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Specialist Class Teacher - Sparklers EPU

Sparken Hill Academy, Worksop, East Midlands

M1 - M6 / UPR for experienced applicants

Pay scale: M1 - M6 / UPR for experienced applicants
Additional allowances: SEN Allowance
Contract type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday
Job role: Teacher or lecturer
Key stages: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
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Posted: 9 October 2026
Closing date: 12 November 2026

What the pay terms mean

Main pay range (MPS, M1 to M6): The pay range for qualified classroom teachers in maintained schools, set each year in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. Teachers usually move up a point each year, subject to their performance. Academies can set their own pay, but most follow it.
Upper pay range (UPS, U1 to U3): A higher range for experienced teachers who have applied and been assessed to move onto it, often called crossing the threshold.
SEN allowance: An extra payment for teachers in a special school or a role that mainly involves teaching pupils with special educational needs.

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About the job

We are looking for:

A qualified teacher with successful experience of teaching pupils with autism, speech, language and communication needs or other neurodivergent profiles, ideally in EYFS or Key Stage 1.
A practitioner with a strong understanding of child development, early communication and sensory needs, and of approaches such as TEACCH, Attention Autism, PECS, Makaton, Intensive Interaction and Zones of Regulation (or a real enthusiasm to train in them).
A calm, patient and neurodiversity-affirming educator who builds trusting relationships and sees the strengths in every child.
A confident team leader who can direct, coach and support a team of teaching assistants.
An excellent communicator who can work in genuine partnership with parents and carers, colleagues, other schools and external agencies.
Someone with a working knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice, EHC plans and the graduated approach, and the organisational skills to manage reviews, records and paperwork well.
A commitment to raising standards and ensuring every child reaches their full potential.

About Sparken Hill Academy

Type of school: Academy converter
Phase: Primary, with nursery classes
Ages: 3 to 11
Pupils: 556 (room for 575)
Free school meals: 41.5% of pupils
Trust: Sparken Hill Academy Trust
Local authority: Nottinghamshire
Address: Sparken Hill, Worksop, S80 1AW
Website: Sparken Hill Academy website

Last inspected by Ofsted on 3 March 2023, before report cards were introduced. Read the report

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