About The Role
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Full Time
Number of Positions: 1
Qualifications Required: Qualified Teacher Status
Start Date: 1st January 2027 or sooner
Salary: £32,916 - £51,048 per annum
North Ridge is an Outstanding specialist high school for pupils with persistent and complex special educational needs, aged 11-19 years. The school operates across two sites, including a 6th Form Hub in Cheetham Hill. The ethos is positive, caring and teamwork oriented.
About the Candidate
The successful applicant will have experience teaching pupils with a range of learning disabilities and associated needs, with a particular emphasis on experience with pupils with very severe learning difficulties (PMLD). They will be enthusiastic, hardworking and committed to the school motto of "do your best".
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead teaching within own class or small group, using a primary school model.
- Design and deliver dynamic, hands on, imaginative lessons and apply a spiral curriculum that builds and reinforces knowledge through repetition and exploration.
- Take on the role of curriculum coordinator if not an Early Career Teacher, leading whole school development in a subject area.
- Collaborate with experienced colleagues, contribute to staff development and training programmes, and maintain high professional standards.
- Support pupils in developing social and life skills to become confident, independent young adults and active community members.
Qualifications
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- Experience working with pupils with learning disabilities, especially PMLD.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Safeguarding
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK. We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
How to Apply
To apply for this role, download the application form and email it to .
We welcome applications from teachers trained to teach in primary and secondary schools, in both SEN and mainstream settings.
