Teacher
Maple Ridge School, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 5SX28 days remaining to apply
Job start date
13 April 2026
Closing date
14 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 December 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £32,916-£45,352
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance £2,787
What skills and experience we're looking for
This role is the ideal first step into SEN class teaching for those with excellent classroom practice and a desire to broaden their impact beyond mainstream and into SEN teaching, ensuring that the provision for children reflects best practice.
We are also interested in hearing from candidates who themselves have a strong background in SEN teaching and who believe that they could offer this support to others and are interested in career development.
We are seeking to appoint a hardworking, committed class teacher to join our talented team in April 2026. If you have a strong desire to ensure that children with severe to moderate learning difficulties receive the very best education and support possible – come join us!
What the school offers its staff
We have a strong and capable team of experienced SEN staff who are able to support and provide training for those new to SEN or new to teaching.
Our children currently benefit from the support of a staff team who have a range of backgrounds and prior work experiences and we think this is a strength within our team
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Maple Ridge School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 11
- School size
- 104 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Maple Ridge School website
- Email address
- recruitment@mapleridge.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01256 323639
Maple Ridge School continues to be a GOOD school. Parents describe the school as ‘amazing’ because they see their children make such strong progress. The talented staff team are proud to work at the school. (OFSTED October 2022)
We are a school for pupils aged 4-11 years old. All of our children have learning difficulties, and most have autism, and we are currently developing our provision for children with more severe and complex learning difficulties in response to the level of need in our local area.
At Maple Ridge School, we aim to make a difference to all of our pupils and their families by ensuring that children are happy, feel safe and enjoy their school experience.
We provide an individually tailored education to prepare them for life ahead, by enabling children to have the confidence and self-esteem to be ready to learn. We focus on developing self-awareness, social interaction and communication skills.
Our vision is to provide all children with the opportunity to reach their potential and be as independent as possible, equipped with the necessary skills to be positively included in the local community and the wider society.
Maple Ridge has an extremely effective Home/School support provision. Maple Ridge provides outreach for mainstream provisions in the community.
At Maple Ridge we aim to:
• Provide opportunities for the staff to further develop their skills and expertise
• Reward achievement, however small
• Teach children to reflect on their own actions and successes
• Be role models in the way in which we behave towards each other
• Be approachable and accessible to children and their parents
• Maintain regular contact with parents and keep them informed of their child’s progress
• Ensure effective teamwork within school and effective partnerships within the community
• Be a centre of expertise providing support to the wider community
We aim to provide a curriculum which will:
• Enable pupils to interact and communicate with a wide range of people, teaching communication support systems where necessary
• Encourage pupils to apply their learning into real life situations
• Increase pupils' awareness and understanding of their environment and the world
• Comprise suitably differentiated and achievable work activities
• Enable pupils to express preferences, communicate needs appropriately, make choices and make decisions
Arranging a visit to Maple Ridge School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@mapleridge.hants.sch.uk.
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