Teacher
Fitzwaryn School, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9ETThis job expired on 16 October 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Jan 26
Closing date
16 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- M1-M6 to U1-U3 (£31,650 - £49,084) - PAY AWARD PENDING
Teacher job summary
We are seeking a dedicated and passionate teacher who is committed to providing the best possible education and life opportunities for all our students.
Fitzwaryn is a very friendly and extremely successful school for 125 fantastic children and young people aged 3-19 years. Our pupils have a range of learning difficulties, including moderate and severe learning difficulties, PMLD and autism.
The school is part of The Propeller Academy Trust. The school was judged Outstanding in all areas in May 2022.
· Passionate, with drive to ensure our pupils receive the best possible education.
· Positive and creative, with a flexible approach.
· Forward-thinking, inspirational, and receptive to change.
· Able to work within the larger school team and manage a small team of class staff.
· Able to respond to challenging behaviour with sensitivity and resilience.
In return we can offer you.
· The opportunity to teach within a forward thinking and supportive team.
· A structured induction programme.
· Excellent professional development opportunities.
· A supportive community and a committed team of staff that are equally determined to give students the best possible opportunities.
· A strong commitment to staff well-being.
According to the staff who work at Fitzwaryn the school’s greatest strengths are:
‘Leadership, Working as a team, Raising aspirations of pupils and parents, Putting the pupils first’
‘Supporting each other. Being adaptable. The pupils!’
‘I love working at Fitzwaryn. I think it is an amazing school because every child is treated as an individual and their specific needs are really treated as the most important thing’
The school is based in modern, purpose-built accommodation comprising of three buildings, including specialist rooms; a Sensory Room, Sensory Theatre, Sensory Gardens, Sensory Walkway, Jacuzzi, Horticulture area and newly developed playground areas.
Experience in a special school is desirable although not essential. Many members of our current teaching staff have come from a mainstream background, bringing immense experience to the school. We have also been successful in recruiting and supporting ECTs who chose to start their careers with us.
We would like to hear from you if:
- You have QTS.
- You have good numeracy, literacy, and ICT skills.
- You have high expectations of children and young people with additional and complex needs.
- You are a team player who can build good working relationships with colleagues whilst leading and coaching the team to further enhance their potential.
- You are flexible, enthusiastic, and resilient, with a good sense of humour.
- You are committed to ongoing personal development.
What can we offer you
- The opportunity to work with a progressive and forward-thinking multi-academy trust, where you are making a difference to the lives of young people.
- Opportunities for development and career progression.
- Induction programme and ongoing CPD and training.
· A range of staff benefits including access to an Employee Assistance Programme
· A workplace pension scheme
- Free eye test for DSE users
- Free flu vaccinations
- Free tea and coffee
- Refer a friend bonus (up to £500)
- Plus a range of other staff well-being initiatives.
- A positive and friendly working environment
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Propeller Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment.
This role involves a high level of contact with children or vulnerable adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check (including Barred List where applicable) and online searches for publicly available information.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or pregnancy/maternity.
About Fitzwaryn School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 125 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fitzwaryn School website
Fitzwaryn is an Outstanding Special School for children and young people from 3 – 19 years old whose Special Educational Needs range from Moderate Learning Difficulties through to Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties.
The school is situated in Wantage, a small but growing market town in Oxfordshire. We have a fantastic, up to the minute, purpose built environment that enables us to deliver an exciting and diverse curriculum for each and every child. We continually strive to further develop our educational offer and in recent times we have added a Horticulture area and a bike track to our outside provision.
The school is organised into 11 classes including provision for EYFS and Post 16. Our dedicated staff team are committed to providing the best possible education for the pupils at the school, grasping every opportunity to provide a rich and diverse curriculum which often takes place outside the classroom. The staff team is committed to further developing their own skills and expertise through the Continuing Professional Development offered at the school. We work closely with parents, carers and other professionals to ensure we are meeting the diverse needs of all of the pupils.
Our vision of ‘through learning to learn, pupils will access society’ underpins all that we do with the aim that all of the pupils who have been with us leave with the skills and knowledge they need to successfully engage in the next stage of their lives and of course with fantastic memories of their time at Fitzwaryn!
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