Teacher, Special Education Teacher

Employer Abbots Lea School Address Abbots Lea School

Beaconsfield Road

Woolton Liverpool

L25 6EE

Website

Abbot’s Lea School is a large and highly successful special school educating nearly 300 students age 3-19, who, in order to thrive and achieve their full potential, due to their Autism, learning disabilities, social emotional and mental health problems, and associated complex learning differences, require a highly personalised teaching and a significant degree of multidisciplinary specialist support.

The school’s vision is to be the International Centre of Excellence for Autism Education, Research and Professional Development.

We ensure outstanding outcomes for all of our students through our unique

Philosophy of Education – The ASD Model © which focuses equally on:

• A – Academic progress
• S – Specialist support
• D – Development of life skills

Our Code of Conduct:
The Golden Rules © expects us all to:

• Be here, every day
• Work hard and be nice
• Never give up on yourself or others
• Stay positive and be happy!

We also operate a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) approach to all behaviours, which means that:

• All behaviours happen for a reason
• There are four basic functions of behaviour
• Appropriate behaviour requires skills; we teach those skills
• We never give up on our students

Job Title Teacher Job Type Teaching & Learning Job Phase Special Educational Needs Location Liverpool

Grade M1 - UPS 3 Actual Salary Information SEN allowance £2,787 per annum Actual Salary Range £32,916 to £51,048 Contract Type Permanent Contract Term Full time Start Date Monday, January 4th, 2027 Closing Date Monday, November 16th, 2026

Teachers at ALS make the safeguarding and holistic education of their students their first concern. They are highly professional in their conduct and accountable for the overall effectiveness of the class they lead. A successful candidate are expected to be child-centred professional, with honesty and integrity at the centre of everything that they do. Actively promoting our school’s ambitious vision, school development priorities and working in line with the policies, they will plan, deliver, evaluate and report on the impact of your teaching.

The Class Teacher will teach all subjects across the adapted and personalised curriculum and will develop their teaching expertise within their own Class, Department and across the school, contributing to a range of projects aimed at making Abbot’s Lea School the best place to learn and work. The role includes line management responsibility of support staff, and applicants should have either previous experience of performance management or, if they do not, have the willingness to embrace this responsibility (with support and training on offer).

If the above information inspires you to find out more, you might be just about to embark on the most rewarding of professional journeys.

All support; guidance and great future career prospects will be available to the successful candidate.

For the post advertised, you must:

• Meet the Person Specification criteria
• Be able to meet key accountabilities set out in Job Description
• Have exceptional and adaptive communication skills
• Have excellent organisational skills – for yourself and others
• Be able to use ICT effectively

We are open to applications from both ECTs and MPS and would welcome those wishing to move from mainstream settings into SEN.

To obtain the information about the post, please visit our website:

Closing Date for applications – Monday, 16 November 2026 at 9am

Vacancy may be closed early subject to suitable applications

Shortlisting:
Tuesday 17 November 2026

Candidates informed:
Tuesday 17 November 2026

Recruitment and selection date:
Friday 20 November 2026 (please allow full day)