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Teacher - Maternity - Special Needs Position

Whitfield Aspen School, Dover

  • Ref:KCC886-2471-91T
  • Posted:08/01/2019
  • Pay:MPS
  • Start Date:Apr 2019
  • App Close Date:31/01/2019 at 12:00
  • Interviews:11th February 2019

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Full Time Teacher required to cover Maternity Leave for Whitfield Aspen Specialist Provision from Term 5 April 2019

Mainscale Salary and SEN allowance (UPS welcome to apply)

Whitfield Aspen School are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic teacher to teach Early Years pupils with profound and complex physical, medical and learning needs.  We are looking for a dynamic individual who will fully embrace the school’s Vision and Values of “Learning Together with Aspiration, Imagination and Determination”.  This is a very exciting opportunity for someone to join our friendly and supportive staff so we need to find the right person.  Have you got what it takes? 

The ideal candidate will:-

  • Have experience, understanding and an enthusiasm to meet the learning needs of pupils with profound and complex physical and medical needs in exciting, meaningful and effective ways.
  • Have high expectations and a commitment to providing stimulating learning experiences.
  • Possess excellent interpersonal skills in order to communicate effectively with children, colleagues and parents.
  • Be able to lead a TA team in their class to ensure all learning is dynamic and personalised.
  • A teacher who uses their imagination to enrich the children’s enjoyment of learning and is passionate about engaging the children in the world around them.

If you would like to join our highly motivated team in our school, we highly recommend you come and visit us before applying online.  This gives applicants a chance to see this unique school which prides itself on how it enables everyone to learn together whilst treating everyone equally but not necessarily the same.

Contracts will be subject to satisfactory references, teacher barring and qualification checks and pre-employment health screening.

Our school and its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children.  This post is subject to an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For further information or to make an appointment to view the school please contact Juliette Fletcher on 01304 821526 or by email: juliette.fletcher@whitfield.kent.sch.uk

Information about the school

We are a ‘Good’ school with outstanding opportunities for pupils and staff. In September 2019, we were one of the first schools inspected under the new framework. Whitfield Aspen School is unusual in a national context, in that it is a two/three form entry mainstream primary, with over four hundred pupils, combined with the district special school for one hundred and seventy-two pupils with Profound, Severe and Complex Learning Needs (PSCN). Our school is an extremely cohesive community with an ethos and culture that helps young people to thrive. It has provided extensive training for ALL staff and offers staff a high degree of autonomy which comes along with high expectations and personal responsibility.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.