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Teacher - Maternity Cover

Teacher - Maternity Cover

The Orchard School

Oldbury

  • Expired
Salary:
Teachers Main Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
September 2018
Apply by:
10 June 2018

Job overview

Hours: Full Time - Maternity Cover

Salary: TMS

This post is fixed term to cover maternity leave.

Secondments also welcome a great opportunity for any staff wishing to broaden their experiences from Mainstream to SEN

The Orchard School is an outstanding Sandwell Special School that caters for pupils with complex and profound learning difficulties. These include severe autism, complex medical conditions, physical and mobility difficulties, as well as severe developmental delay. There are currently 147 pupils on roll, and our children range from 2 - 11 years. 

We are a dynamic, vibrant and forward looking school, with a welcoming ethos and a commitment to working in partnership with other agencies and parents in order to harness and develop each childs potential. 

You must have extensive experience and a passion for the education of pupils with a wide range of needs.

Our Governing Body are seeking to appoint a good/outstanding teacher to this post with effect. The successful candidate will be an exemplary classroom practitioner who is highly motivated, experienced enthusiastic, and willing to contribute to our successful school.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.   

An Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Check is required for the post.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

Please telephone the school on 0121 569 7040 Tour by appointment only 

Closing date:  Monday 11th June 2018 12 noon 

Interview date: Tuesday19th June 2018

Application forms and further details are available from the school by contacting Deanna Jackson on 0121 569 7040  deanna.jackson@orchard.sandwell.sch.uk 

Application forms can also be downloaded from our school website www.orchard.sandwell.sch.uk

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About The Orchard School

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The Orchard School was established in September 2000 following the reorganisation of provision for children with special educational needs in Sandwell. In September 2006, we moved into our current building which is brand new and purpose built with state of the art facilities. These include a music and drama studio, white and dark room studios, swimming and hydrotherapy pools and a sensory garden.

Our children range from 4 years to 11 years and all have complex and profound learning difficulties. These include severe autism, complex medical conditions, physical and mobility difficulties, as well as severe developmental delay. A number of our children present behavioural difficulties arising from their condition; many have communication difficulties.

Along with teaching and classroom support staff, the school is supported by a multi-agency team of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy colleagues, a teacher of the visually impaired and nursing staff. Teamwork has been an essential aspect of the success of the school.

The school has attained the ‘enhancing’ level of the Sandwell Quality Mark for Inclusion developed a strong programme to support inclusive practice. This takes place within the school itself, through offsite visits to support the curriculum and through dual registered placements for our children in mainstream settings. A number of children from mainstream schools also visit our school to share in lessons and activities.

We link closely with other educational agencies within the local authority to assist colleagues working with children with special educational needs. Through a referral process and by direct contact, our outreach programme offers support in a number of areas, to mainstream provision.


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