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Brookfields School, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6SW

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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 (Can be done as a job share): Standard 32.5 hours per week -Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - 9 - 12 months - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: M1 - M6 / UPS
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance £2787 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for teachers:

• With a passion for teaching children and young people with learning difficulties.
• With experience of working to provide excellent education and opportunities for our young people.
• With a commitment to high professional standards.
• Who are skilled communicators and team players who are committed to developing themselves and others.
• Who show empathy with parents and desire to form excellent working partnerships.
• Who have a UK QTS and SEN Teaching experience.
• Who have the right to work in the UK.

You will need to be willing to work flexibly and independently, and to participate in physical activities and provide personal care. If you are looking for part-time hours, please apply stating what working pattern you can offer.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• The opportunity to work in a special school judged ‘outstanding’ with a highly experienced Senior Leadership Team.
• An environment committed to staff development and growing leadership.
• A school with a coaching and collaborative culture.
• The opportunity to personalise the curriculum.
• Membership of an inclusive learning community with SEND expertise.
• A school where creativity and innovation are encouraged.
• Excellent transport links and free onsite parking.

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.

Brookfields School is part of Ascendancy Partnership Trust, a multi-academy trust with deep community roots across the Berkshire area composed of a family of SEN schools all specialising in learning difficulties.

We are able to offer an exciting opportunity for Classroom Teachers to join our team of dedicated and passionate teaching staff commencing January and April 2026 on a full-time, part-time or fixed-term basis to cover periods of maternity leave.

Our pupils aged from 4 to 19 come to Brookfields with diverse needs, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, and Severe Learning Difficulties. We aim to provide creative and outstanding teaching and learning in an environment that enables all pupils to shine and achieve their full potential through enrichment opportunities and life skills development. We support pupils to go on to lead fulfilling, happy, and as independent a life as possible.

Being a class teacher at Brookfields includes working in a flexible, engaging and creative way, leading a team of dedicated support staff and supporting pupils who need successful relationships with attuned adults to enable them to achieve and access our curriculum. You will also need to take responsibility for planning, preparation, assessment, evaluation and reporting pupil progress. You will need to work collaboratively with other school staff and parents and carers to create and maintain strong working relationships and outstanding opportunities for our pupils.

We are fully committed to supporting the development and wellbeing of our staff and aim to provide a fulfilling environment where you can excel in your professional journey.

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Brookfields School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 19
• School size: Up to 218 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brookfields School website
• Email address: recruitment@brookfields.w-berks.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01189421382
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookfields-school-reading

Arranging a visit to Brookfields School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@brookfields.w-berks.sch.uk.

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