Maternity Cover Class Teacher

Maternity Cover Class Teacher

Location: Hill Park Special School, Foredown Road, Portslade, BN41 2FU

Start date: 1 September 2026

Fixed term: Maternity cover (duration to be confirmed)

Salary: £32,916 - £51,048 + £1 SEN allowance

Contractual hours: 32.5

Job category/type: Teaching and Leadership

Job description: Hill Park is a specialist school for pupils aged 4 16 with moderate, severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. Some pupils also have an autistic spectrum condition, complex medical needs or physical disabilities, attachment disorders and emotional needs. We are looking to recruit a Maternity Cover Class Teacher for a Key Stage 3/4 class, who has a minimum of 2 years' experience of teaching in an SEN school.

About the Role

• Reflective, flexible and resilient, enjoying improvement of practice
• Interests in individualised learning with a holistic perspective encompassing physical, sensory and behaviour development as well as curriculum learning
• Experience in SEND and/or specialist school settings
• Enjoys working with a team of professionals
• Supports close working with families and builds trusting and warm relationships with them

We take safeguarding and child protection seriously; all posts at Hill Park require a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Certificate.