SEN Teacher

Outcomes First Group; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading group in providing specialist education as a SEN Teacher at Oak Tree School. This permanent, term-time only position offers a competitive salary and the chance to work in a supportive environment focused on pupil wellbeing and development. Benefit from a unique four-day working week trial and join a dedicated team committed to fostering positive educational experiences.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to increase contributions

'Your Wellbeing Matters' program for mental health support

Flexible Benefits Platform with additional health and wellbeing options

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Family Growth Support including enhanced leave

Qualifications

• Must be a fully qualified teacher with QTS.
• Experience in special educational needs (SEN) is essential.
• GCSE grade C in English and Maths is required.

Responsibilities

• Identify individual learning needs and adapt teaching accordingly.
• Create a safe and supportive learning environment.
• Work with pupils who require additional support and advanced programs.

Skills

Organisational skills

Good communication skills

Ability to work jointly with colleagues

Reflective practitioner

Strategic thinker

Education

QTS status

GCSE grade C in English and Maths

Job description

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four?

Our colleagues' wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we're always looking for new ways to improve everyone's work/life balance. We're taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we'll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there's never been a more exciting time to join!

Job Title: SEN Teacher

Location: Oak Tree School, Truro, TR4 9NH

Salary: Up to GBP40,000.00 per annum (not pro rata)

Hours: 42.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

Start: September 2025

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship

Please Note: This role is only open to fully qualified Teachers (QTS)

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Qualified Teacher to join our close-knit team at Oak Tree School in Truro.

If you are looking to join a dedicated team in a school that will welcome your ideas and forward-thinking to create a positive learning environment for pupils, we would like to hear from you.

About the Role

As a special educational needs (SEN) teacher you'll work with pupils and young people who need extra support, or require an advanced program of learning, to reach their full educational potential. You may work with pupils who have physical disabilities, sensory impairments (i.e., hearing or visual), speech and language difficulties, learning difficulties such as dyslexia, conditions such as autism, social, emotional and mental health needs, or have a combination of these difficulties. You may also work with gifted and talented individuals who need to be challenged further than the standard curriculum allows.

A key aspect of working in this field is identifying individual needs and adapting to that student as well as being responsible for creating a safe, stimulating and supportive learning environment.

Essential

• QTS status
• Experience in SEN
• Attainment of GCSE (or equivalent), grade C in English and Maths
• Use of a variety of teaching styles and approaches
• Organisational skills
• Good communication skills
• A commitment to safeguarding the welfare of all pupils
• Ability and enthusiasm to work jointly with colleagues
• An outstanding classroom teacher, or has the capacity to become one
• A reflective practitioner who consistently seeks to improve their teaching to support learning and accelerate student progress
• Strategic thinker who tailors lessons to students' needs and abilities

About us

Oak Tree School in Truro has recently expanded and developed two new buildings and undergone a successful inspection from Ofsted, allowing us to offer a wider age range of pupils from 5 - 18 years. Oak Tree School is a specialist SEMH provision near Truro in Cornwall.

The school provides full-time specialist co-education for up to 135 pupils and young people aged 5 to 18 who experience social, emotional, mental health, communication difficulties and associated challenging behaviours. These pupils often cannot cope, function or achieve within a mainstream environment. The aim is to provide a structured, nurturing approach, with pupils accessing a broad, balanced and engaging curriculum to meet their significant needs.

This opportunity is in Truro, within commuting distance of Redruth, St Austell, and surrounding areas.

We are part of Acorn Education, offering numerous opportunities for career development. Acorn Education is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we lead in setting and delivering innovative approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

In 2024, Outcomes First Group was officially certified as a 'Great Place to Work' for the fifth consecutive year.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important, so you'll receive an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• 'Your Wellbeing Matters' - access to mental health support services and health checks

Additional benefits through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, include:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• Discount options in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and paid fertility treatments

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will undergo social media checks and a fully enhanced DBS.

Note: We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if high volumes of applications are received.

Work Arrangement: You'll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, providing more personal time. The 4DWW is subject to successful probation and is not a contractual benefit.