SEND Teacher - Term Time - Special Needs Position

Danecourt School, Gillingham

• Ref:MED887-7031-183T
• Posted:15/08/2025
• Pay:MPS 1 - 6 / UPS + SEN Allowance
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:17/10/2025 at 11:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Join Danecourt School as a SEND Teacher
A SEND teaching role that’s every bit as rewarding as it is unique

Hours: 27.5 hours per week
Term Time Only: 39 weeks per year
Salary: MPS 1–6 (£31,650–£43,607) / UPS (£45,646–£49,084) + SEN Allowance

Are you a passionate, dedicated teacher looking to make a real impact in a specialist setting? At Danecourt School, we have an exciting opportunity for skilled SEND teachers to join our incredible team and help transform the lives of children with complex needs.

About the Role
As a SEND teacher at Danecourt, you’ll lead a small class of pupils with a range of needs including autism, communication difficulties, and sensory processing disorders. You’ll make a life-changing difference every single day by:

• Delivering personalised learning – designing and implementing creative, individualised experiences that help every child reach their potential academically, socially, and emotionally.

• Collaborating with support staff – working closely with skilled teaching assistants, therapists, and other professionals to provide holistic support.

• Engaging families – building strong relationships with parents and carers, sharing strategies and celebrating achievements together.

• Celebrating progress – recognising the small steps that lead to big breakthroughs, from first words to moments of confidence.

Who You Are
We’re seeking enthusiastic, skilled, and compassionate SEND teachers who are:

• Qualified and experienced – holding QTS and a strong understanding of SEND, ideally with experience in a specialist or mainstream SEN setting.

• Creative and flexible – adapting quickly, bringing energy and new ideas to every lesson.

• A strong communicator – building positive relationships with pupils, families, and colleagues.

• Patient and passionate – bringing empathy, resilience, and a genuine commitment to helping every child succeed.

What We Offer
At Danecourt, teachers are trusted, supported, and empowered to grow. As part of the Maritime Academy Trust, we do things differently and invest in our people. You can expect:

• A collaborative culture with shared expertise across our school and satellite provisions

• A role with real purpose, where every day brings moments of joy and progress

• Protected PPA time, with the option to work from home one day every fortnight

• Clear career pathways and tailored SEND-specific CPD, plus leadership development

• Opportunities to shape SEND best practice through our Maritime Outreach Support Service

• A supportive, purpose-driven team making a real difference for children with SEND

Ready to Make a Difference?
We’d love to welcome you for a visit — come and see what makes Danecourt so special. Contact the school office on 01634 232589 to arrange.

Find more about the role, school, and Trust in the Candidate Information Pack. Apply now via My New Term — we may interview and appoint as applications are received, so don’t delay!

Danecourt School and the Maritime Academy Trust embrace diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and the successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and online searches in line with safeguarding guidance.

Information about the school

Danecourt Special School is part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway . Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills. We are a special school catering for primary aged children who have special educational needs. The children who attend Danecourt have a wide breadth of needs including complex learning difficulties and autism.

At Danecourt our mission is support all pupils to become “STARS” -

S - Self reliant T - Team Players A - Aspirational R - Resilient S - Successful

This is facilitated through pupils receiving a personalised curriculum that is tailored to meet their individual specific needs. The highly trained staff team maintain high expectations of what each individual pupil is able to achieve, striving to ensure that they all reach their maximum potential; celebrating difference and encouraging curiosity and creativity. Staff work collaboratively with families/carers and a range of other agencies in order to meet the pupils needs and as a result, pupils make strong progress academically, emotionally and socially. Pupil achievement is hugely valued and celebrated in a manner that is meaningful and appropriate for each pupil.

If you are interested in becoming a part of the Danecourt community and working with us, telephone the school and make an appointment to come and meet some of the pupils and staff and to experience for yourself the quality of education given to all of our children and the unique atmosphere throughout our school.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Maritime Academy Trust
• Address:50 John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0BG
• Telephone: 020 8858 0394
• Email: recruitment@maritimeacademytrust.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Application Pack