with complex needs, and promote inclusive practice across the school. Working closely with senior leaders, colleagues, and families, you will drive improvement and ensure that every pupil achieves their full potential.
You will play a key part in delivering high quality, inclusive teaching to pupils with SEND, helping to provide a safe, nurturing, and inspiring learning environment.
What we’re looking for
We seek individuals who:
- Are passionate and committed - demonstrate enthusiasm for making a real difference for children with SEND.
- Set high standards - maintain ambitious expectations for all pupils.
- Bring energy and initiative - show proactive problem-solving and creative thinking.
- Are collaborative team players - work effectively with colleagues, families, and external agencies.
- Have expertise to share - possess strengths, ideas, and experience in SEND provision.
What we offer
A vibrant, inclusive environment in our multicultural schools
- Supportive colleagues who value teamwork and collaboration
- Commitment to professional development and continuous growth
- Creative freedom to develop and deliver engaging learning experiences
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and their families
About OAK Multi Academy Trust
Established in 2018, OAK Multi Academy Trust serves over 2,500 pupils and employs approximately 400 staff across south Leicestershire. We have specialist SEND provision at Brookside Primary School and are developing a new SEND unit at Overdale Infant School. You will be joining a forward thinking team dedicated to inclusion and excellence for all.
For more information or to arrange a visit please contact the schools, For other enquiries please email hr@oaktrust.org, or click apply now.
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 Oak Multi Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
As a thriving, local trust of five schools covering 3-16 age ranges, we are located in Leicestershire and Leicester City, with an infant, a junior, two primaries, and one secondary. We are passionate about making a real
difference to the lives of all our children and about empowering our whole school communities to enable this to happen to its fullest.
Our OAK vision statement is: Together we grow great schools
We do this through our values by:
Continually identifying and supporting opportunities to improve;
having an unerring ambition to achieve; and
embodying kindness by doing the “right thing”
We believe that our colleagues are our greatest asset and we are building on our strong base of colleague benefits through extensive instructional coaching utilising Steplab. We are proud that two of our schools are
becoming a Steplab hub in September 2024. We are currently launching our exciting Trust wide digital transformation program Frontiers which will see over half our schools introduce 1:1 iPad programme in 2024-25.
Each of our schools has a strong identity, a hallmark of OAK. We collaborate extensively and agree strategy together whilst always valuing the different contexts of our schools. Each of our schools believe that we are stronger together and we have equity for all our pupils at the heart of our strategic decisions.
Our schools are:
Brookside Primary School
Manor High School
Overdale Infants School
Overdale Junior School
Woodland Grange Primary School
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