Teacher
The Wymering School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3YBThis job expired on 14 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPR £31,650-£49,084 per annum
Additional allowances
£2,679 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Can see the strength in difference; who’s as comfortable thinking outside the box as they are building a new one and who knows that teaching is about connection, not just curriculum.
- Isreal. Someone who understands that behaviour is communication; that anxiety is exhausting; that connection is more powerful than correction.
- Doesn’t flinch at a hard day — and who knows that behind every challenge is a young person with a story that matters.
- Believes relationships are the foundation of learning.
- Who can help us create a place where our pupils feel safe, seen and celebrated.
- Embraces creativity over conformity.
- Finds joy in small steps and celebrates every spark of progress.
- Wants to be part of something transformative, not transactional.
- A sense of humour with a curious, open heart.
What the school offers its staff
- An inclusive and collaborative team
- A school where pupils surprise and inspire you daily
- A school where creativity isn’t a buzzword – it’s the heartbeat
- A place where laughter and learning go hand in hand
- A school and growing trust where you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career and whose ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”
Further information about the job
Teacher – The Wymering School
Full time, Permanent, MPR £31,650-£49,084 per annum plus SEN allowance – £2,679 per annum
September 2025 start date
The Wymering School – where extraordinary young people deserve extraordinary Teachers.
We’re not your typical school, and we’re not looking for a typical teacher. Let’s be honest: this isn’t the easiest job in the world – but it might just be the most meaningful.
About us
At The Wymering School, we’re building something special: a creative community where pupils and staff learntogetherto become knowledgeable, self-aware, independent and happy humans – the kind who go out into the world and make it better, in big and small ways.
Our pupils are neurodiverse, insightful, and full of potential. They experience social communication and interaction difficulties, alongside Speech, Language and Communication Needs, high anxiety, and sometimes distressed behaviour. But that’s not the full story… These young people are also funny, thoughtful, resilient, and brilliantly unique — and they deserve someone that we will create that environment to ensure they progress towards a happy life that they can enjoy.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted we would carry out an individual online search to demonstrate due diligence following the updated ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022' guidance.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Wymering School
- School type
- Free School, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 73 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Wymering School website
- Email address
- HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com
Welcome to The Wymering School. We are a school community where we believe that positive relationships create positive outcomes. ‘Together’ is a word that you will feel and hear at The Wymering School, we believe in the importance of achieving as a community.
At Wymering pupils know that
-we are a diverse community where all ways of being are accepted
-learning looks different for everyone
-making mistakes is healthy and an important part of learning
-we never stop learning
-no ambition is too big
Pupils that attend the WYmering School have an EHCP with a primary need of Social, communication and interaction difficulties ( a neurodiverse profile) and high levels of anxiety and/ or associated challenging and distressed behaviour.
Wymering School’s highly pupil-centred approach wraps around each young person, building on their strengths, their personal interests and the positive aspects of their learning profiles. We overcome possible barriers pupils may face when learning and look for innovative and new ways to help them to progress and develop.
Our curriculum is life skills based and offers practical experiences out in the community and in adventure learning programme.
We know the importance of listening to each family’s story. Our family’s involvement in their child’s education helps us to secure the best outcomes for our pupils. We provide ongoing support for families and carers to feel confident and self-assured in understanding and supporting their children at home and assist them through periods of change and transition.
The Wymering School has a highly committed and skilled staff team who bring consistency and creativity to each day. Our Governing Body brings us high challenge and high support to help us fulfil our ambitions and our stakeholders bring variety and opportunity into our school.
Arranging a visit to The Wymering School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@Deltaeducationtrust.com.
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