Teacher (Specialist SEND Classroom) - 2 Year FTC

Tower Hill Community Primary School, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6NB

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2026 (January start possible for right candidate)

• Closing date

  11 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: M3-M6
• Additional allowances:

  M3-M6

Teacher (Specialist SEND Classroom) - 2 Year FTC job summary

"During our recent outdoor activity day, seeing our Burrow pupils confidently manage bushcraft and archery because of our excellent team was incredibly rewarding. It is really important to us that we work collaboratively to ensure no child is left on the sidelines of school life." School Business Manager.

In this specialist primary setting, your teaching goes beyond the standard curriculum delivery. You will design and adapt learning spaces and experiences for a group of up to 9 pupils with significant speech and language needs, so that they can fully participate in all aspects of school life. Working alongside an experienced team of support staff, you will be the architect of a safe, predictable, and highly supportive learning environment.

What You’ll Bring:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with proven experience within a primary or specialist SEND setting.
• An evidence-informed understanding of adaptive teaching strategies for complex learning and communication needs.
• A collaborative mindset, with the ability to deploy and lead classroom support staff effectively.
• A calm, predictable presence grounded in relational trust and positive behaviour frameworks.
• Strong communication skills to work effectively with parents, therapists, and external agencies.

What we can offer:

• A warm and welcoming school with a pastoral, caring atmosphere and a clear vision
• Hard-working, established Teaching Assistants and a strong, supportive, hands-on SLT
• The autonomy to adapt your classroom environment and routines to best serve the specific profiles of your pupils.
• A quirky working environment, with fantastic outdoor facilities including a large sports field, a forest-school Dell and a Library Bus
• The opportunity to make a significant impact on our children and our school
• The RLT Connection: Professional Security: recognised continuous public sector service and a secure, government-backed pension (Teachers' Pension Scheme); Shared Growth: access to the digital learning hub, cross-Trust specialist networks, and funded pathways for high-quality CPLD; The Whole Person: a formal commitment to considering flexible working where possible, alongside a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family.

If you would like to chat to our Headteacher, either over the phone or to come for a site visit, please do contact the school Office who will arrange a convenient time with you: office@towerhillschool.org.uk or 01993702599.

River Learning Trust and Tower Hill School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We are an exempt employer under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

We actively value the different contributions you can make. We want you to be at your best during the application process; if you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know.

Note: We do not accept CVs; please apply via My New Term. We reserve the right to interview and appoint exceptional candidates early.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The River Learning Trust and Tower Hill School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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.

About Tower Hill Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 186 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tower Hill Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tower-hill-community-primary-school

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