Special Educational Needs Teacher
Selwyn Primary School
Newham
- £34,502 - £44,756 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPR + possible SEN point / TLR negotiable depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 15 May 2023
Job overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a qualified teacher who has experience of working with Primary aged children with specific SEN that require an adapted curriculum to meet their individual needs. We would like to hear from you if you are a candidate that is passionate about supporting the development of social, life and independence skills and who truly want to make a difference in the lives of pupils and enable them to meet their individual targets. We are seeking candidates who thrive on working in a challenging but immensely rewarding environment.
This role is not suitable for ECTs.
Who we are looking for:
- An outstanding qualified teacher with experience of teaching primary aged pupils with a wide range of Special Educational Needs in mainstream classrooms and or a specialist provision
- A teacher with outstanding abilities to overcome the biggest barriers to learning
- A candidate who can plan and deliver outstanding and effective teaching to enable high-quality learning experiences for all pupils
- An individual who demonstrates compassion, understanding and flexibility in their approach, ensuring progression is central to all lessons
- Someone who can support colleagues to develop their own practice
- A teacher who has a commitment to their own professional development
We can offer you
- Curious children, who love learning
- Collaboration opportunities with supportive, forward thinking and dedicated teams
- An extensive wellbeing offer for staff, pupils and families and a Leadership team who promote wellbeing and academic success equally
Before deciding to apply you will want to find out more about the school - To arrange a visit and/or informal discussion about this post, please contact Helen Mawer – Head teacher on 020 84716172.
Further information about our school can be found on our website -
To arrange a visit, please contact the school office on 02084716173 to speak to:
Head teacher: Helen Mawer
Or a member of the leadership team: Claire Stewart, Elaine Pyke, Mike Boxall
Further information about our school can be found on our website - Selwyn Primary Website
Interviews: w/c 15 May 2023
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Selwyn Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. All staff are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check as well as qualifications and reference checks. A disqualification declaration questionnaire may be required for this post.
About Selwyn Primary School
Selwyn is a happy and successful school located in Plaistow, East London. We are at the heart of this culturally rich community where we are able to offer purposeful and exciting learning opportunities for all. Everyone within our learning community has high aspirations and we work hard to make learning fun and relevant to each individual.
We all have high expectations of behaviour and this has created a wonderfully positive and calm environment where everyone is respected and treated fairly. This emphasis on a happy, calm and focused learning environment ensures that our children can progress and achieve their potential.
Our broad and balanced curriculum, is designed to engender a love of learning that our children will take to the next stage of their education.
Our school is part of Newham Community Learning, which exists in order to provide an excellent education for all young people in our community. We are the only Trust to offer all-through provision from ages 2 - 16 within a single family of schools in Newham. Across our two primary and four secondary schools, all located in the west of the borough, we educate over 5,400 local children and young people, and employ a team of close to 700 members of staff, the vast majority of whom live locally.
To view opportunities at all our schools, please see our Trust page on TES.
Train with us - we are delighted to partner with Teach First to deliver our School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme. Teach First is a national charity that develops and supports teachers and leaders who are determined to make a difference where it is needed the most. As a training partner, we will be working with Teach First to deliver this one year teacher training programme, which enables participants to train and develop skills in the classroom. It is ideal for people who are eager to learn on the job and make a difference in their community from day one. Our Newham Community Learning SCITT Booklet has further information; please email traintoteach@ncltrust.net to find out more. Please note that this programme is currently aimed at secondary teaching staff.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.