Class Teacher

Spring School

Class Teacher

MPR/UPR

Permanent

Are you looking for a new opportunity? Want to make an impact at a new school at the very beginning of its journey? Spring School opening September 2023 is looking for Teachers to join us and help us provide an excellent education for all our learners.

The Spring School will be a part of the Ambitious about Autism Schools Trust, which was established as a multi-academy trust to develop new free schools. In 2020, the Trust was chosen to develop a new special free school for autistic children and young people in Chessington. Spring School will be a place where autistic children can learn, thrive, achieve, and belong.

We are looking to recruit qualified Teachers to join us on our ambitious journey. Your day-to-day role will include delivering creative and person-centred lessons to up to 8 learners within our Primary or Secondary phase. 

Your role as a Teacher:

• Provide excellent, teaching and learning opportunities to learners across Spring School.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of the children and young people we support.
• Work with pupils to ensure they receive a service that delivers the outcomes specified in their individualised learning, person-centred plans.
• Prepare and deliver schemes of work, lesson plans, assignments and assessments in line with departmental and awarding body requirements.
• Work collaboratively with allied health professionals as part of a trans-disciplinary team.

Why join us?

• The role itself is very rewarding both through the freedom of creativity and seeing first hand, our learners develop and progress through their goals and aspirations.
• 11 weeks annual leave per academic year.
• Highly competitive salary reviewed annually.
• Excellent CPD including a wide-range of in house and external training courses.
• To collaborate and work with leading experts in the autism and learning disability field.
• Annual staff recognition awards.
• Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
• Season ticket loans.
• A wide range of wellness programmes both in person and online including: virtual yoga & zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes.
• Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
• Access to physiotherapy.
• On-site parking. 

We are committed to investing in our people and their talent. We make sure every single person is clear about their role, and has the tools, knowledge and learning they need to perform well and make a difference.

For an informal discussion about this exciting position please contact Ben Lowe at blowe@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk. 

Closing date: Monday 20th February 2023

Interviews: Friday 10th March 2023

The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.

Whether the post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendment to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2021. This means 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. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS Filter Guidance.

Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit. 

Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.