Class Teacher - Booker Park School

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and compassionate Class Teacher to support students with special educational needs. The successful candidate will work in a caring community, ensuring pupils achieve independence while benefiting from a supportive environment. The role offers a salary ranging from £31,650 to £43,607 and includes numerous perks such as discounts from local shops and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Financial rewards and discounts from local shops, cafes and restaurants

Pension scheme

24-hour Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Enjoys working with students who have special educational needs.
• Demonstrates high expectations and respect towards students.
• Flexible and committed to training.

Responsibilities

• Takes responsibility for the education and welfare of a designated group of children.
• Maintains assessment records and reports on pupils’ progress and attainment.
• Works closely with Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Physiotherapists.

Skills

Enthusiasm

Compassion

Resilience

Teamwork

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, compassionate and resilient Class Teacher.

This is an opportunity to teach in a caring community, where the vision is to support our pupils enabling them to achieve the greatest possible level of independence.

Enjoy the benefits of working within Buckinghamshire Council including financial rewards and discounts on purchases from local shops, cafes and restaurants, pension scheme and a 24 hour free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.

Term time only: Yes

Salary Type: MPS

Salary details: M1-M6 £31,650 to £43,607, plus SEN allowance.

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 32.5 Hours

Interviews to be held: As suitable candidates apply.

About us

At Booker Park School we look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve in a caring and supportive environment. The school is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary school Stocklake Park, and its post-16 site Harding House.

Reporting to the Head of School, the successful applicant will take responsibility for the education and welfare of a designated group of children, leading and managing additional adults within the classroom. In this busy, sometimes challenging, but rewarding role, you will work closely with colleagues to plan and deliver appropriate schemes of work closely matching the learning experiences offered with the individual needs of the child.

The role includes maintaining assessment records and reporting on pupils’ progress and attainment in accordance with school policy.

We have other professionals on site; Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Physiotherapists, supporting teaching and learning with whom you will liaise and work with co-operatively.

For further information please see attached Job description.

About you

In order to carry out this role you will enjoy working with students who have special educational needs, have an appreciation of the positive attitudes required to encourage independence in our students together with high expectations and respect towards students, common sense, warmth and a sense of humour.

You will also be enthusiastic and caring, trustworthy and reliable, resilient, healthy, and committed to working as part of a team.

Flexibility and a commitment to training is expected. We welcome applications from both primary and secondary sector and applications from Early Career Teachers wishing to work in special education are also welcome.

Training will be provided for those wishing to specialise in SEN teaching.

All posts are subject to pre-employment checks, satisfactory references will be sought and successful candidates will need to undertake an enhanced DBS check and online health check.

For further information please see attached Person specification.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

The Vale Federation of School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which will be reflected throughout recruitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.