Oakwood School (Birch House)
SEN Teacher (SEND/SEMH)
Full time and Permanent
To start from January 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter)
Salary starting from £35,000

We are expanding! This is an exciting opportunity to join our wonderful, growing school and work with our exceptional students and staff.

Job Role
Due to increased student numbers, we are excited to be recruiting for a SEN Teacher to join us at Oakwood in our Birch House site in Groby, Leicester and work with our pupils who experience a range of needs including SEMH. The appointed person will establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which students with special educational needs make good academic progress and can participate in activities across the school.

We are able to provide a working experience with children from 10-18 in our nurture provision at Birch House where children join us working at below aged expected outcomes. This role would be tailored to work with an age and ability group to match your experience and skills set.

You will be able to successfully build trusting student relationships and motivate and encourage pupils by providing levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with tasks as appropriate. We are passionate about giving all our students skills that will help them progress and reach their potential within their lives and chosen careers. Experience at KS5, KS4 and KS3 would be advantageous.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and adventurous teacher to join our school. Our teachers are encouraged to take learning beyond the classroom and utilise our 30 acres of ground and woodland to bring learning to life. We have a no blame culture where you are encouraged to be creative in your delivery and thinking.

Applications are welcome from colleagues with either mainstream or SEND experience, with appropriate training provided for all staff

About Oakwood
Oakwood is a SEN School specialising in the education of SEMH students. We are a fairly new school with big ambitions and an ethos of putting every child first. We support a range of young SEMH pupils from the ages of 8-18 across our two sites based at our Oakwood Community School and our Cedarwood/Birch House site within Leicester City.

At Oakwood we believe that treating everyone equally and developing a culture of mutual respect is essential to create a bond between staff and pupils and between pupils and their peers. We also uphold those values that help everyone embrace children whose backgrounds involve different faiths, lifestyles, and beliefs.

We are immensely proud that our staff enjoy their work and enjoy coming to school. We strongly believe that by caring for our staff and providing the right work life balance, you in turn help to produce a happier environment, with a more productive team and a better connection with the students you teach.

Working hours (and everyone really does go home on time!)
• Monday and Wednesday: 8:30am to 4:30pm
• Tuesday and Thursday: 8:30am to 4pm
• Friday: 8:30am to 3pm

We very much hope you will feel inspired to come and be part of the Oakwood team. If you're interested in making a real difference and impacting positively on the lives of our students, we would love to hear from you.

We encourage you to visit us to see for yourself the opportunities we can provide.

How to apply
For more information on how to apply, arrange a school visit and for a full application pack, please contact Mike Sherwin on the below details:

E: oakwoodschool@hays.com
T: 07525 889925


Closing date for applications: ASAP and by Tuesday 9th December 2025

Strong applications may be considered upon receipt