Specialist Teacher - SEND Unit/Gateway

St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 9JA

23 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  24 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  31 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) M1 - U3

Specialist Teacher - SEND Unit/Gateway job summary

This role focuses on teaching pupils working significantly below age-related expectations, broadly in line with the primary curriculum, who have moderate to severe learning difficulties, including significant speech, language and communication needs. The successful candidate will deliver a broad, balanced and highly differentiated curriculum which supports pupils’ academic progress alongside their social, emotional and communication development.

The role combines high-quality classroom practice with strong pastoral care and a commitment to inclusive education. You will play a key role in creating a nurturing, structured and engaging environment in which pupils feel safe, supported and able to achieve their full potential.

We welcome applications from primary trained teachers with experience of SEND, as well as teachers currently working within special school settings. Staff with proven experience supporting groups and whole classes of children in a mainstream setting who are working significantly below age‑related expectations are also encouraged to apply.

If you feel you have the right skills and attributes we are looking for, then we will be delighted to hear from you.

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

St Augustine’s RC High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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 St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1129 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-augustine-s-roman-catholic-high-school-a-voluntary-academy

St Augustine’s is an oversubscribed mixed 11-16 Roman Catholic High School with over 1,100 pupils on roll. From our original intake of 450 pupils in 1963 we have grown steadily in popularity and are now one of the largest Catholic high schools in Lancashire. Our location is enviable. Surrounded by fields, with Pendle Hill as a backdrop, we enjoy a beautiful rural setting. Billington is a short walk from the ruined twelfth century Cistercian Abbey of Whalley, one of the most attractive villages in the Ribble Valley. The school is also a short drive away from the market town of Clitheroe, dominated by its little castle, and the Pendle villages associated with the seventeenth century witchcraft trials. The Ribble Valley is a lovely part of the world, often listed in the “Best Places to Live in the UK” surveys, and despite being largely rural, its population is rising.

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