At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver engaging lessons to small groups with complex needs and support their emotional growth.
- Company: Join Solar Campus, a specialist provision focused on inclusive education.
- Benefits: Enjoy small class sizes, extensive CPD, and opportunities for career progression.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with supportive leadership and a focus on staff wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in students' lives while shaping an innovative curriculum.
- Qualifications: Passion for inclusive education and strong classroom practice required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 33483 £ per year.
Role Overview
Working closely with the Head of School, Assistant Head and wider Solar team, you will deliver high-quality teaching to small groups of pupils with complex SEMH needs.
You'll create engaging, ambitious lessons that promote progress whilst recognising that relationships, regulation and emotional safety are the foundations upon which successful learning is built.
Responsibilities
- Deliver engaging and adaptive lessons across the curriculum
- Build positive, consistent relationships with pupils
- Support emotional regulation alongside academic progress
- Work collaboratively with teaching assistants, therapists and external professionals
- Contribute to the ongoing development of Solar's innovative curriculum
- Play an active role in shaping the future direction of the provision
- About Solar Campus
Solar Campus is an innovative specialist provision within The Observatory School, supporting pupils aged 11-16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs whose placements in larger school environments have broken down.
Our pupils are bright, capable and full of potential.
Many have experienced disrupted education, trauma or significant barriers to learning.
Our role is to help them reconnect with education, develop confidence and prepare successfully for adulthood.
Our classes are deliberately small, allowing staff the time and opportunity to build meaningful relationships, understand each young person and deliver highly personalised learning.
Education at Solar extends far beyond the classroom.
Alongside core academic subjects, pupils access a rich programme of vocational learning, outdoor education, preparation for adulthood, enrichment activities and personalised pathways that enable them to rediscover success.
Why Join Solar?
- Small class sizes with excellent staff‑to‑pupil ratios
- High levels of teaching assistant support
- A calm, relationship‑led environment where teaching comes first
- A creative curriculum combining academic, vocational and outdoor learning
- Opportunities to teach beyond the traditional classroom
- Extensive CPD including trauma‑informed practice, SEMH, behaviour, safeguarding and leadership
- Opportunities to lead projects, develop specialist interests and influence curriculum innovation
- A supportive leadership team who genuinely value staff wellbeing
Qualifications & What Matters Most
- Believe every young person deserves a fresh start
- Are passionate about inclusive education
- Build positive, authentic relationships
- Have consistently strong classroom practice
- Can adapt teaching to meet a wide range of individual needs
- Remain calm, reflective and solution‑focused under pressure
- Enjoy working collaboratively as part of a highly supportive team
- Have high expectations whilst leading with empathy and compassion
- Are resilient, reflective and eager to continue learning
- You'll Benefit From
- Bespoke SEMH and trauma‑informed CPD
- Coaching and mentoring from experienced leaders
- Opportunities to develop curriculum leadership
- Support towards future leadership roles
- Access to trust‑wide professional development
- The chance to help shape an innovative and evolving provision
What Makes Solar Different?
- Small classes where relationships matter
- Bespoke curriculum with genuine flexibility
- Strong values‑led leadership
- Excellent staffing ratios
- Innovative vocational and outdoor learning
- Trauma‑informed approach to behaviour and learning
- High‑quality CPD and career progression
- A team who genuinely enjoy working together
- The opportunity to make a lasting difference every single day
- Contact
For more information, contact Karl Blaylock, Head of School, at kblaylock@theobservatoryschool. wirral. sch. uk.
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