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KS1/2 Teacher - Job Share - Special Needs Position

Little Acorns, Tenterden

  • Ref:KCC886-6085-5T
  • Posted:03/05/2018
  • Pay:MPS
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:04/06/2018 at 13:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Little Acorns is a Therapeutic Community for children aged between 5-14, which has been running for over twenty years.

Little Acorns School runs alongside the care home, allowing the residents full time education during term time.

Little Acorns School is an independent school seeking to recruit a lively, enthusiastic and skilled Teacher with a passion for supporting children and young people with SEN and SEBD to work 3 days a week.

The position would suit a professional with experience of teaching pupils within a special school.

Little Acorns School is highly committed to improving the life chances of our pupils and students and to the raising of standards throughout the school.  We place a firm emphasis upon the knowledge and skills needed for later life as well as progression through the National Curriculum.

The successful candidate will therefore need to be able to demonstrate:

  • A good understanding of current national, statutory and curriculum requirements.
  • The capability to deliver consistently good or better lessons;
  • A willingness to work with pupils and students across the Primary phases.
  • Knowledge of teaching pupils with special educational needs in either a mainstream or specialist setting
  • The skill to differentiate their approach for pupils of all abilities
  • The ability to work well as a member of a team and have excellent interpersonal skills with children, carers, professionals and other adults.
  • Little Acorns is committed to the safeguarding and well-being of children therefore all successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and references.
  • Informal visits to the school are actively encouraged in order to find out more about the nature of the work involved. To arrange an informal visit to the school please contact the Headteacher by telephone 01233850422 or email alison.neal@choicelifestyles.net
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Information about the school

Little Acorns School provides a therapeutic education for children with a range of Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs, as well other associated difficulties and challenging behaviours. Each child receives an individual learning plan and separate therapeutic support plan inline with the outcomes of their EHCP's.

We currently have 20 pupils on roll currently- expanding to 34 by the new academic year. We have some residing at the care home on site whilst others travel in as day pupils.

Little Acorns welcomes children with a range of needs including ASD and ADHD. We also work closely with the care home supporting LAC who have had troubled upbringings and suffered trauma in their early years.

The core purpose of Little Acorns School is to equip every pupil with the skills and knowledge they need to lead healthy and productive lives. We believe all children have the right to an education. We look beyond the complex, and sometimes challenging circumstances of each pupil to find the potential within.

The majority of our pupils have experienced turbulence in their schooling and many have severe, complex, or profound needs that have a significant impact on their cognitive development, their social, emotional development and their communication skills. We aim to support pupils in a safe school environment, and work closely with parents, carers and other professionals to ensure the best outcomes, to maximise life chances and ensure they can be as independent as possible.

Our curriculum is ambitious for all our pupils. Our school aims to ensure pupils journeys through school are positive ones.

We offer therapeutic input alongside our academics, to help our students remove barriers to learning and become successful in and out of school.

For further information on our school please free feel to visit our website www.littleacornsschool.co.uk

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Alison Neal
  • Address:Little Acorns School , London Beach Farm , Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6SR
  • Telephone: 01233 850422
  • Email: alison.neal@choicelifestyles.net

Documents

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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.