ASD Resource Base Teacher
Tooting Primary School
Wandsworth
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2016
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2016
Job overview
Tooting Primary School, part of the Graveney Trust, opened in 2013. We have already established ourselves as a thriving school in the local community and achieved an OUTSTANDING Ofsted rating in all areas in June 2015.
Located in the heart of Tooting, we will have 252 pupils on roll in September 2016, including 240 in our mainstream classes across EYFS, KS1 and Year 3, plus 12 children in our ASD Resource Base. The school will continue to expand every year up to Year 6 in 2019.
Our ASD Resource Base is set up to cater for three children per year group with a diagnosis of autism. In September 2016, we will split the Base into two classes: EYFS and Year 1 and Year 2 and 3. There will be a teacher allocated to each class who is supported by highly skilled teaching assistants. All of our Base children integrate into mainstream classes for part of the week as well as receiving targeted teaching within the Base.
To be part of our school you will need to:
- Ideally have EYFS and/or KS1 teaching experience
- Have experience of working with children who have additional learning and behavioural needs
- Be creative, flexible and able to adapt your teaching to respond to individual learners
- Have an understanding 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 to learn
- 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 & learning and pupil outcomes
This position is suitable for teachers with mainstream, Resource Base or Special school experience.
This opportunity is not suitable for NQTs
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. To arrange a visit, please contact David Milligan,
Headteacher on 020 3700 0790. For an application form and job description, please visit www.tootingprimary.org.uk
Closing date: 3.30pm on Monday, 22nd February 2016.
Interview date: w/c 29th February 2016.
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.
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 our 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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