17 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    17 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    30 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

Additional allowances

SEN 1 / SEN2

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualified Teacher – (not suitable for ECT)

MPS/UPS + SEN1/2 (depending on experience)

Closing date: 17th October 2025

Interviews: W/B 20th October 2025

Trinity School is an all age, modern, vibrant special school catering for the needs of students who have a wide range of learning difficulties, moderate, severe, profound and complex. A number of our pupils also have an autism spectrum condition (ASC).

Applications are invited for this key post in our successful and friendly School. The Governors of Trinity School wish to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated teacher to work at school. We cater for pupils with severe and multiple learning difficulties aged between 3-19. A large proportion of our pupils have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Condition.

If you are a highly motivated, experienced and successful teacher who has the qualities to be a key part of our team, you are the person that we are looking for. Experience of working in specialist SEN settings would be advantageous. We are also to committed to developing Early Career Teachers who have passion and commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

Candidates must be:

  • Able to teach highly engaging and differentiated lessons
  • Able to teach confidently across ASC and PMLD pedagogies
  • Be confident to teach work across the four departments within the school (Primary, Secondary, FEC, LLC)
  • Be willing to take part in training
  • Motivated to ensure that pupils get the very best from their lessons
  • Able to direct and lead teams of teaching assistants to support pupils in lessons effectively

Candidates must have a deep commitment to ensuring that the standards of provision at Trinity School are maintained and developed in response to our commitment to provide the children and their families the best service possible.

All applications should be made on the Trinity School application form available from the school website on:

https://trinityschool.face-ed.co.uk/Vacancies

CVs will not be accepted and should not be submitted

Only those applicants that are shortlisted will be notified of the interviews

Trinity School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All shortlisted candidates will undergo online searches, and their referees contacted prior to the interview.

An enhanced criminal record check via the DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check will be undertaken on all applicants.

Right to Work Disclaimer

Please note that Trinity School is unable to offer employment sponsorship. Therefore, we can only consider applications from candidates who already have the legal right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

If you are applying under a visa that permits employment, you will be required to provide a valid immigration status and share your immigration code at the interview stage to verify your right to work.

What the school offers its staff

Trinity School is an all age, modern, vibrant special school catering for the needs of students who have a wide range of learning difficulties, moderate, severe, profound and complex. A number of our pupils also have an autism spectrum condition (ASC).

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

About Trinity School

School type
Special school, ages 3 to 19
School size
319 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Trinity is a very large special school in Barking and Dagenham and we serve the special educational needs of over 290 disabled children and young people. We are an all-through School for pupils aged 3 to 19.

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