Addington SEN School

👍We are hiring: Class Teachers (closing date 4th May 2026)

❤️Come and join us to change lives⭐️

📩Apply via our website - https://www.addington.wokingham.sch.uk/vacancies-1/vacancies

🌍Locations:
Addington Main Site - Woodley, Addington Early Years Centre - Farley Hill
Maternity cover and permanent positions available
We are interested to hear from applicants who are applying for full or part-time working

💷 MPR/UPR plus SEN 1 Allowance

🤝 We are looking for teachers:
With a passion for teaching children and young people with learning difficulties.
With a commitment to high professional standards.
Who are skilled communicators and team players who are committed to developing themselves and others.
Who show empathy with parents and desire true working in partnership.

We can offer:
The opportunity to work in a special school judged ‘outstanding’ with a highly experienced Senior Leadership Team.
An environment committed to staff development and growing leadership.
A school with a coaching and collaborative culture.
The opportunity to personalise the curriculum.
Membership of an inclusive learning community with SEND expertise.
A school where creativity and innovation is encouraged.

🌞Welcome back to all our staff and pupils 🌷

🌷School is now closed for the Easter Holidays
🌞Summer term resumes (for staff and pupils at both main site and the Early Years Centre) on Monday 13th April.
🥰We wish everyone a lovely break and will see you soon!

🥰Year 9/10 Residential update😍
🚣Here we are enjoying some canoeing yesterday!
🌟It's been a brilliant trip for all - thank you to our students and staff for making it such a success!

⭐️Year 9/10 Residential⭐️
☀️We’ve arrived and begun our activities - first up, archery!

Our Reading university/Pepper Lane supporters are ready!
Thank you for the support!!

Ready, set, go! Addington Association

👟Introducing Grant and Alex, friends of Addington School who are running the Half Marathon to fundraise for us!

⭐🚌Thank you for choosing to support us and thank you to all your sponsors who have kindly donated to our minibus appeal - you've made a real difference and helped us get closer to our goal!

🥰We wish you all the best for tomorrow and will be cheering you on!!

⏰12 Hours to go! Go team Addington!

🔗https://www.justgiving.com/page/addington-school-half-marathon?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

⭐The final 24 hour count down is on for our Half Marathon Runners!

❤️We would love to meet supporters along our race route!
You can find friendly Addington Supporters:

1) Reading university Pepper Lane (Becca B and Sharon C)
(To ensure you see our runners we'd recommend aiming to be here by 10:15 until 11am)
2) Town Centre (Starbucks corner) (Lydia C)
(To ensure you see our runners we'd recommend aiming to be here by 11 until 11:45)
3) Prospect Park (Kimberley L)
(To ensure you see our runners we'd recommend aiming to be here by 11:30 until 12:15)

(All timings are approximate/rough estimations)

🥰We will have flags and a banner or two and will likely be wearing something "Addington Red" so you can find us! Come and say hello and we can cheer the runners on together and give them an extra boost!

👟We are cheering on DAVID, MIRIAM, SAM, NADIA, ANGELA, GRANT and ALEX!! Come on Team Addington!!

🚌We are raising money for a new accessible minibus - vital to facilitate the off-site curriculum for our learners. Every bit counts in helping us reach our goal. THANK YOU!

🔗https://www.justgiving.com/page/addington-school-half-marathon?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

📆4 days to go until race day!

😎How are we feeling?

⭐"Really excited for Sunday especially looking forward to seeing lots of friendly faces in the crowds and thankful for all the money that we have raised so far." [David]

💜"Apprehensive! I know it will hurt, but it's for a good cause, and I hope I can keep running to the end." [Miriam]

👟"I am feeling really good, training has gone well and aiming for a PB at Reading on Sunday! I did 25k a week and a half ago and felt really strong. " [Sam]

😬"Terrified!!!!! Always worry that I haven't done enough training...but I'll get there!" [Angela - not pictured)

🥰"I'm feeling nervous and excited, but most of all I'm feeling proud of my training and proud to be running with such a dedicated group of people with so much lovely support for this great cause." [Nadia]

😍We are all in awe of our runners - it's not an easy feat which has taken preparation and dedication! We wish you all the best of luck and are looking forward to cheering you on, on Sunday!

🚌There's still time to support us:
Fundraising link - raising money towards our new minibus:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/addington-school-half-marathon?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

👀Comment below with words of encouragement and let us know if you're planning to be roadside to cheer us on! We will share information soon of meeting points along the route where you can find our supporters with banners!

📆7 days to go until the Reading Half Marathon!

🥰We'd love to see you along the route cheering on our runners!
The map is below!
We would love to gather together at points along the route.

⭐Let us know below if you plan on joining the supporters to give our runners a big cheer or if you have a suggestion of where we should meet along the route! ⭐

The link for donations towards our new bus is below - thank you for all the support!
Go Team Addington!!!

https://www.justgiving.com/page/addington-school-half-marathon?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL&utm_campaign=02