Teacher (Inclusion Base) - Haymoor Junior School

The Methodist Church in Britain; Poole; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent induction programme

Excellent pension contributions

Employee Assistance Programme

Long-service awards

Time off during term time

Job summary

TEACH Poole Multi Academy Trust seeks a permanent part-time Class Teacher for Haymoor Junior School (0.6 FTE), starting January 2027. The post focuses on KS2 pupils aged 7–11 with social, emotional and mental health needs, delivering highly personalised lessons within a trauma-informed framework.

You will work with inclusion staff and external professionals to support pupils’ holistic outcomes, uphold safeguarding, and maintain high professional standards in a nurturing environment.

Qualifications

• QTS required
• Experience of teaching in the primary phase
• Enhanced DBS check
• Passion for supporting pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs

Responsibilities

• Deliver well-structured, personalised lessons tailored to pupils' developmental, emotional and learning needs
• Create a safe, nurturing and predictable learning environment built on trust and emotional security
• Use assessment and pupil-level data to track progress through small, meaningful steps
• Adapt teaching for a wide range of abilities, emotional needs and barriers to learning
• Apply positive behaviour approaches focused on co-regulation, emotional coaching and repair
• Build strong, supportive relationships with pupils, parents and carers
• Work with colleagues and external professionals to support pupils' holistic outcomes
• Uphold safeguarding responsibilities and maintain high professional standards

Skills

Early development understanding

Trauma-informed approach

Differentiated learning

Behaviour management (trauma-informed)

Collaborative teamwork

Emotional regulation

Job description

A permanent teaching post in the new internal Inclusion Base at Haymoor Junior School, run by TEACH Poole Multi Academy Trust, for pupils aged 7 to 11 with social, emotional and mental health needs. The teacher leads learning for a small group of KS2 pupils using a highly personalised, trauma-informed approach built on routine and emotional safety, working alongside inclusion staff and external professionals. The role is 0.6 part time, mornings only, starting January 2027. Qualified Teacher Status is required.

What the job involves

• Deliver well-structured, personalised lessons tailored to pupils' developmental, emotional and learning needs
• Create a safe, nurturing and predictable learning environment built on trust and emotional security
• Use assessment and pupil-level data to track progress through small, meaningful steps
• Adapt teaching for a wide range of abilities, emotional needs and barriers to learning
• Apply positive behaviour approaches focused on co-regulation, emotional coaching and repair
• Build strong, supportive relationships with pupils, parents and carers
• Work with colleagues and external professionals to support pupils' holistic outcomes
• Uphold safeguarding responsibilities and maintain high professional standards

What’s required

Registration & licences

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Experience

• Experience of teaching in the primary phase

Skills & knowledge

• Strong understanding of early childhood development
• Understanding of how trauma, attachment and anxiety affect learning and behaviour
• Ability to create highly differentiated, personalised learning experiences
• Relational, trauma-informed and inclusive approaches to managing behaviour
• Patient, emotionally regulated and able to model calm, consistent behaviour
• Works well in a collaborative team and shares responsibility for planning and practice

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check

Other

• Passion for supporting pupils who need a specialist, nurturing approach
• Resilience, creativity, enthusiasm and a positive, can-do attitude
• Demonstrates the skills and professional behaviours in the Trust's Required Skills for a Class Teacher in an Inclusion Base

What’s offered

• Excellent induction programme
• Clear pathways for career progression, from ECT through to leadership
• Trust-wide commitment to staff wellbeing and work-life balance
• Excellent pension contributions
• Access to the Trust's Employee Assistance Programme
• Long-service awards
• Opportunity to take time off during term time