About The Company
Ingfield Manor School is a non-maintained special school and part of Salutem Care and Education who have services across England and Wales supporting adults and children in residential and educational Environments.
Based in its our own idyllic grounds, Ingfield Manor School offers extensive specialist facilities with the aim to provide an exceptional learning environment, helping children and young people fulfil their potential. Facilities include woodland and outdoor classroom space, high specification sensory room and swimming pool.
Our Woodview provision is for secondary aged students with special educational needs including speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) and autistic spectrum conditions (ASC)
We are looking for a teacher with experience of English or Maths teaching at secondary level but will also accept candidates who have significant experience at primary level; to plan and deliver outstanding teaching and learning, manage the class team and ensure students' pastoral needs are met.
About The Role
SEND Teacher
Hours: 7.50 - 8 hours per day. Term Time Only (39 weeks)
Salary: £31,650 - £49,084. Dependent on experience
Job Overview
Plan and deliver outstanding teaching and learning, manage the class team and ensure students’ pastoral needs are met. Responsible for the day-to-day implementation of agreed aims and programmes reflecting the ethos of the school, you will use a range of methods to track students’ progress and lead annual reviews, providing the relevant agencies with updates on students’ progression towards targets.
We are looking for a teacher with experience of English or Maths teaching at secondary level but will also accept candidates who have significant experience at primary level.
Job Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver outstanding teaching and learning using proven methods and approaches that enable young people to make academic and social progression.
- Be a class tutor, ensuring pastoral needs are met and establishing excellent relationships with parents and carers.
- Be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of agreed aims and programmes reflecting the ethos of the school.
- Manage a class team.
- Use a range of methods to record and track young peoples’ progress.
- Set personalised education targets and liaise with other staff to coordinate annual and termly targets
- Lead annual reviews to provide relevant agencies with updates on the pupils' progression towards targets
- Inspire trust and confidence in young people, colleagues, parents, and other professionals.
- Build team commitment with colleagues and in the classroom.
- Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school.
- Engage in whole school activities as required by the Principal.
- Adhere to all working protocols as agreed and published in the school handbook.
Professional knowledge and understanding
- Remain up to date with developments within the school and in education in the UK, particularly special education.
- Have the skills and attributes of nurturing, adaptability, enthusiasm, integrity, and commitment.
- Develop a collaborative ethos within your classroom which enables everyone to work to achieve common goals.
- Provide high quality teaching and learning.
Working Together
- Working with colleagues across the school to promote the vision and values of the school to students, parents/carers, and the wider community.
- Working with all key stakeholders to ensure a consistent approach and that everyone is working together in the best interests of the child/young person.
- To comply with and actively implement Children’s Services and school policies regarding health and safety, equal opportunities, and safeguarding.
- Motivate others in the classroom to work together in the best interest of our students and families.
- Offer advice / training to staff supporting the children and young people within the classroom.
- Offer advice/training to staff supporting the young people within the classroom.
Teaching and Learning
- Drive a continuous and consistent focus on students’ achievement, using school assessment systems to monitor progress.
- Manage and organise the learning environment within the classroom to ensure it reflects the school’s high standards.
- Ensure that planning is child centered and takes into account the diversity of individual children/young people.
- Create a culture and ethos of challenge and support where all students can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning.
- Establish creative, responsive, and effective approaches to teaching.
- Monitor, evaluate and review the effectiveness of your own teaching.
- Ensure availability of appropriate resources to challenge and inspire learners.
- Use and integrate a range of technologies effectively and efficiently.
