SEND Teacher

About Unity

The staff and governors of Unity Community Primary School, a friendly, inclusive and supportive school, are looking to recruit a highly effective classroom practitioner with significant experience of delivering IEP and EHCP provisions.

Unity Community Primary is a two-form entry primary school serving a richly diverse community in Cheetham, North Manchester. Unity is part of the multi-academy trust Big Life Schools, which shares the vision and values of the Big Life group. Unity is a UNICEF Rights Respecting Gold school and we pride ourselves on our inclusive, nurturing ethos with a strong focus on the wellbeing of staff and children (21% of our pupils are on the SEND register and 4% have an EHCP).

In September 2024 we opened our Hive classroom. The Hive classroom is a time-limited and transitional place for pupils to rehearse skills needed to thrive in a mainstream classroom with a high staff to pupil ratio ensuring a detailed understanding of individual needs. The Hive offers a quieter, sensory-rich, engaging environment for SEND pupils, with communication skills at the heart of all learning opportunities.

The successful candidate will:

• Be an experienced, outstanding teacher of children with additional needs
• Be able to work well in a team and deploy and support additional staff effectively
• Be positive, resilient, flexible and work well in our happy team
• Be committed to and passionate about challenging inequalities and making a difference
• Be able to develop positive relationships with parents and communicate well with people from diverse backgrounds
• Share Unity's vision and the values of the Big Life Group

Unity can offer:

• Teachers’ pay scale M1 U1 £31,650 - £45,646 + SEND allowance (£2,787)

• Culturally and socially diverse families
• A pleasant working environment in a new modern building, less than a mile from the city centre
• A happy, welcoming staff team.
• Your birthday as an additional day of leave
• Opportunities for career development and specialist training
• The support of our MAT, Big Life Schools and the wider Big Life group
• A comprehensive wellbeing offer.

The SEND allowance is applicable while the postholder is working within our Hive (SEND provision). Should the successful candidate be reassigned to a mainstream teaching role in the future, the allowance will no longer apply.