Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Oakfield Short Stay School Primary South, Belle Vue Road, Earl Shilton, LE9 7PA- currently with pending move to Blaby.

Worker Category: Field Based Worker 

Salary: Main Scale 3 – UPS - SEN1 (with potential to add TLR2a for future responsibilities) 

Working Hours: 32.5 per Week Term Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date:  8th February 2026

Interview Date(s): w/c 23^rd February 2026

About Us: Oakfield Short Stay Primary is a dynamic and vibrant 30-place pupil referral unit. We are dedicated to ensuring every child achieves success and realises their potential. Our primary school operates across two bases, providing a supportive and engaging environment for pupils who join us following a permanent exclusion or dual registration.

Role Overview:  As a Class Teacher at Oakfield Short Stay School, you will be central to our mission of supporting and inspiring learners with Social, Emotional and Mental health (SEMH) and Communication and Interaction (C&I) needs. You will teach a small group of pupils, delivering a creative, engaging curriculum designed to capture interest, build confidence and support meaningful progress.

Once established in post, there will be opportunities to contribute to outreach work across the county, working alongside mainstream settings to observe pupils, offer professional guidance and support the maintenance of placements. This aspect of the role will involve acting as a Local Authority officer, providing practical recommendations and tailored strategies to meet pupils’ needs in inclusive environments.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

Who we are looking for: 

• An inspiring teacher who takes responsibility for planning, preparing and delivering engaging, high‑quality lessons to a small group of learners, recognising and responding to differing levels of ability and needs.
• A person with an ability to create a safe, supportive and inclusive learning environment that motivates learners, builds confidence, and fosters a positive attitude and lasting love for learning. Equipping pupils with the skills they need to successfully transition into their next school placement.
• Experience working with children and young people who present with SEND, SEMH and C&I needs is essential, demonstrating a commitment to inclusion and belonging, ensuring all pupils feel valued and supported.
• We welcome applications from passionate teachers who can bring additional curriculum strengths- such as sport, art, music or other creative disciplines to enrich our provision.
• The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with strong leadership skills and the ability to lead and inspire a team through upholding our core values of Resilience, Respect, Reflective and Remarkable. 
• Many of our pupils present with challenging behaviour and we are seeking someone who can demonstrate empathy, emotional intelligence and a genuine ability to build meaningful, trusting relationships with learners who have complex needs.
• We are looking for a candidate with a proven willingness to engage with professional development, alongside teaching responsibilities. In time, the successful candidate will provide outreach support, observing pupils in various settings and offering tailored recommendations and advice to support inclusion in our mainstream primary schools.

At Oakfield Short Stay School, we believe that positive relationships along with strong staff and pupil connections are at the heart of everything we do. If you are a reflective, resilient practitioner who is passionate about making a remarkable difference, we would welcome your application.

What We Offer:

• Unique Learning Environment: Experience a diverse and dynamic workplace where every day is different.
• Professional Development: Access opportunities for professional growth and bespoke training.
• Supportive Team: Join a highly skilled and supportive team of practitioners.
• Make a Difference: Play a crucial role in transforming the lives of young people.
• Opportunity: Options to lead across the curriculum and lead staff teams and develop leadership skills. 

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

Join us at Oakfield Short Stay School Primary South and be part of a team that truly makes a difference!

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Interested? Visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office on 0116 275 9150 or to contact us via email, please click here to arrange a visit. For informal discussions about the role, please contact Rachel Fisher Assistant Headteacher, Lewis Pegg or Craig Collins, Deputy Headteachers, via the school office or email.

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support. 

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

Our Recruitment Process
Our Organisational Values
Our Employee Benefits
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