Teacher Mountjoy School

Dorset Council; Beaminster; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Mountjoy School in Beaminster, Dorset, seeks a Classroom Teacher for maternity leave cover starting 01/01/2027 until 31/08/2027. The post is four days per week, with flexibility for applicants seeking fewer days. Experience of working with pupils with SEND is essential and development support is offered.

Applicants are welcome to visit the school. The role involves safeguarding responsibilities and DBS checks as part of safer recruitment guidelines; right to work in the UK must also be

Qualifications

• Experience of working with pupils with SEND is essential.

Skills

SEND experience

Job description

About the role

We are seeking a Classroom Teacher for a Maternity Leave cover position, starting from 01/01/2027. The vacancy is a Fixed Term position, until 31/08/2027.

Mountjoy School caters for pupils aged 2-19 years who may have severe, complex, profound and multiple learning difficulties or autism.

Whilst challenging, our work is immensely rewarding and all staff are supported in their professional development.

The vacancy is for 4 days per week, but we would be open to applications from qualified teachers for fewer days per week.

Experience of working with pupils with SEND is essential.

If you would like to visit the school, you would be very welcome.

Further Information

Mountjoy school values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Our school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.