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Maternity Cover Teacher - Maternity

The Craylands School, Swanscombe

  • Ref:KCC886-2689-231T
  • Posted:17/05/2025
  • Pay:MPS & Fringe
  • Start Date:September 2025
  • App Close Date:11/06/2025 at 12:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Maternity Cover Full time teacher needed from September 2025 on a years fixed term contract to work in Lenny's Den - our communication and Interaction hub (please note this is not an SRP). 
 
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated teacher to join our Craylearning community for the next academic year. The successful candidate will work with a small group of children with additional needs, with particular focus on communication and Interaction. You will join 2 members of support staff in leading the class. The hub has been running for two years and has all appropriate resources in place across two rooms, one of which being a sensory room, and an outdoor space. The hub supports a range of ages from EYFS to Year 2. The children all have an EHCP, or are currently going through the Statutory Assessment process.
 
We are looking for a teacher who has had experience of working with children with significant Communication and Interaction difficulties, many of which have ASD or are on the pathway, and have varying levels of verbal communication. Experience in using Widgit, visual timetables, Communication/phrase boards, PECS and Little Wandle would be a great advantage.
 
The candidate should be approachable by pupils, staff and parents/carers and value the school's ethos of 'happy together, safe together, learning together'. 
 
If you want to join our fun and supportive school team, you should be hardworking, friendly, with a good sense of humour and always have the children's needs at the forefront of all that you do...does this sound like you?
 
We can offer you happy, lively children who are keen to learn, a close school community, CPD opportunities, a supportive leadership team, fantastic support staff, supportive parents/carers and a school where everyone looks out for each other! We are also fortunate enough to have extensive grounds which are ideal for outdoor learning.

Information about the school

Happy together, Safe together, Learning Together; - Craylands is a KCC primary school which opened in September 2003. The whole school team work together to provide a welcoming environment in which to deliver a broad, highly enriched skills based curriculum that meets the needs of every individual pupil in our school. Our beautiful building, extensive grounds and stimulating resources motivate and inspire pupils, staff, governors and community alike.

Craylands School is a 2 FE school.

The Craylands School is committed to safeguarding its pupils to ensure that all members of the school community are safe together and happy together. All posts are subject to satisfactory references, enhanced DBS and health check; we will endeavour to request references before interviewing. You can find the school's child protection policy using the following web address:

https://www.craylands.kent.sch.uk/information/safeguarding/

As part of our safeguarding processes will intend to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This will help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the School might want to explore with applicants at interview.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01322 388231

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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.