UET Specialist Resource Base Lead Teacher for SEMH Specialist Resource Base

Magdalen Academy, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE34 3BU

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026 or as soon as possible after

• Closing date

  12 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  21 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Pay Scale to Upper Pay Scale
• Additional allowances:

  + SEN £2,787

UET Specialist Resource Base Lead Teacher for SEMH Specialist Resource Base job summary

UET Specialist Resource Base Lead Teacher

for SEMH Specialist Resource Base - Magdalen

• Salary: Qualified Teachers Pay Scales: Main Pay Scale (MPS) to Upper Pay Scale (UPS) and SEN allowance £2,787
• Required January 2026 or as soon as possible after
• 1.0fte
• Permanent
• Interview Wednesday 19th November

Are you passionate about developing system leading SEMH friendly practice and support to SEMH children? 

Based at Magdalen Academy, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the delivery of the Academy’s SEMH Base, part of Norfolk’s Specialist Resource Base (SRB) programme in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and in line with the School/Academy’s Service Level Agreement with Norfolk County Council.

This role involves maintaining the highest standards of teaching, learning, specialist support and safeguarding for the pupils within the SEMH Base, enabling pupils to make accelerated progress and to meet their special educational needs and managing a staff team of teaching and support staff within the SEMH Base, providing inspirational leadership which enables individuals to operate at their best, supporting their continued professional development in a cycle of continuous improvement.

The main responsibility of this role will be:

•               To lead the delivery of the Academy’s SEMH Base, part of Norfolk’s Specialist Resource Base (SRB) programme in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and in line with the Academy’s Service Level Agreement with Norfolk County Council.

•               To promote and support communication between the SEMH Base and the mainstream school to enhance understanding of and provision for SEMH learners within the mainstream school.

•               To maintain the highest standards of teaching, learning, specialist support and safeguarding for the pupils within the SEMH Base, enabling pupils to make accelerated progress and to meet their special educational needs.

•               To manage a staff team of teaching and support staff within the SEMH Base, providing inspirational leadership which enables individuals to operate at their best, supporting their continued professional development in a cycle of continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate will have:

•               Degree

•               Post graduate qualification in teaching e.g. PGCE

•               Experience of quality 1st teaching / outstanding teaching in the relevant phases of education

•               Knowledge and understanding of SEN CoP (2015) and the Equalities Act (2010)

•               Theory and practice of providing effectively for the individual needs of all students

•               The monitoring, assessment, recording and reporting of pupils’ progress

 

If you would like an informal chat about this exciting role, please contact Louise Arrowsmith Executive Headteacher by email on head@mag.unity-ed.uk for an informal friendly chat.

How to apply

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No CVs accepted – Please complete an official application form if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates are advised that they may be subject to an online check from information in the public domain.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications irrespective of race, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation and/or age. We value the individuality and creativity that every worker potentially brings to the workforce.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

This post will come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

Unity Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time ahead of the closing date if there is a good level of response. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application as early as possible.

We also reserve to right to interview shortlisted candidates ahead of the closing date.

 

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

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CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Magdalen Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 47 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Magdalen Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/magdalen-academy

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