Teacher
Forest Moor School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2RA21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
9 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
18 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Key stage
- Key stage 2
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £34,609.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS - Dependant on experience
Teacher job summary
Classroom Teacher - Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
Pay Scale: MPS / UPS
Are you an inspirational educator with the resilience, creativity and empathy to transform young lives?
Forest Moor School is seeking a dedicated Classroom Teacher to deliver a high-quality, nurture-based thematic curriculum to pupils with SEMH needs.
Forest Moor School is a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) school based at Menwith Hill, just outside of Harrogate. It is a Key Stage 2 - 4 provision with around 96 students on role in beautiful surroundings. Our aim is to provide the best possible care and education that we can for children and young people with SEMH needs. Unconditional Positive Regard is at the centre of what we do and we are an academy that is welcoming, caring, safe, warm and believes that all its pupils can be supported and empowered to succeed.
In this role, you will lead curriculum delivery in a specialist setting, building positive professional relationships grounded in unconditional positive regard. You will work alongside a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team to create individual learning plans, remove barriers to learning and support pupil reintegration.
Key Responsibilities
Nurturing Environment: Provide a safe, secure educational setting based on nurture principles.
Creative Curriculum Delivery: Plan and teach a thematic curriculum tailored to pupils' needs, including potential qualifications up to GCSE level.
Targeted Assessment: Baseline assess pupils alongside the SENCO to establish specialist Pupil Profiles and individual learning plans.
Pastoral & Leadership Support: Act as a cohort tutor, supervise support staff, and liaise closely with senior managers and care teams.
Requirements
Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS / QTLS) is essential.
Experience: Proven experience developing and monitoring learning and behaviour programmes for young people with specific support needs. English subject knowledge would be a bonus
Knowledge: Sound understanding of current social inclusion approaches, SEN/SEMH legislation and barriers facing young people at risk of exclusion.
Core Skills: Outstanding communication skills, strong teamworking abilities, and high levels of versatility, creativity and personal resilience.
This position would suit individuals who are passionate about making a real difference to students’ life chances and supporting them in achieving their potential in essential life skills and qualification routes, both of which are a high priority here at Forest Moor.
Why Join Us?
At Forest Moor School, you will play a key role in developing pedagogy that directly impacts young people's social and emotional wellbeing. We offer a supportive, highly collaborative working environment committed to continuous professional growth.
To apply, please click Apply Now and submit your application form demonstrating clear, concise examples of how you meet the essential criteria. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.
If you would like to discuss or find out more about this post, please contact Alec Scott, Vice Principal, at Forest Moor School, via email a.scott@forestmoor.org.uk
Closing date for applications is 9.00am, Friday 9 October 2026
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.
Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.
Further information about the job
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Forest Moor School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 9 to 16
- Size
- 128 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
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- Website
- Forest Moor School website
Forest Moor is an SEMH special based at Menwith Hill, just outside of Harrogate. It is a Key Stage 2 – 4 provision with around 96 students on role in beautiful surroundings and now with a lovely building that is continuing to be refurbished to suit the needs of our students.
Our aim is to provide the best possible care and education that we can for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Unconditional Positive Regard is at the centre of what we do and we are creating an academy that is welcoming, caring, safe, warm and believes that all its pupils can be supported and empowered to succeed. We are creating individual and personalised pathways for our students that are built around their varied needs which will help them achieve positive outcomes and prepare them for their onward destinations into continuing education, work or training. In order to achieve this, we have developed a curriculum that provides opportunities for academic progression as well as vocational learning, whilst being engaging, creative, and innovative.
We see strong relationships as the key to our success – with students, parents, carers and the wider community and we ensure that our school is a welcoming safe place for children to learn and prosper. We believe in working closely with our families and carers and welcome their support, but also realise that at times they will need our support too. We work closely with other agencies and schools to make sure we do all we can to make learning and life the best it possibly can be.
Forest Moor and the wider Trust places a huge emphasis on professional development and invests significantly in staff training at all levels. This means that, although experience of working in an SEMH setting would be an advantage, specialist support and training will be provided for outstanding candidates wishing to make the career fulfilling move into special education.
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