The posting
Classroom Teacher - Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
Pay Scale: MPS / UPS
Are you an inspirational educator with the resilience, creativity and empathy to transform young lives?
Forest Moor School is seeking a dedicated Classroom Teacher to deliver a high-quality, nurture-based thematic curriculum to pupils with SEMH needs.
Forest Moor School is a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) school based at Menwith Hill, just outside of Harrogate. It is a Key Stage 2 - 4 provision with around 96 students on role in beautiful surroundings. Our aim is to provide the best possible care and education that we can for children and young people with SEMH needs. Unconditional Positive Regard is at the centre of what we do and we are an academy that is welcoming, caring, safe, warm and believes that all its pupils can be supported and empowered to succeed.
In this role, you will lead curriculum delivery in a specialist setting, building positive professional relationships grounded in unconditional positive regard. You will work alongside a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team to create individual learning plans, remove barriers to learning and support pupil reintegration.
Key Responsibilities
- Nurturing Environment: Provide a safe, secure educational setting based on nurture principles.
- Creative Curriculum Delivery: Plan and teach a thematic curriculum tailored to pupils' needs, including potential qualifications up to GCSE level.
- Targeted Assessment: Baseline assess pupils alongside the SENCO to establish specialist Pupil Profiles and individual learning plans.
- Pastoral & Leadership Support: Act as a cohort tutor, supervise support staff, and liaise closely with senior managers and care teams.
Requirements
- Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS / QTLS) is essential.
- Experience: Proven experience developing and monitoring learning and behaviour programmes for young people with specific support needs. English subject knowledge would be a bonus
- Knowledge: Sound understanding of current social inclusion approaches, SEN/SEMH legislation and barriers facing young people at risk of exclusion.
- Core Skills: Outstanding communication skills, strong teamworking abilities, and high levels of versatility, creativity and personal resilience.
This position would suit individuals who are passionate about making a real difference to students’ life chances and supporting them in achieving their potential in essential life skills and qualification routes, both of which are a high priority here at Forest Moor.
Why Join Us?
At Forest Moor School, you will play a key role in developing pedagogy that directly impacts young people's social and emotional wellbeing. We offer a supportive, highly collaborative working environment committed to continuous professional growth.
To apply, please click Apply Now and submit your application form demonstrating clear, concise examples of how you meet the essential criteria. Reasonable adjustments are available throughout the recruitment process for applicants with disabilities.
If you would like to discuss or find out more about this post, please contact Alec Scott, Vice Principal, at Forest Moor School, via email [email protected]
Closing date for applications is 9.00am, Friday 9 October 2026
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.
Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.
