7 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    14 May 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    6 May 2025

Job details

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)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1toM2

Additional allowances

SEN1

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are delighted to be able to announce that we are recruiting. This is an exciting opportunity for an early career teacher who wants to work with Autistic children and young people, to join Woodley School and College.

Are you a values driven, confident and compassionate Early Careers Teacher with a desire or commitment to learning how to teach Autistic children and young people? Can you bring creativity, enthusiasm and an open mind to learning? Are you dedicated to making a real difference to the quality of life of children and young people?

Our children and young people deserve the very best teachers to develop their Communication, Independence and Achievement, and that could be you.

Salary: MPS as appropriate + SEN1

We are looking for an inspirational early career teacher to join the team. You can be trained for any phase from Primary upwards as long as you have the right transferable skills. We are looking for effective and a motivated developing professional with unlimited ambition for their pupils, themselves and the school. We want to make you a great teacher who will challenge, stimulate and support pupils and staff to achieve their best through:

  • Inspiring trust and confidence
  • Building team commitment
  • Engaging and motivating autistic pupils
  • Being a flexible, reflective and self-evaluating practitioner
  • Taking positive action to improve the quality of learning throughout the school

This is a brilliant time to join our school as we are rapidly expanding in our desire to reach all autistic children and young people in Kirklees.

The ideal candidate will-

  • Be an early careers teacher
  • Have some experience of working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN), particularly autistic children or have some life experience of autism
  • Have the ability or willingness to learn how to promote Positive Behaviour Support in a nurturing environment
  • Be able to optimise the use of the onsite resources and facilities to design, deliver high quality and inspiring programmes to students at Woodley
  • Assess and support students using a variety of digital methods to maximise learner potential
  • Contribute to a high performing team through effective people management which ensures accountability and clarity of objectives and which utilises and develops the skills, knowledge and competencies of all staff members
  • Participate fully in personal professional development
  • Uphold the schools behaviours and values at all times


What the school offers its staff

We offer-

  • A supportive working environment on the Woodley School and College site, at an off-site satellite provision in the town centre and a new site opening in September 2024
  • A fully supported and mentored ECT programme with proven success
  • An experienced class team including a full time HLTA who will support, cover PPA and joint lesson plan
  • A creative open-minded wider team
  • A well-resourced and pleasant working environment including provided laptops and iPad
  • A supportive leadership team that values and invests in all our staff by providing a range of bespoke CPL opportunities to support you to meet the needs of our pupils
  • A school committed to its children and families
  • Great staff benefits and a friendly nurturing environment
  • An ethos based on improving the Quality of Life for its students and staff
  • The support, advice and guidance from a comprehensive in school therapy team including SaLT, Sensory OT, Positive Behaviour Support, Music therapy and Art therapy


Further details about the role

Visits to the school are essential, please call 01484 223937 to make an appointment.

For information on our school, please visit the website -www.woodleyschool.org.uk/

Completed forms must be returned by email to recruitment@woodleyschool.org.uk or by post to the address below no later than 9am on Wednesday 14 May 2025.

If shortlisted, Interviews will be held W/C Monday 19 May 2025 with commencement required from 01 September 2025.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@woodleyschool.org.uk

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Additional documents

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

About Woodley School and College

School type
Special school, ages 5 to 19
School size
158 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 19
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01484223937

Woodley School and College is a supportive and progressive establishment who invests heavily in growing and developing its staff at all levels. We are delighted that two of our senior leaders have successfully secured promotions and a further one moving on into retirement. This, combined with the rapid growth of the school means we now have various exciting senior leader opportunities. We are enthusiastic to fill with talented and dedicated colleagues.

Arranging a visit to Woodley School and College

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

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