Key Role Information

Salary
MPS/UPS £32,916 - £51,048 & SEND Allowance of £2,787 per annum
Job type
Permanent
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
09/11/2025 00:00
Interview
12 November 2025
Contract term
AYR - All year round
Pay grade
MPS/UPS £32,916 - £51,048
Department
Teaching Staff
Key stage
Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
Hours per week
32.50
Weeks per year
52.143
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Are you passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children who have complex SEND needs and face significant learning and developmental challenges?

Have you worked in a Special School or Enhanced Resource Provision before?

Or are you a mainstream teacher that has considerable experience and understanding of working with some of the most challenging, yet also amazing and rewarding, pupils in school?

Are you ready to take the next bold step in your leadership journey and become the leader of our growing Enhanced Resource Provision?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Springfield Junior School is seeking an exceptional teacher to lead our thriving Enhanced Resource Provision for 16 children with EHCPs. We are looking for a Leader who has experience of either working in a specialist setting or similar Enhanced Resource Provision before, or a teacher who has considerable experience of working with SEND pupils within a mainstream setting. The pupils in this provision have a profile of ASD and have a hybrid approach of both being taught in the ERP and the mainstream classes. We are looking for a dedicated, caring, passionate and resilient leader to support the provision through the next stage of its development.

Why Us?

We believe in the power of education to transform lives. We’re proud of our strong sense of community, our commitment to inclusion, and our culture of high expectations. We’re looking for a teacher who shares our values and is ready to build on the progress we’ve made. 

As part of QEGSMAT, you’ll benefit from:

  • A supportive network of like-minded professionals who share a clear vision and values.
  • High-quality, ongoing professional development for you and your team.
  • A passionate, committed wider team focused on:
  • Achieving the highest academic outcomes for all pupils.
  • Driving social change through education.
  • Providing exceptional pastoral care and enrichment opportunities.
  • Bespoke support from the Trust’s central team, tailored to your school’s needs.
  • Access to a range of employee benefits designed to promote health and wellbeing.

Who we are looking for?

  • We’re seeking a teacher who:
  • Has integrity, empathy, ambition, and is highly self-motivated.
  • Will champion SEND and pupils with SEND.
  • Relishes the challenge that working with the most complex learners will bring.
  • Can inspire and motivate others to care deeply about our children and their development.
  • Is ready to embrace the challenges and rewards of working in a community with high levels of deprivation.
  • Values collaboration and is eager to work closely with the Trust and wider school community.

Benefits

Employee Benefits with Vivup
Discount for Teachers
Blue Light Card

Skills

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

Good personal organisation and prioritisation in planning and delivering change whilst managing workloadessential
Able to lead improvement and change in order to improve outcomes for SEND pupilsessential
Excellent skills in the ability to use ICT programmes for teaching and learning and for data management and record keepingessential
An ability to use your own initiativeessential
Excellent teaching skills with clear communication to set goals and pupil expectationsessential
The application form should demonstrate accurate and correct us of English language

Experience

Experience of engaging effectively with parentsessential
Experience of effectively meeting the needs of children with SEND who are vulnerable to underachievementessential
Experience of teaching in a diverse range of settingsessential
Experience in Primary Educationessential
Experience of monitoring and evaluating impact of actions

Experience/Knowledge

Knowledge and understanding of using data to identify strengths and areas for developmentessential
Knowledge and experience of working with pupils who may present challenging behaviouressential
Comprehensive knowledge of the Primary National Curriculum and how to ensure that children with SEND have full access to the Curriculumessential
Knowledge and understanding of how children/young people learnessential
Knowledge and understanding of government initiatives and policy direction for SEND
Knowledge and understanding of devising and implementing whole school policies and procedures

Personal Attributes

Belief in the values and behaviours of the Trustessential
Evidence of continuing professional developmentessential
Commitment to equal opportunities and diversity in the performance of dutiesessential

Qualifications

Qualified Teacher Status - Degree or equivalentessential
Good Honors Degreeessential
SEND Qualification
Masters Qualification

Relevant Skills

Able to identify, discuss and report safeguarding issues including child protection with the relevant representativesessential
Able to develop positive, trusting, supportive and appropriate relationships with pupils, families and stakeholdersessential
Good oral and written communication skillsessential

About Us

Our school is a vibrant, inclusive community where the children are at the very heart of everything we do and every child is valued and encouraged to achieve their full potential. We pride ourselves on fostering a nurturing and calm environment where everyone feels safe, respected and ready to learn.

 

Springfield Junior School

Sharon Taylor

taylor@qegsmat.com

Springfield Road
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 0BU
Sharon Taylor
taylor@qegsmat.com

Safeguarding Information

QEGSMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is a criminal offence to engage or seek to engage in regulated activity or regulated work with children, if you appear on the DBS barred list. 

All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. The Trust is also a United Kingdom Immigration and Vetting Sponsor therefore, sponsorship for skilled worker visas may be available.

Further information about our commitment to Safeguarding can be found - https://www.qegsmat.com/documents/safeguarding 

Please be aware, the Trust may also consider performing an online presence check as part of their pre-employment checks. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).