Teacher (or HLTA) of SEND

Greyfriars Catholic School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 3DR

25 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  9 January 2025

• Closing date

  12 June 2025 at 4pm

• Date listed

  18 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Education Needs (SEN)
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS1 - MPS4

Teacher (or HLTA) of SEND job summary

Job Description for Teacher (or HLTA) of SEND

Purpose of the Role

The prime purpose of this role is to:

• Deliver high-quality, aspirational teaching, intervention, and support for students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), ensuring they achieve personal and academic success.

• Plan and deliver lessons, interventions, and support programmes that promote academic excellence, personal development, confidence, and resilience.

• Contribute to the wider development of an inclusive and aspirational culture across Greyfriars Catholic School.

Reporting to: SENCO
Liaising with: Headteacher, Senior Leaders, SENCO and Inclusion Team, Teaching and Support Staff, MAC representatives, external agencies, and parents
Salary: TMS/UPS for teachers; appropriate scale for HLTA
Disclosure Level: Enhanced

Key ResponsibilitiesStrategic Planning and Curriculum Development

• Contribute to the development and delivery of an ambitious, inclusive, and tailored curriculum for students with SEND.

• Plan and prepare lessons and interventions, specifically, phonics interventions, that are differentiated to meet a range of complex needs, fostering confidence, independence, and aspiration.

• Assist with curriculum development projects to ensure the curriculum remains inclusive and responsive.

Teaching, Learning and Intervention

• Deliver high-quality teaching and intervention sessions to students with SEND, ensuring clarity, compassion, and high expectations.

• Monitor and assess student progress carefully and adapt teaching methods to maximise outcomes.

• Use literacy, numeracy, oracy, and digital literacy strategies within teaching to promote broader development.

• Support learning through specialised interventions or small-group teaching.

Pastoral Care and Safeguarding

• Promote the personal, academic, and spiritual development of students with SEND.

• Act as a key adult or Form Tutor for SEND students where appropriate, promoting resilience, courage, integrity, and compassion.

• Maintain full compliance with safeguarding and child protection procedures, integrating safeguarding priorities into everyday work.

Communication and Collaboration

• Build strong, supportive relationships with students, parents, and external agencies.

• Communicate regularly with parents and carers regarding student progress, well-being, and next steps.

• Collaborate with teaching and support colleagues to ensure a consistent, inclusive approach across the school.

Quality Assurance and Student Progress

• Monitor, assess, and report on the progress and achievements of students with SEND.

• Use data and feedback to inform next steps and improve provision.

• Contribute to whole-school quality assurance processes as directed by the SENCO or Senior Leadership Team.

Person Specification

Essential	Desirable
QTS or HLTA qualification and experience	Additional SEND qualifications (e.g., National SENCO Award)
Experience teaching or delivering interventions to SEND students	Experience delivering literacy, numeracy, or communication interventions
Strong understanding of SEND Code of Practice	Experience working in a high-performing SEND team
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire students	Experience planning bespoke programmes for complex SEND needs
Alignment with Greyfriars’ ethos: championing every student to flourish individually and collectively	Familiarity with digital tools to support SEND learning
Optimistic outlook that recognises the complexity of working in schools but the joy that is at the centre of such important work
Knowledge of up-to-date safeguarding, child protection practice and legislation with a willingness to uphold and promote fundamental British values

How this is identified

• Application form/supporting statement

• Interview/presentation

• Review of interview tasks

• References

References

• Positive recommendation in at least two professional references

Notes:

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.

Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employees who develop a disabling condition.

This job description is current at the date shown, but following consultation with you, may be changed by Management to reflect or anticipate changes in the job which are commensurate with the salary and job title.

The above responsibilities are subject to the current School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document and the Catholic Education Service Contract.

This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct a particular amount of time to be spent on carrying them out. In allocating time to the performance of duties and responsibilities, the post.

Commitment to safeguarding

Greyfriars Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant for any position will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the DBS (disclosure and barring system) and appropriate Right to Work clearances and our recruitment and selection practice

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Greyfriars Catholic School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 687 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Greyfriars Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-gregory-the-great

We are a Catholic school that champions each and every student so they can flourish individually and collectively.

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