Transition Teacher

St Anne’s RC Voluntary Academy is a welcoming and ambitious Catholic secondary school, part of the Emmaus Catholic Academy Trust. Our school prides itself on providing a calm and nurturing environment where students can thrive academically and personally. With a strong focus on pastoral care and excellent opportunities for professional development, St Anne’s is an exceptional place to work and learn.

Recently, we celebrated a historic milestone by achieving a ‘Good’ judgement in both our Ofsted and Catholic inspections, an achievement we are eager to build upon as we strive to be outstanding in all we do. At St Anne’s, every pupil is supported to thrive in a calm, purposeful learning environment where high expectations and strong values underpin everything.

Transition Teacher

Pay scale: MPS/UPS

Contract Type: Permanent

Start date: September 2026

As our Transition Teacher you will work predominantly with Year 7 students who are vulnerable or struggling to make expected progress. Your core purpose will be to deliver a carefully tailored curriculum and targeted interventions that enable students to integrate into mainstream lessons and flourish across KS3.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assess baseline needs and design highly-differentiated teaching and strategies that address social communication needs and other barriers to learning.
• Teach small groups, plan high-quality lessons and model best practice that stimulate engagement and rapid progress.
• Create resources, schemes of work and assessment approaches that support transition into a full curriculum.
• Monitor progress, give timely diagnostic feedback and use data to inform teaching.
• Maintain excellent classroom management and a supportive learning environment that reflects our Catholic ethos.
• Work collaboratively with pastoral teams, support staff, parents and external professionals to secure the best outcomes for students.

This role combines hands-on teaching with meaningful curriculum development. You will have professional autonomy to adapt approaches and the opportunity to make a visible difference in the lives of young people.

About you — the ideal candidate

We are seeking someone who is:

• A qualified teacher with a strong belief in inclusion and high expectations for all students.
• Experienced in planning and delivering differentiated lessons and using assessment to drive progress.
• Confident working with vulnerable learners, including those with SEND or social communication needs.
• Skilled at building positive relationships, with calm, effective classroom management.
• A reflective practitioner who welcomes professional development and collaborates well across teams.
• Passionate about pastoral care, resilience-building and helping students re-engage with school.

If you have specialist training in SEND, autism or experience supporting transition from primary to secondary, that would be a strong advantage — but we welcome applications from teachers with a proven commitment to inclusion and the drive to develop further.

St. Anne’s offers a:

• Supportive and collaborative school that is ambitious in delivering excellent pupil outcomes
• School where the staff embrace our vision and Catholic ethos which is based on respect and dignity
• Very supportive staff network that reflects our Catholic ethos, where Senior Leaders value and appreciate the great staff that work at St Anne’s
• Strong, united community where there is great emphasis on continuous professional development
• School that has embedded strong systems and structures in all areas, which has led to the creation of an exceptionally calm purposeful learning environment that ambitious and where all are safe, happy and can thrive (Catholic Inspection, July 2025)
• School where there are opportunities to contribute to the school’s strategic vision and improvement plans, allowing teachers to have a direct impact on the school’s success
• Culture which pays real attention to staff wellbeing including a variety of staff benefits such as health and wellbeing services, including a cycle to work and employee discount scheme.

If you would like an informal discussion regarding this role to arrange a visit to meet, please email marian.flanagan@stannes.academy

Our strong Catholic Ethos at St Anne’s means we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory references and satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Completed applications should be sent to Marian Flanagan by emailing marian.flanagan@stannes.academy.

Please note that the application form that needs to be submitted is the CES application. TES applications will not be accepted.

Closing date:  1st May 2026

Interviews: week commencing 4th May 2026.