THE DOVE-SHELL FEDERATION: SEND class teacher for ASD resourced base
St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 4RLThis job expired on 14 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
14 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
Additional allowances
SEN allowance (Negotiable with experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Applicants will be highly organised, flexible, enthusiastic and be able to work as part of an effective and hard-working team. Experience with working with SEND and ASD pupils would be desirable.
What the school offers its staff
- To work within an enthusiastic, established and experienced inclusion team.
- To receive excellent development and training opportunities, for example the understanding of Autism, Team Teach and Trauma informed schools.
The successful applicant will have the support of a unit leader and 3 LSA's. These staff will provide forest school, ELSA and therapeutic interventions. The unit will have a mini-bus and driver to provide the pupils with educational experience in the community.
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.
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About St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 240 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School website
- Email address
- info@st-thomas-moorside.oldham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01616249290
East Crompton St. James’ and St Thomas’ Moorside entered into a hard federation on 1st July 2015 after successfully working in partnership for 2 years.
The schools now have one Governing body who have the legal responsibility for both schools and is very ambitious in its vision for the Federation.
St Thomas’ Moorside CE VA Primary School
St Thomas Moorside is situated within a deprived area of predominantly social housing. The school demographic is majority white British heritage, but with an increasing level of ethnic minority intake. Children largely live in very close proximity to the school. Pupils mainly enter from St Thomas nursery setting, but an increasing proportion are admitted from other nursery settings in the area. The population in school is relatively settled with some movements in or out of school.
The school is a Church of England Voluntary Aided school. The Manchester Diocese RE syllabus is delivered. Pupils attend church for the main Christian festivals and the church’s vicar delivers worship to the whole school weekly. In the SIAMS inspection of June 2025 the school was judged to be living up to its foundation as a Church school and is enabling pupils and adults to flourish.
The current Ofsted grade is Good from an inspection in July 2024.
Deprivation: 53.6% of pupils are in the most deprived 5 to 10% in the country (compared with Oldham Primary Schools average of 30.7%)
Pupil Roll: There are 233 pupils currently on roll.
Groups: FSM/PP: 45% SEN: 2% EHCP, 10% SEN other EAL: 9%
East Crompton St James’ is situated in a large village on the outskirts of Oldham, bordering Rochdale. This is an average-sized school with capacity for 210 pupils on roll from Reception to Year 6 and is situated near the parish church in spacious buildings. Housing is mainly privately owned. Pupils are mainly of white British heritage and most live in the local community. Pupils enter from a variety of nursery settings in the area. The population in school is settled with few movements in or out of school. FSM/PP has risen from 12% in 2012 to 33.3% in 2022 & 41% in 2023
The school is a Church of England Voluntary Aided school. The Manchester Diocese RE syllabus is delivered. Pupils attend church for the main Christian festivals and the church’s curate delivers worship to the whole school weekly. In the SIAMS inspection of June 2024 the school was judged to be living up to its foundation as a Church school.
The school was inspected in November 2021 and retained its Good grade.
Deprivation: 14% of children are in the 10% most deprived in the country (compared with Oldham Primary Schools average of 30.7%).
Pupil Roll: There are 182 pupils currently on roll.
Groups: FSM/PP: 41% SEN: 4% EHCP, 4% Other SEN EAL: 5%
The Federation allows for a great deal of cross-school working, from planning with opposite year groups to lesson studies and joint wider educational opportunities. Staff meetings are held weekly with staff from both
Arranging a visit to St Thomas Moorside CofE (VA) Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@st-thomas-moorside.oldham.sch.uk.
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