• Job Description

  Req#: N0024-26-0000?language=en&page=1068&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Danecourt Primary School Is Hiring: A Speech and Language Therapy Role Thats As Unique As the Pupils Youll Support

  Hours: 35 hours per week, 4 days a week full time or 5 days a week, term time (39 weeks per year (term time only)

  Are you a passionate, experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to make a real difference in a setting where your expertise will be valued and your impact visible every single day? Danecourt School offers a truly unique opportunity to work with pupils with special educational needs in a nurturing, inclusive, and therapeutic environment.

  Main duties of the job

  About the Role This is a fantastic opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist who is developing a specialism in supporting children with complex learning needs. At Danecourt, youll join a team committed to helping every child communicate, learn, and thrive.

  Youll work alongside our Occupational Therapist, Behavioural Specialist, and Therapies Assistant, delivering integrated support within our primary-aged special school. Youll also collaborate closely with NHS therapists and our skilled teaching teams to ensure communication strategies are embedded across the school day.

  Heres what youll be doing:

  • Deliver targeted, specialist, and universal interventions to meet a wide range of communication needs

  • Using AAC: Implement low, lite, and high-tech AAC, as part of a Total (inclusive) Communication approach tailored to individual pupils

  • Provide support for a small but growing number of pupils with assessed/known feeding difficulties (basic dysphagia training is essential)

  • Collaborate with families, teachers, and external professionals to develop and maintain consistent communication support

  • Deliver engaging and practical training for parents, class teams, and whole-school staff

  • Provide reports and input into annual reviews and SEND planning

  • Professional Support and Supervision: You'll receive regular supervision and support from our Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

  About us

  Danecourt Special School is part of the Maritime Multi-Academy Trust, an innovative partnership of schools in Greenwich, Bexley, Kent and Medway . Our schools transform through collaboration and an entrepreneurial curriculum which equips children with life skills.

  We are a special school catering for primary aged children who have special educational needs. The children who attend Danecourt have a wide breadth of needs including complex learning difficulties and autism.

  At Danecourt our mission is support all pupils to become STARS -

  S - Self reliant

  T - Team Players

  A - Aspirational

  R - Resilient

  S - Successful

  This is facilitated through pupils receiving a personalised curriculum that is tailored to meet their individual specific needs.

  The highly trained staff team maintain high expectations of what each individual pupil is able to achieve, striving to ensure that they all reach their maximum potential; celebrating difference and encouraging curiosity and creativity. Staff work collaboratively with families/carers and a range of other agencies in order to meet the pupils needs and as a result, pupils make strong progress academically, emotionally and socially. Pupil achievement is hugely valued and celebrated in a manner that is meaningful and appropriate for each pupil.

  Details

  Date posted

  11 March 2026

  Pay scheme

  Other

  Salary

  £38,221 to £48,227 a year Medway PO1 (27-37) + SEN Allowance

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  N0024-26-0000

  Job locations

  Danecourt School

  Hotel Road

  Gillingham

  Kent

  ME8 6AA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to the candidate application pack

  • mpowering Pupils: Deliver targeted, specialist, and universal interventions to meet a wide range of communication needs

  • Using AAC: Implement low, lite, and high-tech AAC, as part of a Total (inclusive) Communication approach tailored to individual pupils

  • Supporting Dysphagia Needs: Provide support for a small but growing number of pupils with assessed/known feeding difficulties (basic dysphagia training is essential)

  • Working Across Teams: Collaborate with families, teachers, and external professionals to develop and maintain consistent communication support

  • Training Others: Deliver engaging and practical training for parents, class teams, and whole-school staff

  • Contributing to EHCPs: Provide reports and input into annual reviews and SEND planning

  • Professional Support and Supervision: Youll receive regular supervision and support from our Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please refer to the candidate application pack

  • mpowering Pupils: Deliver targeted, specialist, and universal interventions to meet a wide range of communication needs

  • Using AAC: Implement low, lite, and high-tech AAC, as part of a Total (inclusive) Communication approach tailored to individual pupils

  • Supporting Dysphagia Needs: Provide support for a small but growing number of pupils with assessed/known feeding difficulties (basic dysphagia training is essential)

  • Working Across Teams: Collaborate with families, teachers, and external professionals to develop and maintain consistent communication support

  • Training Others: Deliver engaging and practical training for parents, class teams, and whole-school staff

  • Contributing to EHCPs: Provide reports and input into annual reviews and SEND planning

  • Professional Support and Supervision: Youll receive regular supervision and support from our Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • What Were Looking For
  • Were seeking a proactive, experienced, and compassionate therapist who is:
  • Qualified and HCPC-Registered
  • Experienced in SEND, with confidence in working with children with complex needs
  • AAC Confident, with skills in implementing a range of tools and approaches
  • Dysphagia-trained (basic level essential)
  • A Strong Communicator, able to work collaboratively and compassionately with pupils, families, and colleagues
  • Driven by Outcomes, and aspirational in your approach to helping children achieve their fullest potential

  Person Specification

  Experience

  Essential

  • What Were Looking For
  • Were seeking a proactive, experienced, and compassionate therapist who is:
  • Qualified and HCPC-Registered
  • Experienced in SEND, with confidence in working with children with complex needs
  • AAC Confident, with skills in implementing a range of tools and approaches
  • Dysphagia-trained (basic level essential)
  • A Strong Communicator, able to work collaboratively and compassionately with pupils, families, and colleagues
  • Driven by Outcomes, and aspirational in your approach to helping children achieve their fullest potential

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Maritime Academy Trust

  Address

  Danecourt School

  Hotel Road

  Gillingham

  Kent

  ME8 6AA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.maritimeacademytrust.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Maritime Academy Trust

  Address

  Danecourt School

  Hotel Road

  Gillingham

  Kent

  ME8 6AA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.maritimeacademytrust.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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