Teacher of SEND
Salendine Nook High School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD3 4GN21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2026 (or as soon as possible)
Closing date
16 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
25 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £34,069.00 - £46,940.00 Annually (FTE) Full time, Temporary position - 1 year in the first instance (range is M1 to M6)
Teacher of SEND job summary
Salendine Nook High School is seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and highly skilled teacher to lead our bespoke Cognition and Learning Provision for students with significant learning needs.
This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping an innovative provision designed to support some of our most vulnerable learners. You will work with a small cohort of Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students who are working significantly below age-related expectations, including students working at pre-Key Stage standards and within the Engagement Model.
Teaching groups are deliberately small, typically ranging from 1:1 to 1:3, allowing for highly personalised teaching, targeted intervention and exceptional levels of support.
The role:
You will deliver a highly adapted and individualised curriculum that develops students' literacy, numeracy, communication and independence skills through structured, evidence-informed approaches.
Key responsibilities include:
- Teaching students with a range of cognition and learning needs through highly personalised programmes.
- Delivering early intervention in phonics, reading, writing and numeracy at Key Stage 3.
- Preparing Key Stage 4 students for key GCSEs, adulthood, post-16 education and employment pathways.
- Supporting students to achieve recognised accreditations, including AQA Entry Level Qualifications, Functional Skills and the AQA Unit Award Scheme.
- Working closely with the SENCo, SEND team, families and external agencies to secure the best outcomes for students.
- Helping to establish and develop a provision that is ambitious, nurturing and centred on student success.
We are looking for a teacher who:
- Has a passion for inclusion and improving outcomes for students with SEND.
- Can adapt learning creatively to meet a wide range of needs.
- Has experience of supporting learners with significant cognition and learning difficulties.
- Understands the importance of building confidence, independence and aspirations.
- Is committed to ensuring every student can experience success and make meaningful progress.
Applications are welcomed from teachers with primary, secondary or specialist SEND backgrounds.
Primary-trained teachers are particularly encouraged to apply, especially those with expertise in early literacy, phonics, numeracy and adaptive teaching. This role would also suit teachers with experience of nurture, intervention, SEMH or specialist SEND settings who are looking to make a significant impact within a mainstream secondary school. An ability to teach a range of subjects would be beneficial.
At Salendine Nook High School, we believe every young person deserves an education that enables them to thrive, fulfil their potential and move confidently into the next stage of their lives. This role offers the opportunity to shape a developing provision, work with highly supportive colleagues and make a genuine, lasting difference to the lives of young people and their families.
Join us and help transform futures through exceptional SEND education.
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 Salendine Nook High School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1419 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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Salendine Nook High School is a mixed, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary 11-16 school situated in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Attainment in entry is higher than average in all year groups. Over half of the students on roll come to us with high prior attainment based upon Key Stage 2 SATs. Our students generally arrive with high levels of literacy and numeracy. This means that expectations are high in terms of expected progress over the five years of secondary education. The parent body is also generally very supportive. We are a larger than average secondary school providing approximately 1350 places for students. The school is oversubscribed in all year groups.
The school converted to academy status in February 2012. It is sponsored by a single-academy trust called the Salendine Nook Academy Trust.
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