Specialist Resourced Provision Lead

New Park Primary Academy, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3HF

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 0.6FTE
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Mainscale - Upper Pay Range
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance - £5497 FTE (0.6 Allowance £3298)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Recent experience of teaching and having responsibility for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 pupils with special educational needs, either within a mainstream school or in a specialist provision
• Recent experience of teaching and having responsibility for EYFS, KS1 and KS2 pupils with special educational needs, either within a mainstream school or in a specialist provision
• Experience and knowledge of managing and assessing pupils with autistic spectrum conditions
• Excellent classroom practitioner with the ability to motivate and inspire pupils and meet individual needs.
• Experience of leading and supporting staff in the writing of support plans/annual reviews/EHCPs.
• Experience of working in partnership with parent(s)/ carer(s) and colleagues in other agencies and provisions
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of teaching and learning, including personalised learning programmes and using data to help facilitate this.
• Good classroom teacher / manager with a proven commitment to improving the quality of children’s learning
• A thorough working knowledge of the SEN Code of Practice.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of autistic spectrum conditions and effective strategies and approaches to support children with ASD
• Ability to promote inclusion and meet the additional needs of all pupils
• A well-developed understanding of the principles and practices associated with excellence within primary education.
• Commitment and ability to raise standards for all pupils

What the school offers its staff

"Over the next two years, our Trust is set to open six new resourced provisions for children with high levels of additional needs, embedded within our mainstream schools. This growth is a key to our Trust strategy to shape education which anticipates children's needs and provides learning that is inclusive and liberating. We're looking for talented educators to join us to lead this work at school level who share our ambition to develop excellence in specialist inclusive education".

Jenn Plews, Chief Executive, Northern Star Academies Trust.

We are delighted to share brand new opportunities for Specialist Resourced Provision Leads in 2 of our fantastic schools:

• Holycroft Primary School in Keighley (Full time)
• New Park Primary Academy in Harrogate (0.6FTE)

NSAT is a Trust of 15 schools, primary and secondary, across West and North Yorkshire. You can find out more about our schools from our Trust website.

These roles are part of a strategic development within Northern Star Academies Trust to develop specialist provision within our mainstream schools to meet the needs of children with additional needs. The new provisions are funded by local authorities, who will also allocate places. [In Bradford local authority area these are known as "Resourced Provisions" (RPs),whilst in North Yorkshire local authority area, they are known as "Targeted Maintained Provisions"(TMPs)].

As a Trust we already operate Resourced Provisions at Denholme and Parkwood Primary Schools. In addition to the locations where we are recruiting now, in the next phase of this development we intend to develop provisions at Hookstone Chase Primary School (Harrogate), Harrogate High School and Greatwood Primary School (Skipton).

To find out more about joining our Specialist Team please visit our dedicated web page herehttps://www.nsat.org.uk/join-our-specialist-team-to-build-excellence-in-inclusive-education

Please refer to our child protection and safeguarding policy and our policy on the employment of ex-offenders (included in the Safer Recruitment Policy)

https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies

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

Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check.
Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our
due diligence on shortlisted candidates

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Person Specification - Resourced Provision Lead.pdf - 190 KB (opens in new tab)

Job Description RP Lead .pdf - 255 KB (opens in new tab)

About New Park Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 182 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: New Park Primary Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@nsat.org.uk
• Phone number: 01756 707609
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/new-park-primary-academy

We are a small school at the heart of our community. We have grown steadily in popularity as a first choice school for parents, attracted by a school environment where there is space for every child to grow, whatever their talents and abilities.

As the catchment school for the Army Foundation College Harrogate, we welcome children from the families of College staff who contribute to the richness of our school community. Between 15-20% of our children are from forces families and we are proud of the support we provide. For service families, our school provides a welcoming community that understands the unique challenges and opportunities of army life.

Throughout our school, we encourage children to be curious and creative. We have not been afraid to innovate to find new ways to enable our children to succeed and grow. In recent years we have build our curriculum around a love for reading, a passion for the outdoors and inspiring, immersive learning.

Arranging a visit to New Park Primary Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@nsat.org.uk.

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