Secondary SEND Teacher – Join Our Inspiring Team at Hazel Oak School
Full-time or part-time
Permanent
Required from September 2025 (or as soon as possible)
MPS/UPS + SEN1 Allowance
At Hazel Oak Special School, we believe in ‘reaching for the stars’—for our pupils and our staff. As a proud and deeply inclusive all-age special school, we are excited to invite an exceptional teacher to join our expanding team.
Our school community is built on the values of Respect, Wellbeing, Growth, Creativity, and Community. If you are motivated by purpose, enjoy working collaboratively, and thrive on supporting pupils with complex and additional needs, we would love to hear from you.
What We’re Looking For:
* Has experience with children with learning difficulties (moderate to more complex).
* Brings passion for developing communication and sensory-based learning.
* Wants to co-create exciting, real-life, developmental learning opportunities.
Our provision is growing, and with it, the complexity and richness of pupil needs. That’s why we need innovative, creative, and nurturing teachers ready to adapt the curriculum and innovate in ways that unlock the potential in every child, at an exciting time in our school’s development.
Why Join Hazel Oak?
A Truly Supportive Environment – We are a school where staff are respected, supported, and celebrated. From peer mentoring and team collaboration to well-being initiatives, we invest in you. Staff have access to a wider range of health and wellbeing support both in and beyond school.
Continuous Professional Growth – With regular CPD, coaching, supervision and career development pathways, we develop talent for future leadership and help you broaden your expertise.
A Family Feel – Hazel Oak is more than a workplace—it’s a community. Staff are genuinely involved in shaping school life and improvement, as part of a collaborative team.
Innovative Curriculum – Our curriculum emphasises life skills, communication, well-being and functional learning. You’ll bring learning to life through play, real-world experiences and meaningful relationships.
Our Vision: Belonging, having fun, discovering our place in the world, building relationships, and overcoming challenges. Learning about life beyond the classroom to shape a successful future.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage those with diverse experience and perspectives. We will happily make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process to ensure equity for all.
Come and see for yourself - we warmly encourage pre-application visits. To arrange one or request more information, email Ellen Barrett at: s501ebarrett@hazel-oak.solihull.sch.uk
For application packs and further details, visit: www.hazel-oak.co.uk
Closing Date: 9:00 am, 15 May 2025
Interviews: week commencing 19 May 2025
Please note we do not accept CVs.
Hazel Oak School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post requires an enhanced DBS and Safer Recruitment checks. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) guidelines, all applicants will undergo social media checks as part of our comprehensive vetting process.
We are an equal opportunities employer and proud to be a school that celebrates difference.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender assignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
The post falls under the requirements of the Fluency Duty (part of the Immigration Act 2016) which makes it a requirement for all public sector workers operating in ‘customer facing’ role to be able to speak fluent English.
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