TEACHER
Permanent Position
Salary: MPR/UPR depending on experience + SEN allowance
“Valued for Being Me” – Join a School Where Every Voice Matters
Are you an enthusiastic teacher passionate about special needs and inclusive, trauma-informed education? Do you thrive in environments that celebrate individuality, nurture, wellbeing, and foster professional growth?
We are seeking a dedicated and keen teacher to join our vibrant, specialist setting which is expanding – where pupils and staff are truly valued for being themselves. Our long-standing governing body provides stability and vision, while our trauma-informed culture ensures that emotional safety, regulation, and relational practice are at the heart of everything we do.
What We Offer:
- A deeply supportive, trauma-informed environment for pupils and staff
- A well-established leadership and governance team
- Opportunities for CPD and reflective practice
- A collaborative, neurodivergent-friendly ethos
- A curriculum designed to engage, empower, and adapt to complex needs
What We’re Looking For:
- An interest in special education, particularly Complex needs e.g. PMLD or SLD
- A commitment to inclusive, relational, and strengths-based teaching
- Confidence in adapting curriculum and communication to meet diverse needs
- A reflective practitioner who values sensory based learning, emotional literacy and co-regulation
- Willingness to contribute to whole-school wellbeing and development
How to Apply:
We strongly encourage you to visit the school when applying. To arrange a visit, please contact Clare Smy via email at C.Smy@rachelmadocks.hants.sch.uk
Completed applications should be sent electronically to Clare Smy at c.smy@rachelmadocks.hants.sch.uk or posted to the school.
Application Deadline: 25th September 2026
Teacher Application Form – Click to download
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Vacancy for three Co-Opted Governors’
Rachel Madocks School – Waterlooville, Hampshire (PO8 9XP)
Join our Governing Body, and help move our school forward, from Good to Outstanding!
Rachel Madocks Special School is a co-educational day school for pupils aged 2 -19 with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties and complex medical needs, near to Waterlooville.
We have:-
• Wonderful pupils who enjoy coming to school
• A well supported and trained Governing Body
• A high staffing to pupil ratio
• Dedicated, professional staff and a huge commitment to continuous development
“Rachel Madocks continues to be a Good school. Pupils are taught by well-trained teachers and support staff”. Ofsted February 2023
We are currently recruiting for Co-opted Governors to join our friendly governing body, drawn from members of the local community. Their important
role is to support the excellent work of the school, be a critical friend and ensure we become ‘outstanding’. We usually meet at school at 5pm. There is now the opportunity for Governors to attend a meeting virtually, if they are unable to attend a particular meeting in person. You would be expected to attend approximately 8 meetings annually.
Job/Person Summary
• Governing bodies have a strong focus of three core strategic functions: Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and direction
• Holding the Headteacher to account for the educational performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance management of the staff
• Overseeing the financial performance of the school and making sure its money is well spent
• Each individual governor is a member of a governing body and all decisions are the joint responsibility of the governing body
• No one governor is not expected to know it all. The strength of a governing body lies in its ability to attract and rely upon members from a wide variety of backgrounds, sharing out the duties amongst its members, and be able to take decisions as a group
• Team work and ability to offer professional discussion
If you would like further information please contact the clerk to governors at clerk@rachelmadocks.hants.sch.uk or contact the school on 02392241818, or complete the application form naming Rachel Madocks School