Teacher – Fixed Term

Are you a proactive Teacher looking to enhance your career in Special Education? Due to a secondment of Two Rivers High School staff across Endeavour Multi Academy Trust, we are recruiting a teacher upon a temporary basis to join our team. As a Teacher you will take a creative approach to teaching pupils according to their educational needs, maximising pupil’s achievement and ability to develop.

Required for January 2026 (or as soon as possible) to August 2026. Applications welcome from Main scale and UPS.
Salary:
Main scale range: £32,916pa - £45,352pa
UPS range: £47,472pa - £51,048pa
SEN1: £2,787pa
Pay subject to experience and qualifications + 1 SEN point (Subject to Teachers' Terms and Conditions).

Two Rivers High School

Two Rivers High School is a generic special school based in Tamworth. We have approximately 287 pupils with a variety of special needs. This is a very exciting time to be joining us on our journey, having retained our Ofsted “Outstanding” judgement for the 5^th time in a row. We can offer a supportive environment with outstanding role models, smaller class sizes and the opportunity to be creative within the curriculum and lessons.

Purpose of the role

At our school, we have four important values that guide everything we do: build relationships, nurture and care, grow together, enjoy and achieve. We believe in creating a warm and welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Building positive relationships with our peers and teachers is key to our success. We also understand the importance of nurturing and caring for each other, supporting one another through difficulties and celebrating our achievements. Together, we grow and learn, embracing challenges and working as a team. We believe that by enjoying our learning journey, we can achieve great things and reach our full potential.

Responsibilities:

To further enhance and develop the curriculum to meet the needs of all pupils giving them the most relevant skills and knowledge to succeed.
To secure high quality teaching, effective use of resources and improve standards of learning and achievement for all pupils in consultation with the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team.
To teach and provide effective delivery of the curriculum for all pupils, across the range of SEN needs and ages.
Support pupils making progress, differentiating where appropriate. To monitor, record and report upon pupil progress.
Produce pupil SEN passports, monitor pupil social communication development, contribute to provision mapping and annual reviews, ILP’s for students.
Guide the work of any tutors (including Teaching Assistants/HLTA’s).
Be able to provide pastoral support and guidance for all pupils.
To contribute to the overall development of teaching and learning across the school.
Willing to develop and utilise a range of specialised teaching approaches. (i.e. TEACCH, PECS, MAKATON, Intensive Interaction).

Teaching:

Use data to plan lessons and learning materials to motivate and support pupils to make at least good progress
To set challenging targets for all pupils, having high expectations for pupils’ behaviour, learning, motivation, and presentation of work by establishing a purposeful working atmosphere
Work in collaboration with Teaching Assistants, teachers and tutors
Take account of pupils’ prior attainment, learning styles and needs and use them to set appropriately targets and learning activities
To promote and develop literacy skills throughout teaching and learning activities so that literacy does not present a barrier to learning
Provide intervention activities for those pupils who need to support to boost attainment/progress or who require additional challenge
Ensure that teaching room, resources and equipment are maintained in good order, with regard to Health & Safety and security of property
Competent in the use of ICT and other technologies and learning resources as learning tools to inspire and motivate learners
Ensure that a stimulating learning environment is maintained in the classroom, including provision of a high-quality display.

We can offer:

A welcoming, stimulating and supportive environment
A focus on staff well-being with staff social events and well-being counsellor
A well established and supportive induction programme for all staff at all levels
Continuing Professional Development
Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Employee benefits - My Staff Shop and Cycle to Work Scheme
Excellent resources, programs and technology to support learning in school
A highly professional team who would welcome you on board
A large and expanding school with high standards and an ambitious desire to better the lives of our pupils and impact further on our wider community.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our team. We look forward to meeting interested candidates and strongly encourage you to visit the school. To arrange a visit please telephone the school Office on 01827 426124

Closing Date for application: Friday 5th December 2025
Interviews will take place: Thursday 11th December 2025

To apply for this position please download the application form from ‘available documents’ or visit https://www.tworiversschool.net and view ‘News & Events, Vacancies’. All completed applications should be returned directly to the Bursar: recruitment.high@tworiversschoolnet

School Address: Two Rivers High School, Torc Campus, Silverlink Road, Tamworth, B77 2HJ. Tel: 01827 426124

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form. In addition, for shortlisted candidates an online search (including social media) will be conducted as part of schools’ due diligence in line with KCSIE (Keeping Children Safe in Education).