SEU Teacher
Sidegate Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 4JD28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
30 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
31 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £43,607.00 Annually (Actual) MPS - Plus a SEN allowance of £5,285.00 per annum
SEU Teacher job summary
JOIN OUR TEAM
Are you a passionate and dedicated teacher with a strong commitment to supporting children with special educational needs? Do you thrive in a nurturing and inclusive environment where you can make a real difference? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Sidegate Primary School is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced SEU Teacher to join our supportive and dynamic team. In this role, you will work closely with the Head of SEU and the inclusion team to provide high-quality education and support for pupils ensuring their academic, emotional, and social development.
Job title: SEU Teacher
Location: Sidegate Primary School
Contract:Permanent, Full-time, Monday to Friday
Salary: MPS - £31,650-£43,607 Annually Actual. Plus SEN allowance of £5,285.00 per annum
Closing Date: 9:00am, Wednesday 30th April 2025
We are seeking a teacher who embodies the following qualities:
- Outstanding Practitioner – Able to meet diverse learning needs in the classroom.
- Collaborative Team Player – Thinks creatively and communicates effectively.
- Flexible Educator – Recognises the importance of learning both inside and outside the classroom.
- Experienced in SEN – Knowledge or interest in supporting students with sensory needs, autism, and associated behaviours.
- Reflective and Open-Minded – Keen to develop professionally and contribute to a dynamic team.
Key Responsibilities Includes:
- Plan and deliver engaging, structured lessons tailored to individual learning needs.
- Assess, monitor, and support pupil progress, working collaboratively on EHCPs and reviews.
- Foster a nurturing learning environment that promotes inclusion and well-being.
- Maintain high expectations for behaviour, safety, and learning outcomes.
Why join us?
- Vivup Benefit System.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Teacher pension scheme.
- The opportunity to make a significant impact on students’ lives.
- SEN Allowance of £5,285 per annum.
If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity, then please contact Savannah La'Thangue - savannah.lathangue@sidegate.net
The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment. This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.
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 are not accepted.
About Sidegate Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 661 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sidegate Primary School website
Sidegate is a vibrant three-form entry primary school in the north of Ipswich. The school hosts a 25 place Specialist Education Unit for pupils with moderate learning difficulties, giving approximately 655 pupils on roll. The school boasts large grounds, an indoor swimming pool, gymnasium and good ICT provision. We pride ourselves in the broad and engaging curriculum we offer our pupils; sport and culture
feature highly and are used to enhance the curriculum in all areas. The school received a “Good” Ofsted rating in October 2022. We were the first primary school in Suffolk to be awarded the prestigious Platinum Artsmark in November 2019; we also hold quality marks in RE, Science and Sport.
Sidegate became an academy in May 2014 with The Active Learning Trust (ALT). ALT encourages each of their schools to develop a curriculum that meets the needs of the pupils in the school. They work closely with the school, providing specialist advisory support as necessary. We work closely with other schools in the ALT Ipswich Hub and the Northgate Pyramid of Schools. ALT offers a comprehensive package of professional development opportunities for teachers at all levels, to support career progression
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