Primary Teacher
Blossom House School
Euston
- Expired
- Salary:
- Starting from £32,400, depending on qualifications and experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 April 2024
Job overview
Blossom House is a specialist independent day school in London for children with speech, language and communication difficulties. A highly supportive and nurturing place to learn, our school has a positive and inspiring atmosphere created by our dedicated, professional and caring staff.
We are looking for an energetic, caring and experienced Primary school Teacher to join our multi-disciplinary team at Blossom House School. The role involves teaching and delivering the Primary curriculum within a maximum class size of 8 pupils, working alongside an experienced team of Teaching Assistants, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Arts Therapists.
If you are passionate about giving young people the right chances that will help to shape their future, then apply as you are the teacher we are looking for!
The ideal candidate will have:
· Confidence, enthusiasm and a passion for learning.
· A relevant teaching qualification.
· Experience of delivering EYSFS curriculum.
· Excellent English skills (clear written and spoken English) along with good reading, writing and numeracy skills.
· The ability to build good working relationships with children, teachers, parents and carers.
· Experience of working with children with Special Education Needs (SEN), particularly children on the Autism Spectrum.
· The ability to manage challenging behaviour.
· The ability to role model positive behaviour.
· At least two years teaching experience.
This role is a Permanent, Full-Time only role,
Monday to Friday: 08:30am - 17:00pm
Salary: Starting from £32,400, depending on qualifications and experience.
To Start: September 2024
Closing date: 26th April 2024
School address: Blossom House School Euston, Aldenham Street, NW1 1PS
Applicants will need to complete an application form along with the application activity detailed in the attachment.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the people we care for, creating a setting in which everyone feels welcome and safe. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes the disclosure of criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the organisation. We make sure that all our staff are trained and supervised to a high standard so they can provide safe, effective practice.
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About Blossom House School
- Blossom House School
- Station Road, Motspur Park, New Malden
- London
- KT3 6JJ
- United Kingdom
Blossom House is a very special place to work, not just because of our wonderful team of staff, but also because of the satisfaction of supporting the development of our fantastic pupils. Rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted in November 2023, we aim to continually evolve our working environment to ensure we remain an outstanding place to work.
We believe in the importance of supporting our staff in all ways and we are committed to investing in your personal development, giving you the opportunity to undertake external courses as well as offering training in INSET. We have a Learning Teaching and Therapy Support Team in place to offer one to one coaching if required.
All assistants currently have the opportunity to obtain a City & Guilds accredited training course in Behaviour Support Management while working here. We also deliver the Elklan course which is an accredited speech and language training programme aimed at professionals working in schools.
We also acknowledge any stress that may be experienced through working in this environment. To support our teaching staff, therapists and other staff, we offer sports activities (including yoga and football) and an employee assistance programme which includes one to one counselling.
When you join the team at Blossom House, you’ll benefit from:
- A modern, climate-controlled working environment at Motspur Park.
- Well-equipped teaching rooms with interactive whiteboards.
- Ample underground car parking and good transport links at Motspur Park, while our Euston school is within walking distance from London Euston rail station.
- Small classes (maximum of 10 but usually less).
- Learning Support Assistant in every class.
- A wellbeing programme that includes a £60 termly wellbeing allowance.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- An independent employee assistance programme.
- UK Healthcare cash plan designed to help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optical and dental bills and offers cashback (up to policy limits) for a variety of different medical treatments. It also offers lifestyle benefits and discounted gym membership.
- Free lunch once a week and ample drinks and snacks in our comfortable staff room.
- Cycle scheme and Tech scheme.
- End of term parties and gifts.
Comments from our staff
‘I was going to give up teaching until I joined Blossom, 8 years later and still learning new things and enjoying it.’
‘It’s nice to feel part of a community where care is at its centre.’
‘Being able to work as such a close team, with so much support, is brilliant.’
‘Everyone is so friendly and the team approach makes working here so much easier.’
We are always interested in meeting friendly, competent, dedicated, suitably qualified and experienced candidates for roles at Blossom House. If you are interested in making a difference and joining our dedicated team, please send your application to recruitment@blossomhouseschool.co.uk.
Blossom House School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including an Enhanced DBS check, the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We can only shortlist based on completed applications and not CV’s alone.
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