Specialist Advisory Teacher
River Learning Trust, Kidlington, OX5 2NT7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other leadership roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £49,781.00 - £53,602.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership Scale L1 - 4
Specialist Advisory Teacher job summary
The role of Specialist Advisory Teacher will be a brand-new post within RLT suitable for an experienced practitioner. You will need to take the lead in developing eight-week interventions for referred children and young people in Key Stages 2 and 3. There will be twelve 90-minute 1:1 lessons per week.
You will be part of the River Learning Trust Inclusion Team supporting our Oxfordshire system work, by working with pupils referred from any school in Oxfordshire (similar to how our Teaching School Hub, SCITT and Meadowbrook College work across the wider education system). The trust is open to a number of working patterns from 0.5FTE to full-time. In the first instance this role is being offered on a temporary basis for two years. Due to the nature of the role a willingness to travel and ownership of your own car is required, with mileage paid for as part of the role - details of travel arrangements will be discussed at interview with short-listed candidates.
We are looking for an energetic, well-organised and flexible Specialist Advisory Teacher who:
- Has experience of teaching children and young people with a range of SEND, especially communication and interaction and/or social, emotional and mental health needs
- Is ready to make a significant positive impact on children and young people in the local area
- Is proactive and solution focussed
- Is committed to continuous improvement
- Will be committed to our vision, our values and ethos, and have the interpersonal skills and ability to work with staff and pupils across Oxfordshire schools to achieve all they can
In return we can offer:
- A supportive Trust Central Team committed to the RLT staff charter
- A culture of mutual trust and respect amongst all staff
- Continuous professional development that is prioritised for all
- Expertise to support and challenge via the Trust Inclusion Team and external providers
- A 1:1 ratio for pupils
- Dedicated leadership time
We welcome phone calls to the Director of Inclusion, Katherine Walsh, from potential applicants. Please email kwalsh@riverlearningtrust.org to arrange a call.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Commitment to safeguarding
The River Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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 River Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide on the main advert using the link.
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