Qualified Upper Key Stage 2 Class Teacher

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The Trustees are looking to recruit to the post of Qualified Upper Key Stage 2 Class Teacher

Hollinwood Academy

Teachers’ pay scale + SEN (£2,787 per annum)

Commencing September 2026

Hollinwood Academy is part of the New Bridge Multi Academy Trust. Hollinwood Academy provides a broad and balanced curriculum that enables children and young people from reception to Key Stage 4 to access creative learning opportunities tailored to meet their individual needs. We have worked hard to continue to be at the forefront of successful, innovative curriculum design, with overall breadth and balance, which provides children and young people with autism and/or speech and language difficulties with their full entitlement. As a result, the young people benefit from excellent opportunities in all aspects of our curriculum to achieve and improve their academic achievement, social skills, communication skills, knowledge, understanding, well-being and physical development.

We welcome applications from primary practitioners with a strong background in Upper Key Stage 2 National Curriculum.

The successful candidate will:

• Have knowledge and experience of the upper KS2 National Curriculum, assessment, teaching and learning
• Have knowledge of autism and an understanding of ways in which children with autism learn differently to their neurotypical peers
• Be able to use their knowledge and understanding of autism to adapt teaching to meet the diverse needs of children with ASC
• To use your knowledge of ASC strategies to adapt learning to meet the needs of all children
• To have an up to date understanding of the KS2 National Curriculum to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum and adapt learning to meet the needs of our children
• To be able to use a wide range of communication tools to communicate with children and young people across the school
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to continuous improvement and innovation by delivering imaginative, adaptive lessons that meet the individual needs of children, in line with their Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs)
• Present with the emotional and physical resilience necessary when working with children with a range of complex needs
• Have experience in the enhancement of children’s progress and raising attainment and achievement in all children
• Have experience of assessing and tracking children’s progress to ensure all learners are making progress
• Have the emotional and physical resilience necessary when working with children with a range of complex needs.
• Have the ability to foster good relationships with other staff, children, parents and the wider community
• Be hardworking, organised and proactive in their professional development.

Although based initially at our Roman Road site, all staff are employed by the MAT and are expected to work at any site within the New Bridge Group.

Candidates are welcome to arrange a visit (see below). We would particularly look forward to receiving applications from Trainees/ECTs looking to start a career in the SEN sector.

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.

This post will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. It will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewedhere.

For successful candidates, an online search will be carried out as part of our due-diligence in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023

We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Salary: Teachers’ Pay Scale + SEN (£2,787)

Hours of work: 1.0 FTE

Based: Initially at Hollinwood Academy, Roman Road, Hollinwood, Oldham, OL8 3PT

Commencing: September 2026

Status: Fixed term contract for 12 months

Closing Date: Monday 8 June 2026 (9am)

Interview/Observation: w/c Monday 15 June 2026

School Information: Laura Millard lmillard@newbridgegroup.org or Natalie Gordon ngordon@newbridgegroup.org or Louise Needham lneedham@newbridgegroup.org

Completed application forms via email to: recruitment@newbridgegroup.org