Class Teacher

Brantwood Garden School is an exciting and innovative provision which offers full time education to children who have significant/complex social, emotional or educational difficulties. Students will learn through a dynamic outdoor land and craft-based curriculum, which includes practical skills; textiles, green woodwork, pottery, cooking and blacksmithing with a significant period of time involved in growing biodynamic produce in the school gardens and looking after the farm animals.

In this role you will be ensuring the pupils of Brantwood 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 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 (and completed ECT)

·       Experience of the National Curriculum framework of assessment

·       Excellent communication and organisational skills and a practical approach to engaging pupils

·       Experience of working with children with learning difficulties and/or learning disabilities

·       Experience within specialist education and the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum are also desirable