SEND Teacher

Secondary SEND Teacher

Salary MPS/UPS (Outer London) +SEN Allowance £2,539

Permanent / Term time

Commencing September 2024

Heathcote School is an 11 – 18 School with an ambitious vision and plans to provide the best possible education for all young people in Waltham Forest – we are highly inclusive and our diversity is our strength. The school is on a rapid journey of improvement ensuring the ‘good’ status (Ofsted 2018) is retained and for the school to ultimately move towards ‘outstanding’ practice in all areas. This is an exciting time to be at a school in a stunning setting with unlimited potential and a school wide commitment to support the success of our pupils and staff, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Staff feedback is very positive about working in our school.

We are looking for two experienced Primary School Teachers to join our school to lead on SEND provision and provide specialist teaching, intervention and support to target the specific needs of learners, ensuring they are KS3 ready. You will work with pupils on individual targets in reading, writing and maths to develop their key skills in these areas. The successful applicant should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be a qualified teacher with previous experience of working in a primary setting for at least 3 years. You will understand the demands of pupils with a wide range of special needs and disabilities and have proven management skills and experience of working with SEND students. This is an ideal role for a teacher looking for a transition role into secondary setting. We are seeking to appoint a teacher who has:

• Outstanding classroom practice or ambition to gain SEN experience and has the potential to develop this and teach EHCP pupils in small groups covering English, Phonics, Maths and Numeracy, Geography and History
• The desire to develop professionally
• A good academic background
• Previous experience of teaching across KS1 and KS2

As part of the role you will develop and deliver interventions working alongside Higher Level Teaching Assistants to deliver support. These are new posts created within our school to support the high level and range of SEND learners needs, including learners not being KS3 ready, to ensure the best possible outcomes for EHCP and SEND pupils and monitoring and tracking targets for all within this cohort. 

Ofsted (September 2018)

“The Headteacher and other senior leaders are ambitious for their pupils and provide strong strategic leadership.”

“Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school. They are courteous and respectful.”

“Teachers speak highly of the many opportunities they are given to develop their practice. Staff who are new to the profession feel valued, supported and enjoy their work.”

Our Values:

Encourage

We encourage our pupils to take pride in their learning and community – to work hard, pursue continual improvement and achieve to the best of their abilities. pupils seek and embrace feedback and show tolerance and mutual respect to each other.

Challenge

We challenge our pupils to take responsibility for their learning, to be resilient to failure and to self-regulate their behaviour. All our staff and governors are determined that all pupils confidently strive for success and expect them to be present and punctual.

Succeed

We succeed when all pupils reach their academic potential and are thoughtful, caring and honest citizens; leaving Heathcote fully prepared for the next stage of their life – whether that be in education, training or employment. We succeed by letting them do so in a comfortable and safe environment where they take a proactive role and develop socially.

The school puts well-being and development at the heart of its work and we have very talented staff who are encouraged to grow, develop and work collaboratively, within school and with local schools, and to be the best they can be. We are working to ensure school improvement in a high challenge, low threat way and enable robust systems and structures to ensure consistency in all areas, encouraging the growth and development of all. We are part of the Seven Kings Teaching Alliance and the West Essex Teaching School Alliance and has strong links with other local schools. The school has excellent resources and a stunning, spacious site on the edge of Epping Forest including a staff car park and surrounding roads that do not require a parking permit.  We are also a 15 minute walk from Chingford Station which has great links into the City. Staff are friendly and events take place out of school, such as the Three Peaks Challenge, planned for this summer.

We aim to ensure our staff body reflects the diversity of our community and use anonymised-recruitment processes in our short-listing. We employ staff with diverse skills and backgrounds and this ensures that our policies and systems are always inclusive of all our stakeholders. We value and respect everyone’s identity and our Equality Information and Objectives Policy confirms our commitment to the 2010 Equalities Act.

If you are interested, please look at our school website www.heathcoteschool.com where you will find application forms and further information. If you wish to speak to someone or visit us please contact Heather Fleetwood, HR Manager on 0208 498 5110.

Completed application forms should be emailed to recruitment@heathcote.waltham.sch.uk

Closing date for receipt of applications: 9am on 8th May 2024

Interviews to be held: TBC

Heathcote School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.