KS3/SEN teacher

KS3 /SEN teacher Apply by: 3rd July 2026 Start date: September 2026 Grade-UQT to M3 + SEN allowance Starting Actual Salary: £28,343 to 44,238 (depending on experience) + SEN allowance (£2787) Location: Pathways School, New Road, Dagenham, RM9 6PH Contract type- Full time position Pathways School is a specialist Social, Emotional and Mental Health school from Years 1 to 11. Pupils receive a sector leading education with access to the full national curriculum made accessible through the delivery of specialist adaptations. We are looking to appoint an inspirational KS3/SEN Teacher for September 2026 or sooner who will be a motivational role model to our pupils to help them make rapid academic progress and enhance their social, emotional understanding. This role is based at Pathways School, New Road, Dagenham, RM9 6PH A unique opportunity has arisen for an innovative, creative and resilient KS3/SEN Teacher to join the team at a special school in an ethnically diverse inner-city area. The ideal candidate will have successful experience of teaching across Secondary, possibly with primary experience, in either a special or mainstream setting. They will have a proven track record of impact in securing high quality outcomes for pupils’ learning and an excellent subject knowledge to teach to GCSE level and possibly beyond. In return you will be supported in post by our trust leadership which ensures that: schools are vibrant, multi-cultural centres of learning pupils achieve highly pupils are happy and love actively learning pupils leave with the resilience and motivation to continue their successful learning the community are proud of our schools and excited by what we can achieve together We would like to hear from you if You have the ability to work with a range of children and young people with additional and complex needs You are a team player who can build good working relationships with colleagues You are flexible, enthusiastic, and resilient, with a good sense of humour You are committed to ongoing personal development. You have high aspirations in teaching and learning for all children and young people. This is an opportunity to contribute to a Trust that is deliberate about how it improves practice and outcomes. Compass Eko Trust is a family of 28 schools working as one system to improve outcomes for every child. We are united by a clear commitment: every child achieving, without exception. Through a knowledge-rich curriculum, strong professional collaboration and a shared commitment to excellence, we support our schools to deliver high-quality education in their communities. Our schools sit at the heart of everything we do. The Trust exists to bring clarity, consistency and support so leaders can focus on what matters most - teaching and learning. Are you an enthusiastic and resilient leader, with the initiative and commitment necessary to ensure good practice is embedded throughout our school? Do yo