Class Teacher (SEND)

Class Teacher

40 hours per week, 42 weeks per year

Qualified Teacher salary = £28,608 - £39,449 per annum

Grace Garden School is a new, exciting and innovative provision which offers full time education to children from 9-16 years who have significant/complex social, emotional or educational difficulties.

For over 30 years, Ruskin Mill Trust has provided Specialist Independent Education to children and adults with complex needs including learning difficulties, autistic spectrum conditions and disabilities. Our provisions offer both day and residential placements and applications. Inspired by Aonghus Gordon using the insights of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris, Ruskin Mill Trust works with hand, head, heart and place to provide students with the tools to transform material and in doing so transform themselves.

In this role you will be ensuring the pupils of Grace Garden School engage in learning and achieve by providing practical, experiential and therapeutic education through careful planning of the structure, methodology and delivery of the learning experience.

You will apply your knowledge about learning and the modes of learning to plan and deliver aspects of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum within the assessment framework of the National Curriculum in addition to their subject area.

You will ensure that students develop basic skills in numeracy, literacy, ICT and in the Core Learning Skills, together with social skills and will provide opportunities for students to practice and develop these skills, assessing their progress in accordance with the School’s assessment schedule and Curriculum Policy.

You will have Qualified Teacher Status, experience of the National Curriculum framework of assessment, excellent communication and organisational skills and a practical approach to engaging age pupils. You will also have experience of working with children with learning difficulties and/or learning disabilities. Experience within specialist education and the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum are also desirable.

Working at Grace Garden School is rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries with progression in pay once qualified. In addition, staff receive:

·      A comprehensive induction, an excellent personal development plan and extensive training to include Autism, Attachment, Emotional Resilience, Holistic Support, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE), CPI Safety Intervention training

·      A beautiful location in Bristol

·      Free Lunch during term time

·      Cycle to work scheme

A completed application is required for consideration of this role, please visit https://rmt.org/careers/ or for more information please email our recruiter claire.carrington-smith@rmt.org 

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure.