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Teacher to work with our Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Classes

Teacher to work with our Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Classes

Tooting Primary School

Tooting, London

Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
5 December 2018

Job overview

Tooting Primary School, part of the Graveney Trust, opened in 2013. The school is well established, is extremely popular in the local community and achieved an OUTSTANDING Ofsted rating in all areas in June 2015. Located in the heart of Tooting, we have over 350 pupils on roll, including 19 children in our ASD Resource Base. The school will continue to expand every year up to Year 6 in 2019. 

We wish to appoint a teacher who is passionate about inspiring children to learn and has the skills to do so. In return, we will offer an excellent salary package to a suitably experienced candidate.

Our ASD Resource Base is set up to cater for children with a diagnosis of autism. We currently have 19 children taught in two classes, although the appointment of our new class teacher will give us the flexibility to review how best to provide for our ASD pupils and possibly create a third class. 

To be successful, you will: 

  • have experience of working with children with ASD or who have additional learning and behavioural needs;
  • be creative, flexible and able to adapt your teaching to respond to individual learners; 
  • have an understanding of children’s stages of development;
  • be able to manage a team of adults;
  • be committed to continuing professional development; 
  • be a proactive learner and willing to work collaboratively; 
  • be committed to working closely with parents/carers; 
  • enjoy working with children with additional needs.


In return, we can offer you: 

  • wonderful children with a passion for learning; 
  • a fantastic learning environment with a state-of-the-art indoor Sensory Pod;
  • a team of committed, dedicated staff to work alongside;
  • an opportunity to develop and shape your career; 
  • a culture of growth mindset where purposeful practise and effort are rewarded; 
  • a creative, exciting curriculum which makes the most of being located in London; 
  • a leadership team that is committed to staff development, teaching and learning and pupil outcomes.


This position is suitable for teachers with mainstream, Resource Base or Special School experience. 

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed; to arrange a visit, please contact Milan Stevanovic, Executive Headteacher, on 020 3700 0790. 

For an application form and job description, please visit http://www.tootingprimary.org.uk/work-for-us 

Closing date: Noon on Monday, 3rd December 2018.

Interview date: w/c 10th December 2018.

Tooting Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to have the same commitment. Appointments will be subject to DBS checks. Tooting Primary School is part of Graveney Trust: www.graveney.org 

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About Tooting Primary School

Tooting Primary School, London, is a free, mixed, primary school for children aged 4-11, founded by the Graveney Trust.

The school, which was established to address what was a significant shortfall of primary places in the area, opened in September 2013 with two full cohorts of Reception pupils. By September 2014, it was heavily oversubscribed.  As well as on site provision, the school also have access to facilities at Graveney School.

Tooting Primary School is split over three floors and is designed to cater for 63 children in each year group. The school is two-form entry with the facility to admit three ASD children into each year group. These children have access to a resource base with specialist staff and equipment, including a sensory pod.

Acting Headteacher

Kelly Dixon

Values and vision

Tooting Primary School’s pastoral care focuses on building self-esteem in the belief that this, in combination with careful planning, building good relationships and ensuring that the highest expectations are in place, will result in all pupils achieving to the highest level.  In addition to developing a robust, creative curriculum that will give pupils the opportunity to learn key skills in all academic areas, the school also aims to ensure that they develop a 'can-do' attitude towards life and learning.

Ofsted

“Leaders, managers and governors have lost no time in establishing a culture of exceptionally high expectations since the school opened. Working closely with staff, they have made sure that teaching is consistently of the very highest quality, and that pupils’ outstanding behaviour and attitudes to learning flourish.”

View Tooting Primary School’s latest Ofsted report

Application Process

Applicants are advised to read ALL instructions and guidance on the application form prior to completion. Failure to do so may result in the form being returned to you, therefore causing a delay and missing the closing date for applications.

Wherever possible, please complete the application form electronically and include as much detail as possible; in particular:

  • Section 7E (Education Training and Qualifications) Do include/account for ALL gaps in the chronology of your education and employment from secondary to higher education, as appropriate.
  • Section 9 – Additional Information  Please take careful note of the instructions under this section and provide as much information as possible to support your application.

Please do not submit a CV as an alternative to any part of the application form as it will not be considered.

Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, volunteers and contractors share this commitment and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments as well ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.

We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

As part of commitment to this inclusive culture, we kindly ask that you complete the separate Equal Opportunities Recruitment Monitoring form in addition to the Application form.

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