Job Description

High Close School

Wokingham

Salary:

21,294 plus1264.06 LSA (FTE) 18,063.86 plus 1072.31 LSA (Actual) Term Time Only 39 weeks

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Apply by:

31 July 2025

Job overview

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High Close is a successful special school catering for pupils with a complex range of needs including ASD, SEMH and ADHD. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and suitably qualified individuals to provide support to the growing number of young people in our thriving School.


This role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to become part of a highly skilled team and to work with a range of other professionals. Subject specialisms welcome in English, Science, Art and Maths but not essential.


We are looking for people who are able to use initiative and work independently, be firm but fair and build strong relationships with children who have a complex range of special needs. A bright and resilient personality and a resourceful approach to working with difficult young people are essential. Candidates need a calm disposition, willingness to listen and the ability to be assertive when the situation demands it


In this post, we are looking for enthusiasm, high expectations of learning and behaviour and a belief in the capacity of every child to achieve.


So, are you

Creative in the ways you engage with young people Calm and patient at all times Able to build positive relationships at all levels Wanting to make a difference to the lives of young people?

If so you could be the person we are looking for!


This is an exciting opportunity to join the staff team at High Close School in Wokingham, Berkshire.


If you are considerate, a great team player, enthusiastic, flexible, caring and a great communicator then what are you waiting for? Apply now!


When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and . This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.


We may interview suitable candidates before the closing date.


Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. Applicants must be willing to undergo relevant pre-employment checks, including references being taken up prior to interview and for the successful candidate, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance.


As part of your application, you will need to provide full details of your employment since leaving secondary education, starting with your current or most recent employment first and then by working backwards, including reasons for leaving. Please also include any periods of voluntary work and/or training, providing reasons for any periods not in employment, education or training.


Read further about our commitment to safeguarding and our pre-employment checks in our applicant information sheet below.


About Barnardo's


At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.


Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.


Our basis and values

About

High Close School

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High Close School

Wiltshire Road, Wokingham
Berkshire
RG40 1TS
United Kingdom

+44 118 9785767

WE BELIEVE IN CHILDREN AND WORK WITH HOPE TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

High Close School is a weekly boarding residential and day special school catering for young people with a complex range of Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs.

We cater for young people in KS2, KS3 and KS4. We offer a traditional school experience equivalent to mainstream with outcomes that includes recognised qualifications at the end of KS4. We do this in small classes with high levels of pastoral care and support.

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