SEND Unit Teacher

Roman Hill Primary School, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2NX

37 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  23 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: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS plus SEND Allowance
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/UPS plus SEND Allowance

SEND Unit Teacher job summary

Roman Hill Primary School is seeking a passionate and committed Teacher of SEND to lead learning within our new SEND Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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

The main responsibilities of the role will be:

• Develop and maintain an inclusive, nurturing and aspirational environment for all pupils within the unit
• Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of a personalised curriculum for pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Plan and prepare each lesson to ensure that each pupils barriers to learning are catered for allowing them to make progress towards individual learning outcomes
• Ensure all statuary requirements for SEND provision are met and maintain up to date knowledge of legalisation and guidance
• Strive to integrate the pupils within the mainstream cohort of pupils, developing and maintaining strong and respectful relationships.Work closely with the school’s SENCO to ensure statutory duties in relation to EHCPs are implemented and delivered to the highest quality

The ideal candidate will:

• be champion for children with profound and complex needs.
• be an excellent teacher with high expectations of pupils’ learning, progress and behaviour
• be self-motivated, enthusiastic and effective, with the ability to inspire pupils
• have knowledge of current theory and practice in teaching and learning of learners with SEND.
• have extensive experience of adapting curriculum offers to meet the needs of profound SEND learners, such as understanding of sensory-based curriculum offers or Cherry Tree assessments
• be wholly dedicated to safeguarding pupils.

Roman Hill Primary is a large primary school at the heart of the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk. We are part of Kingfisher Schools Trust, a Trust which provides direction, support and challenge to seven schools in Suffolk and Norfolk. We have a mission to provide exceptional education for our pupils. We seek to have a deep understanding of our local communities but to have ambitions for young people equal to those of the very best schools and academy trusts anywhere in England.

Kingfisher Schools Trust is committed to helping our entire community, but especially the young people in our care, to flourish. We do this through our powerful collaboration: 'achieving success together'.

In return for working at our school, which is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust, you will receive a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development
• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College
• Pension scheme (TPS) with generous employer contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice
• Annual Flu Voucher Scheme
• Optical Voucher scheme
• Shopping and leisure discounts
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a visit to our school, please contact recruitment@kingfisherschools.co.uk

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Only applications submitted on the school application form can be considered.

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 Roman Hill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 430 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Roman Hill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/roman-hill-primary-school

RHPS is a 3-form entry primary school for children aged 3-11 years old and is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust.

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