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Class Teacher

Ivel Valley School

Central Bedfordshire

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Salary:
MPS + 1 SEN Point
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
1st September 2017
Apply by:
4 May 2017

Job overview

We are looking to recruit an experienced class teacher. An additional TLR 2B (£4545) payment would be available for suitable applicants for undertaking the role of ‘Promoting Effective Communication and Positive Behaviour across the school’

We are the Area Special School for the east of Central Bedfordshire and aim to provide a high quality, calm and caring learning environment, where pupils and staff are encouraged to reach their true potential. The school provides high standards of education for pupils with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities aged 3–19. The main school operates on two sites which are within ½ a mile of each other; the primary site for pupils aged 3-11 and the secondary site for pupils aged 11-19. Additionally, we have five satellite classes based on local mainstream school sites (two lower, one middle and two upper) which meet the needs of some of our pupils who would benefit from the social inclusion these classes afford. 

In the first instance the successful applicant will be required to teach a group of up to 10 pupils in Years 8-14 who are based on our secondary site. All of the group have complex needs, most of the pupils have severe learning difficulties and can present very challenging behaviour. We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic and energetic teacher who is creative in their approach to learning. 

The class follow an individualised and personalised curriculum and are based across three rooms. The class is highly staffed with several of the pupils having additional 1:1 teaching assistant support.

We are seeking an experienced teacher for this post and a TLR payment is available for a suitable applicant. Please see TLR job description for further details of this post.

The successful applicant will be appointed to the whole school and in the future you could be required on either site or in one of our satellite classes. 

All our teachers undertake additional responsibility for the co-ordination of a subject area but the exact subject is again open to negotiation. 

This is an exciting time to join the school and play a role in our future development. 

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About Ivel Valley School

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+44 1767 601010

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We are the Area Special School for the east of Central Bedfordshire and aim to provide a high quality, calm and caring learning environment, where pupils and staff are encouraged to reach their true potential. The school provides high standards of education for pupils with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities aged 3 – 19. The main school operates on two sites which are within ½ a mile of each other; the school site and the college site. Additionally, we have three satellite classes based on a local mainstream school site.

We have experience and expertise in addressing the needs of pupils with moderate, severe, and profound and multiple learning difficulties. Many of our pupils have additional needs, such as sensory or physical difficulties and a significant proportion of the school population are on the autistic spectrum. A small number of our pupils have particularly challenging behaviours.

Our catchment primarily serves pupils who are resident in the east of Central Bedfordshire; however, with the agreement of the Local Authority, we also accept pupils from neighboring authorities and further afield. All our pupils have either a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan in place.

The school is located in Biggleswade and operates from two main sites, both conveniently situated close to the town centre, chiefly catering for school and college age pupils respectively. We also maintain lower and middle school classes, which are successfully collocated within a local mainstream school. We also run a successful after school and holiday club for our pupils.

In addition to providing the full range of special educational services for our pupils, we are commissioned by the Local Authority to deliver an autism advisory service and an outreach service to mainstream schools. We are also commissioned to provide an Early Years Support Service to parents and early years' settings in the east of Central Bedfordshire, for children with complex needs.

We are a significant local employer and work closely with health and social care colleagues. Our annual budget is in excess of £4million.

Our last Ofsted inspection was in May 2018. We were assessed as being Good across all areas.

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