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Teacher (Key Stage 3) - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Foreland Fields School, Ramsgate

  • Ref:KCC886-7040-140T
  • Posted:21/01/2019
  • Pay:MPS + SEN Allowance
  • Start Date:Apr 2019
  • App Close Date:08/02/2019 at 13:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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‘Our visits to classrooms showed the school to be a happy place, where pupils enjoy learning and make strong progress’ (Ofsted, November 2017).

Foreland Fields School is seeking to recruit a committed and enthusiastic practitioner with a proven track record of good and outstanding teaching of children and young people with SEN. The successful candidates will be available to start Easter 2019.

  • This position, which is within our Secondary Department specifically teaching pupils within Key Stage 3, would suit a professional with experience of teaching pupils within a special school; however, we have an excellent Induction programme and can support those new to a special needs setting and NQTs.  
  • Foreland Fields is a specialist school based in a new state-of-the-art building. The school offers excellent on site facilities including specialist rooms and a hydrotherapy pool. The school caters for 220 pupils aged 2 – 19 years.
  • Foreland Fields School is innovative and forward thinking, placing great emphasis on the development of all staff in order to ensure the best possible outcomes for pupils.

Foreland Fields 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, working in partnership with parents to achieve this.

Pupils are taught in small needs-led groups of between 6 and 12 pupils per class. The ability to manage a small team of teaching assistants is required as is the capacity to liaise with a wide range of agencies such as therapists.

The successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate:

  • the drive and ambition to improve the life chances of pupils with SEN.
  • the desire to continue to develop their own knowledge skills and understanding in order to deliver innovative and effective lessons.
  • 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 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, parents, professionals and other adults.

 

Foreland Fields School 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 PA to the Headteacher by telephone, 01843 863891.

Information about the school

Foreland Fields School is a Day Special School for pupils with Profound, Severe and Complex Needs (PSCN), many of whom also have Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

We provide for 200+ pupils aged 3-19 in five departments, Nursery, Infants, Juniors (KS2) Secondary (KS3) and KS4/6th Form. In addition, we have satellite classes at Garlinge Primary School, Hartsdown Academy and East Kent College.

We encourage all of our employees to further their career development and we respect initiative and ambition. We are committed to performance management, staff training and coaching. The successful candidate will embrace the special ethos of the School, and the role will provide an opportunity to take Foreland Fields School into this next exciting phase and beyond.

Foreland Fields School is committed to the safeguarding and well-being of children therefore all successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and references. We will also complete an online search on all shortlisted candidates.

Teaching Assistants working hours are from 8.30am until 3pm, apart from Thursdays where the finish time is 2.45pm on alternate weeks and 4.45pm on other weeks to accommodate essential training.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01843 860710

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.