Secondary Lead Curriculum Co-ordinator (maternity cover)
Blossom House School
Merton
- Expired
- Salary:
- Commensurate with your skills and knowledge
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2023
Job overview
Blossom House is an Ofsted-rated “Outstanding” specialist school for children aged 3 – 19 years of age with speech, language and communication difficulties. Although many of the children have some associated difficulties such as fine motor problems or poor organisational skills, they are all within the average range of cognitive abilities.
Secondary Curriculum Lead Co-Ordinator (Years 9 to 11 - teacher)
We are pleased to be able to advertise a position to start September 2023 for a Teacher with leadership experience to co-ordinate our Upper Phase of the school alongside a Lead Speech and Language Therapist.
The main joint responsibilities of the role:
- To coordinate the Upper Phase, taking ownership of the holistic curriculum, ensuring outstanding delivery of content and overseeing pupil progress, liaising with other specialists holistically.
- To support and coordinate the students and staff on a daily basis, creating a nurturing, family atmosphere with high expectations and excellent provision.
We offer:
- A supportive working environment in a modern building.
- Close to a good transport network and on-site free parking is available.
- Small class sizes.
- Support from an enthusiastic and dedicated team of Therapy staff and Teachers who will work alongside you in the classroom or collaborate for planning. Our Speech & Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapist and Arts Therapists aim to maximise each child’s potential in a nurturing and supportive environment.
- Opportunities for continued professional development.
- Great staff benefits which include; pension, one free lunch per week, cycle to work scheme and computer scheme, free on-site parking, next to Motspur Park Station.
- UK Healthcare cash plan designed to help cover your “day to day” healthcare expenditure such as Optical and Dental bills and offers cash back (up to policy limits) for a variety of different medical treatments. It also offers lifestyle benefits and discounted gym membership.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Supporting our students can sometimes be challenging, mental and physical resilience are qualities necessary for all our staff.
- Experience of leading a team of teachers.
- Confidence, enthusiasm and a passion for learning.
- Excellent English skills (clear written and spoken English) along with good numeracy skills.
- Experience of planning, delivering and reviewing a modified KS 3-4 curriculum through multisensory methods.
- 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 with Speech and Language Needs, and on the Autism Spectrum.
- Experience of working with children and the ability to manage groups of children and cope with challenging behaviour are desirable for the role.
- The ability to manage a small group of children with complex social communication needs.
- The ability to promote positive behaviour in a nurturing environment is essential, understanding that all behaviour is a form of communication.
The role is a fixed term (maternity cover), Full-Time role
Monday to Friday, 08:30 – 17:00
Salary: Commensurate with your skills and knowledge
Closing date: 19th June 2023 (early applications considered)
To start: September 2023
Interested?
Please read the job description below and if you wish to apply for the post, please download the application form and email the completed application form detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification along with the recruitment activity (on the last page of the advert) to the Recruitment Team by the closing date.
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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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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