English Teacher KS3 -KS5

Newhaven School- Kings Park Campus:  English Teacher 

King’s Park offers English to GCSE and Functional Skills and has the potential to offer to A level. We are a rapidly and successfully establishing school in the Royal Borough of Greenwich which meets the needs of young people with diagnoses of Autism and mental health needs. Our school is a happy place where nurture and the development of students’ life and personal skills have equal status with their academic outcomes. Our students tell us they value the school and show this by attending more than they ever have. Feedback from parents is glowing with high levels of engagement with our parental work. Staff enjoy the difference they make and the small class sizes with extensive professional support.

You will ideally have experience with high functioning youngsters on the spectrum but more importantly will be an outstanding teacher with a can do attitude, a sense of humour and the resilience to work with our challenging cohort. You will also be excited by the prospect of working in a dynamic, forward looking environment where risks are encouraged in order to achieve results. You will be trained to teach within KS2-5 and will ideally but not essentially have experience of working with young people with ASD using specific interventions such as TEACCH, SPELL framework and SCERTS. You will receive the training you need as a tutor to assess and develop your tutor group’s Wellbeing Skills in the areas of emotional regulation, social communication, learning and independence. 

The staff at King’s Park are determined to give our students the best opportunities possible to become successful, responsible citizens with bright futures. We opened in a refitted building, with state of the art ICT and other facilities, in May 2016 and currently have 48 students on roll in years 7-14. By September we will have up to 55 students as our first cohort graduates.

We are looking for:

· Outstanding classroom practitioners with the ability to inspire others and a commitment to high standards

· A proven record of good academic results with students of all abilities

· Innovation and an ability to inspire students with a range of needs

· Preferably experience of working with students with ASD with experience of specific interventions outlined above

· Resilience

Closing date:     Midday Wednesday 31/01/2018
 Interviews:      Week Commencing 04/02/2018

Start date:       ASAP

For further details about Newhaven School together with all application requirements please visit: www.newhavenschool.co.uk or phone Jon Kelly (Deputy Head, Newhaven) to discuss the post.

Newhaven is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced with Barred List check through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) plus additional pre-employment checks.