Teachers

Job Title: Teachers
Base Location:
Stevenage (East) - covering East Herts & Welwyn Hatfield
Apsley, (West) Hemel Hempstead - covering Hertsmere, St Albans, Dacorum and Watford.
Starting Salary:
East =£47,472 - £51,048 per annum (pro rata for part time) + SEN Point(s)
West = £48,913 - £52,490 per annum (pro rata for part time) + SEN Point(s)Hours: 32.5
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Childrens Services

About the team

The Hertfordshire Inclusion Teaching Service (HITS) supports children and young people who are unable to attend school due to a range of SEND, medical, emotional or complex needs. Our purpose is to ensure every child remains engaged in learning, rebuilds confidence and is supported to reintegrate successfully back into education.

HITS provides a flexible model of education that includes community learning, online provision and group sessions at HITS centres.

As a HITS teacher, you will collaborate with the Senior Teachers, Reintegration Education Officers, schools and families and wider professionals to help remove barriers to school attendance and guide students back into learning. You will be joining a caring, child-centred team where staff work together to make a real difference.

About the role

As a HITS Teacher, your key responsibilities will be to:

• Deliver high‑quality teaching to learners with SEND, health needs or other complex barriers, using a mix of face‑to‑face, home‑based and online approaches.
• Teach your specialist subject (English, Maths or Science) to pupils in Key Stages 3 and 4, adapting learning based on assessment and individual need.
• Plan, deliver and review personalised learning programmes, monitoring progress, engagement and readiness for reintegration.
• Support pupils to reintegrate into school or transition to an appropriate long‑term educational pathway.
• Maintain safe, inclusive and safeguarding‑compliant practice, and lead Planning & Review reintegration meetings with families, schools and professionals.

About you

Essential:

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with a degree and at least five years’ successful teaching experience in English or Maths, including recent classroom practice.
• Strong subject knowledge with the ability to adapt teaching for individual needs, including pupils with SEND or health‑related barriers to attendance.
• Demonstrable high‑quality teaching and learning practice, with the ability to evaluate impact, model excellent practice and contribute to curriculum planning.
• Excellent communication skills, strong ICT confidence, and the ability to work effectively within a multi‑professional team.
• Commitment to inclusive education, equality, diversity, pastoral care and pupil wellbeing.
• Flexibility to teach online, face‑to‑face or via blended delivery, depending on pupil needs, with up‑to‑date knowledge of exam specifications and requirements.
• Full UK Driving Licence and regular access to a vehicle

Desirable:

• Experience supporting pupils unable to attend school.
• Additional SEND qualifications.
• Trauma‑informed or restorative practice experience.

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.

If you are passionate about delivering high‑quality practice, enjoy working collaboratively within a dedicated team, and want to play a key role in shaping positive outcomes for our service, we would be delighted to receive your application. This is a rewarding opportunity to help drive improvement, strengthen our provision and make a real difference where it matters most.

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Silvia Hundal (silvia.hundal@hertfordshire.gov.uk) for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 26th February 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 outline, 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

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employerand 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.