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Job Title: SEN Teacher
Location: Avonside School, Bristol BS4 5PS
Hours: 40 hours per week | Monday to Friday | 8.00am - 4.00pm
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum (depending on experience, not pro rata)
Contract: Permanent | Term Time Only
Start: October 2026
UK applicants only, no sponsorship available
About the Role
We're looking for an exceptional SEN Teacher who is passionate about making a real difference and believes every child deserves the chance to thrive. If you're driven by the opportunity to inspire, nurture, and transform young lives, this could be the perfect next step in your career.
Working with students with a range of additional needs, you'll create engaging, personalised learning experiences that spark curiosity, build confidence, and help every child achieve their potential. You'll recognise each student's unique strengths, celebrate every success, and adapt your teaching to support meaningful progress both in and beyond the classroom.
This is more than a teaching role. It's a unique opportunity to help shape a new school from the ground up. As a key member of our founding team, you'll have the chance to influence the curriculum, contribute to the school's vision and culture, and help create an inclusive environment where every young person feels valued, supported, and empowered to succeed.
If you're looking for a role where your passion, creativity, and expertise can truly change lives, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
- Deliver engaging, high-quality lessons that inspire students and support excellent progress.
- Adapt teaching to meet the individual needs of learners with a range of additional and complex needs.
- Plan, develop, and review schemes of learning across your curriculum area.
- Monitor student progress, using assessment to identify interventions and celebrate achievement.
- Lead the development of your subject area, ensuring teaching remains creative, innovative, and engaging.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across Avonside School and the wider Outcomes First Group to share best practice and develop the curriculum.
- Support colleagues through training and sharing effective teaching strategies within your subject specialism.
- Work closely with the Exams Officer to ensure accurate qualification entries and successful outcomes.
- Teach across a range of subjects where required to support the effective delivery of the school's curriculum.
- Work alongside therapists, Learning Support Assistants, families, and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide a consistent, holistic approach to each student's education.
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What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who:
- Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
- Has experience teaching within an educational setting.
- Can confidently plan, deliver, and adapt engaging lessons for students with a range of learning needs.
- Is passionate about inclusive education and believes every child can achieve.
- Is creative, flexible, and committed to delivering personalised learning experiences.
- Builds positive relationships with students, families, and colleagues.
- Enjoys working collaboratively as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.
- Holds a full UK Driving Licence.
About Us
Avonside School is a brand-new specialist school in Bristol for young people with SEMH, autism, and associated needs. We provide a supportive environment prioritising wellbeing, personal growth, and academic progress.
Our curriculum offers hands-on vocational pathways in construction, hair and beauty, hospitality, art, and IT, building practical skills and independence. We empower every student to gain confidence, resilience, and the skills needed for further education, employment, and adult life.
Acorn Education offers rewarding careers and meaningful challenges while making a real difference in young people's lives. As a leading UK provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs, and part of Outcomes First Group, we deliver innovative, evidence-based approaches that support measurable progress and lasting impact.
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We are really proud to say that in 2025 Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a Great Place to Work for the sixth year running.
Why Join Us?
We place students and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do, so every day brings the satisfaction of making a real difference. We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
Benefits
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase contributions
- Your Wellbeing Matters mental health support and physical health checks
- Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including:
- Health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- Hundreds of UK and international discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover
- Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough, and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.
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