Teacher (Maternity Cover

Salary: £32,916-£37,101 per annum

Hours of work: Full time

Contract: Maternity Cover

Are you looking for a fulfilling, worthwhile and secure job? Would you like to have a job that makes a real difference? Come and join the team at Paternoster School, part of the SAND Academy Trust, a Trust in Gloucestershire offering exceptional education in our eight schools.

We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more/wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.

We are looking to appoint a Special Educational Needs Teacher (SEN), who has experience of working with young people with additional needs to join our dedicated and friendly team in school. The successful applicants should have a passion for working with children who have special educational needs and disabilities, specifically experience of working with ASD.

If you would like to be part of an exciting opportunity to engage our cohort of learners, you have the ability to see the 'whole' child (including Communication, Language & Interaction, Cognition & Learning, Self Help & Independence, Sensory & Physical and Social, Emotional & Mental Health Needs), and you are committed to the education of pupils with a wide range of learning and associated difficulties this could be the position for you, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date (and time): 30th August 2026 12:00am

Interview date: TBC

Commencement date:
September

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants must disclose all spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings that are not 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 & 2020). An enhanced DBS check will be required for the successful applicant.