Unqualified Teacher for SEND Hub provision
Full time – permanent contract
Start date: September 2025 (subject to satisfactory clearance checks)
Are you a graduate who has an interest in working with children with SEND but wants more experience in a school setting before choosing your pathway into a career in SEND provision or into teaching??
Are you enthusiastic, creative and have a drive to make a difference in the life of every child?
If so, this is a perfect role for starting you on your journey.
St John’s is a mainstream school and serves the community of Sparkhill. All are welcome at our school; we believe that every child deserves a learning experience that allows them to flourish and thrive. We have a strong inclusion policy, but acknowledge that some of our children may need additional support and so currently have two enhanced learning provision hubs within our school. We are looking to appoint an unqualified teacher to work in our ‘Sparkler’s hub’.
What does the role look like?
- Working as a member of the SEND team, to lead the provision in the Sparkler’s hub.
- Planning a fully specialised curriculum to support the learning and progress of all students who have barriers to learning within the SEND framework, particularly those with ASD and Communication Difficulties.
- Assessing progress to make sure each child is on an appropriate pathway.
- Communicating with parents regularly to build good relationships and inform them of progress.
- Working in a designated hub classroom, with a class of up to 6 children and a team of 3 to 4 adults.
What can we offer you?
- A caring ethos where we value the fact that we are ‘all different, all equal, all growing together’
- A positive and dedicated team of staff who want to make a difference to children’s lives
- An environment where pupil and staff well-being are given a high priority,
- Support from the SENDCO, the assistant SENDCO and the EYFS team with planning, assessment, and training need to ensure the provision matches the children’s needs and is ambitious.
- 10% of teaching time allocated to Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) plus an additional 10% for career development or training. (This amounts to one day a week non-contact time).
- Advice from outside agencies: CAT, Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, Behaviour support. Educational Psychologist and support from the SEND team to implement strategies.
- Investment in quality CPD - the school supports staff who wish to gain further qualifications and experience. In this role, training would also include relevant SEND approaches and interventions e.g. PECS, Little Wandle phonics, Team Teach etc
- A career pathway into teaching - we have a strong mentor team that can support you with your next steps.
To download further information and an application pack, please visit our website: www.st-johns-pri.bham.sch.uk or email enquiry@st-johns-pri.bham.sch.uk
Informal visits are welcome. Please ring 0121 6751469 to arrange a visit.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. https://www.st-johns-pri.bham.sch.uk/safeguarding/
Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/st-johns-cofe-primary/UploadedDocument/473208dd-aa24-4d68-83c7-fe79d23ee591/recruitment-of-ex-offenders-policy.pdf
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 14th May 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Interview Date; Week beginning Monday 19th May 2025
