Job Description
* Churchill Special School, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 0LD
* MPR/UPR (£31,650 - £49,084 per annum) plus SEN allowance £2,679 per annum
* 33.25 hours per week
* Permanent
* Reference: 7184
* Required from September 2025
Join Our Team as a Humanities Teacher at Churchill Special School. Are you passionate about inspiring young minds? Do you believe in the power of education to change lives? Churchill Special School, part of the Unity Schools Partnership, is seeking a dedicated Humanities Teacher to join our vibrant and supportive community. You will be the subject lead for RE, geography, and history and will have form tutor responsibilities; we will support you with subject leadership time and PPA which is the equivalent of 1 day.
Why Churchill Special School? At Churchill, we pride ourselves on creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where every student is empowered to reach their full potential and life beyond their time at school. Our school serves pupils with a range of special educational needs, and we are committed to providing a tailored and enriching educational experience. We are a special school with a unique environment which caters for 72 pupils aged between 8 and 18 working at age-related expectations or just below. Our pupils have language and communication difficulties and high functioning autism. Pupils at Churchill school are at the centre of everything we do. We have high expectations for both behaviour and achievement and see that every learner has a unique personality and talents to be developed. Our learners access a GCSE curriculum from year 9 onwards. Geography is one of the GCSE subjects in our GCSE curriculum offer. Class sizes are either 11 or 12 pupils with a teacher and two teaching assistants.
We recently had our ungraded Ofsted Inspection in October 2024 and we are very proud to have been judged to have taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, which was in 2019 where the school was graded outstanding. Pupils love our school. ‘Pupils love their school as this is a place where they can be themselves. Pupils build important social skills and make friends. Adults support pupils to celebrate their neurodiversity and recognise the shared similarities they have with others, regardless of background. One pupil echoed many others by saying ‘this is a school that any pupil in the world would want to go to’ (Ofsted 2024). Please click on the link to read our report: Ofsted Report.
We are looking for:
* a qualified teacher with a passion for humanities
* experience or a keen interest in working with pupils with special educational needs
* excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* a commitment to inclusive education and continuous professional development.
What we offer:
You will:
* benefit from a two-week autumn half term break
* have access to training and development opportunities through our Teaching School Hub and Unity Institute
* gain support from access to a wealth of experienced teachers across the trust including from the trust’s school improvement team
* benefit from excellent career development opportunities
* have access to our comprehensive staff benefits package including discounted retail, holidays, tech, gym/leisure facilities, and much more
* be supported through our extensive trust-wide wellbeing offer.
Join us and make a difference!
If you are ready to inspire, motivate, and make a lasting impact, we would love to hear from you. Apply now! Applications are welcomed from those who have worked within mainstream and wish to develop a specialism through appropriate training.
To find out more:
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit or for an informal discussion about the role, please contact the school at admin@churchillschool.co.uk or telephone 01440 760338.
How to apply:
Job attachments can be downloaded below:
* Candidate Information Pack (pdf)
* Job Description (pdf)
Completed applications should be made via: Application Link.
Closing date: 9am, 6 May 2025.
Interview date: 9 May 2025.
Unity Schools Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust of 40 schools, with a network of five special schools and approval to open a further two special schools. The ambition of Unity Schools Partnership is to achieve a step change in the quality of education provided by primary, secondary and special schools and that its schools are achieving top quartile performance by 2026.
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.
In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post.
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you would prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we will facilitate this wherever we can, whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We are keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.
Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.
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