Class Teacher


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bourne, PE10 9JD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	22 Oct 2026
Closing date:	21 Nov 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and exceptional Teacher to join our successful and supportive team, here at Willoughby Academy.

Willoughby is an all need, Special Academy (2 – 19) for pupils with moderate, severe, profound and complex needs. As an Academy, Willoughby offers a highly supportive learning environment with excellent facilities and as part of the Priory Federation we are able to offer exceptional professional development opportunities, whatever your level of development and ambition.

Enthusiasm, combined with energy and perseverance are a prerequisite; as is the desire to be involved in all aspects of the continued development of a Special Academy, which values all individuals and has high expectations for all stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be;

• A highly motivated and inspirational classroom practitioner

• Creative and innovative, with excellent communication and inter-personal skills

• Committed to maximising pupil progress

• Adaptable and eager to meet the changing demands of the Academy and the needs of all pupils

• A teacher who is able to motivate, lead, support and challenge pupils and staff to be successful

• Committed to the inclusion of all children with special educational needs

• A team player who shares the Willoughby vision

• Able to support specific needs in accordance with the requirements of pupils individual Educational Health and Care Plans

What the school offers its staff

Keen to find out more? A visit to the academy would be warmly welcomed. Please feel free to make an appointment by contacting Susan Burns on 01778 425203.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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