Class Teachers

Teaching Vacancies; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Sheffield is looking for passionate educators to fill teaching vacancies in Pathway 2 and Pathway 3, focusing on students with complex physical and learning needs. The role requires strong communication skills and a commitment to student development. Ideal candidates should have relevant experience and qualifications, including Qualified Teacher Status. The school promotes an inclusive environment that encourages student independence and personalized learning approaches. Training and development opportunities are available for early career teachers. Apply via [e-mail].

Qualifications

• Experience working with children with complex physical and learning needs.
• Ability to establish excellent relationships with students.
• Willingness to learn and engage in professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work as a class tutor for pupils with complex needs.
• Deliver a wide range of subjects to students.
• Foster an engaging and stimulating learning environment.

Skills

Experience with SEND

Strong communication skills

Resilience

Commitment to student development

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Team Teach qualification or willingness to train

Job description

What skills and experience we’re looking for

Seven Hills School has the following teaching vacancies.

Teaching vacancies

• Pathway 2 – Permanent 3 days
• Pathway 3 – Permanent Full Time

Seven Hills School is an inspirational community, nurturing talents and celebrating life. The community is resourceful, centrally committed to providing outstanding teaching opportunities for all students. Students are challenged to achieve their full potential, and teaching is designed to inspire, create activity, curiosity, and engagement.

The school operates over three sites: Granville Road (S2) The Bridge (Talbot/Newfield campus, S8) and Peaks College, Waterthorpe Greenway (S20). The successful applicants will be based at the Granville Road site.

At Seven Hills School we promote curiosity and enthusiasm, encourage independent learning, and develop confidence for life beyond school. The curriculum is built on four foundations: ‘Communication, Language and Literacy’, ‘Cognition and Learning’, ‘Social and Emotional’, and ‘Physical and Sensory’. All foundations are closely connected, each complementing and facilitating the other. All students have independent learning priorities linked to these foundations.

The implementation of the curriculum is made accessible and appropriate by identifying a student’s needs and stage of development, ensuring the learning environment closely matches their needs. Our curriculum runs on three clear pathways, delivered through a personalised approach built upon the four foundations. Students are assessed before entering the school to determine the best pathway, enabling individual needs to be met through the inclusive curriculum. Pathways allow learning journeys to start from individual pupils’ current strengths and needs. The selected pathway depends on the student’s needs and long‑term goals. We avoid rigid placement and movement between pathways is possible following re‑evaluation.

We use the whole range of curriculum subjects to provide breadth of experience and opportunity, maximizing engagement, ensuring personalised access to learning, and supporting meaningful experiences. Teaching styles and pedagogy vary according to the students’ needs, with an emphasis on developing independence across all pathways.

Through our curriculum and extra‑curricular activities we develop students’ ability to manage emotions, relate to others, organise themselves, gather and use information, and think creatively and critically. We nurture, inspire, share learning and celebrate achievement.

In Pathway 1 students spend the majority of their time with their class teacher, based in their own classroom. The emphasis in Phase 1 is on basic skills and a wide variety of educational experiences.

In Pathway 2 students follow a sensory curriculum and learn best when related to concrete experience. Students establish positive relationships with familiar adults, explore the world using their sensory and physical capabilities, and establish behaviours to communicate with others. Learning is through structured and semi‑structured play, functional and topic‑based activities.

Pathway 2 focuses on communication, supporting preferred expressive and receptive methods. Implementation strategies include AAC, Zones of Regulation, play, intensive interaction, Makaton.

In Pathway 3 students follow the subject specific pathway, accessing National Curriculum subjects modified for developmental level and special educational needs. From Year 9 students may be entered for Entry Level exams, following the appropriate syllabus in each exam subject. AAC is embedded throughout the day. Many students find generalisation and abstract thinking difficult; practical activities aid learning, presented in multiple ways.

Students receive creative activities and opportunities to develop cognition and learning skills. Implementation strategies include AAC, zones of regulation, Makaton, colourful semantics, Blank Level Questioning, multisensory learning, SCERTS aspects.

You will work as class tutor for pupils with complex physical and learning needs, committed to providing rich and challenging learning experiences across the curriculum. All pupils at Seven Hills School have learning difficulties and many have other associated difficulties, including communication, behaviour, sensory, physical and/or medical disabilities. Pupils may have increasingly complex needs and challenging behaviour.

Establish excellent relationships with students and deliver a wide range of subjects to students with very low learning is essential. The successful applicant will be expected to teach students with a range of SEND and may have opportunity for specialist subject teaching across the school. Specify areas for high quality subject teaching in your application.

Ideally roles appointed have experience/qualifications within SEND and are enthusiastic, committed and skilled professionals. Colleagues from primary and secondary mainstream backgrounds with a willingness to learn are considered. Early Career Stage teachers are welcome; the school provides support and development for ECTs. An up‑to‑date Team Teach qualification or willingness to train is essential. Applicants should be comfortable working with an experienced team of teaching, support staff and specialist colleagues.

These posts suit professionals passionate about innovation in teaching and learning, especially in the specialist sector. Requires resilient, highly effective teachers committed to stimulating and engaging learning activities, using visual supports to structure learning and classroom organisation.

Please note, if you have recently applied for a Teaching Post at Seven Hills School and been unsuccessful, you need not apply again.

For more information about our school visit www.sevenhillslearning.co.uk. Visits are warmly encouraged and may be arranged by telephone. Further information and application packs can be obtained by contacting Tracy Mycroft on 0114 3802003 or via email at [e-mail].

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 may be subject to checks, including DBS, medical, social media, Teaching Rights, work with children references, and suitability to work with children. You must inform us about any unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.