ESMA Senior Teacher

Job Title: ESMA Senior Teacher
Starting Salary: £34,069 to £52,835 pa + SEN + TLR2a – Hertfordshire locally agreed minimum and upper Teachers (MPS/UPS)
Hours: 32.50 Term Time Only
Base Location: Farnham House, Stevenage with travel required across North Herts, Stevenage and East Herts
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services

To start as soon as possible, at the latest Easter 2027.

About the team

Education Support for Medical Absence has an ESMA Senior Teacher Vacancy for the joint Integrated Services for Learning areas of North Herts & Stevenage and East Herts.

About the role

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, dedicated teacher to join ESMA’s management team. The successful candidate will need to be able to:

• Undertake a directed time teaching timetable (60%) predominantly of the most complex students, and by example, provide a good professional model as practitioner for a core subject area of the national curriculum
• Show understanding of best practice in relation to meeting the needs of children and young people (5-16) with health and SEND needs
• Lead a team of teachers, and support staff to deliver an effective teaching programme to support access to learning and ensuring all children and young people make excellent progress.
• Analyse student performance data to ensure appropriate interventions are in place to keep students on track to achieve targets
• Work closely with schools, health and other agencies to ensure children absent from school for medical reasons are provided with the best possible education and supported to return to school when appropriate.
• Respond to Section 19 requests and complaints in line with legal requirements and the local authority KPIs

About you

Essential:

• Educated to degree level and hold Qualified Teacher with QTS status
• Minimum five years relevant and successful teaching and relevant leadership experience
• Recent classroom experience, practice knowledge for the subject (English, or Science).
• Be an outstanding teacher leading on exemplar practise (English or Science).
• Able to demonstrate a thorough understanding of relevant high-quality teaching and learning and lead by example
• Able to develop and use quality models of teaching and learning to support and enable pupil progress
• Able to monitor and evaluate the planning of learning on a regular basis, and direct staff as required
• Able to evaluate practice and evidence the impact of interventions
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of best practice in relation to meeting the needs of children and young people (5-16) with health and SEND
• Excellent communication and technology (ICT) skills e.g. Excel; Word; PowerPoint etc
• Ability to use data and performance measures to evaluate practice, evidence outcomes and identify areas for development
• Commitment to promoting equal opportunities and diversity
• Ability to prioritise work within a multi-professional team reflecting service priorities
• Full driving licence with regular access to a vehicle

Desirable:

• Hold relevant additional qualification in a specialist area e.g. SEND, Autism, SpLD, SLCN, PNI, National SENCO Award, Inclusion, etc.
• Knowledge of Google classroom and online lesson delivery
• Pastoral experience – Head of year or higher level pastoral responsibilities

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

Please see attached the job outline.

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Tracy Haase, ESMA Lead Teacher on 07580 711077 or tracy.haase@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 26th November 2026

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

We are changing
Hertfordshire County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), creating a unique opportunity to help shape the future of local services. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.