Teacher

Windlehurst School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6 7HZ

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 July 2026

Need help writing your personal statement for this role?

Use the personal statement builder (opens in new tab) to get AI-powered support in highlighting your skills and experience.

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS & UPS
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

• At Windlehurst School, we don’t just teach; we connect, we understand, and we empower. We are a thriving secondary SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) school dedicated to providing bespoke curriculum pathways for young people who need a different approach to education.

  We are growing rapidly! With more pupils joining us and our curriculum expanding, we are building a dream team of passionate, resilient, and empathetic professionals. If you want a role where you can see the direct impact of your dedication every single day, we want to hear from you.

• The Role: Delivering creative, flexible, and engaging lessons across our developing curriculum pathways. You’ll meet pupils where they are academically and emotionally.
• Ideal Candidate: Qualified teachers (ECTs welcome) who are highly adaptable, passionate about differentiation, and see behaviour as a form of communication.

What the school offers its staff

• A True Team Culture: We look after each other. You will be joining a fiercely supportive, laugh-together, cry-together team of professionals.
• Professional Development: Continuous training, including specialised trauma-informed and therapeutic practice approaches.
• A Growing School: Be part of shaping our new curriculum pathways and establishing a lasting legacy for Stockport’s young people.
• The Ultimate Reward: The breakthrough moments. Watching a young person rediscover their self-worth and succeed against the odds is a feeling like no other.

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

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teacher Information Pack.pdf - 290 KB (opens in new tab)

About Windlehurst School

• School type: Special school, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 65 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Windlehurst School website
• Email address: alison.holmes@windlehurst.stockport.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0161 427 4788
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/windlehurst-school

Windlehurst School caters for young people, aged 11 to 16 who have identified Social, Emotional or Mental Health difficulties. Many of our young people will have had a long history of failing to reach their potential in mainstream schools. Pupils may have been excluded from school or found the experience stressful. Much of this stress will also have been experienced by families of the young people. The aim of Windlehurst School is to re-engage these young people in their education, through well planned, engaging and appropriately differentiated lessons, designed to meet individual needs. They are taught in small groups with a high ratio of staff to pupils and in a supportive environment. Through our website, I hope you gain a better understanding of what we do at Windlehurst and what we believe. We are very proud of our school and what our young people achieve. We are delighted to share it with you - Chris Ormiston

Arranging a visit to Windlehurst School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email alison.holmes@windlehurst.stockport.sch.uk.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Stockport and Cheshire