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Classroom Teacher - Full-time

Bower Grove School, Maidstone

  • Ref:KCC886-7032-386T
  • Posted:30/04/2025
  • Pay:MPS + SEN Allowance depending on experience
  • Start Date:September 2025
  • App Close Date:13/05/2025 at 09:00
  • Interviews:21st May 2025

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Bower Grove is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, talented, and passionate Classroom Teacher, to start from 1st September 2025 to join our teaching team.
We are looking for a caring and creative teacher who is an excellent classroom practitioner to teach all core subjects to pupils who are Secondary aged but are learning within primary curriculum levels. The role is for a teacher who is able to work with pupils on an alternative lifestyle pathway and who has the knowledge and ability to deliver accreditations for life skills.
You must be resourceful, flexible, positive and motivated with a good sense of humour and need to share our belief that all pupils can achieve and be successful.  You need to have the ability to organise, inspire and motivate young people with special educational needs and social, emotional and mental health needs.
This post would suit an experienced Teacher with good prospects for career development, as well as applicants who are Primary or Secondary education trained and qualified.

Bower Grove is a modern, well-equipped school providing a highly personalised and structured curriculum. We have 12 pupils in a class with three learning support assistants. We offer a unique teaching and learning environment, committed staff and excellent career development opportunities.  The school caters for pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH) and autism spectrum conditions.  Come and join a great staff team.

If you:

  • Believe learning should be fun.
  • Have a good understanding of the primary curriculum.
  • Can plan lessons creatively for pupils who require personalised learning.
  • Can teach Life Skills and Independence Skills
  • Have excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Have some experience and enthusiasm for working with pupils with social communication difficulties and Autism/Learning difficulties, or a desire to learn.
  • Have excellent classroom and behaviour management skills.
  • Have strong emotional resilience.
  • Have empathy and understanding towards young people.

We welcome tours around the school.  Should you wish to arrange one of these, please do contact Laura Eiffert directly.

 

 The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.   The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure Check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

 

 

Information about the school

Bower Grove is a Foundation Day Special School for statemented pupils with learning and social, emotional and mental health difficulties (SEMH) including social communication difficulties and anxiety. We offer a unique teaching and learning environment and committed staff and pupils. We have a large number of staff who share Bower Groves ethos and vision.

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Fax: 01622 725025

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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.