Teacher of SEND

Reference:  JOB/19/00743
Salary details:  MPS plus 1 SEN Allowance
Job term:  Full Time
Appointment type: Fixed Term - Due to pupil numbers until the end of August 2021
Hours: 1.00FTE

Brackenfield School is an area special school for the South of Derbyshire, providing an exciting and relevant education for young people with complex needs including communication and comprehension difficulties.

The Head Teacher and Governors wish to appoint an excellent classroom practitioner to teach young people aged 4 to 16, ranging in ability from pre formal to formal learners (equivalent range from previous Pscale P3i to end of Y2- KS1 expectations). We deliver appropriate accredited learning at KS4 to all levels of learner.

Pupils in Brackenfield school are not chronologically age grouped and instead are grouped by need (cognitive, sensory, communication and social/emotional), for this reason we encourage both primary and secondary colleagues to apply.

The successful candidate will be someone who can create and deliver stimulating lessons, have excellent assessment for learning strategies and know how to support pupils’ next steps in learning. The successful applicant will also promote the school ethos through high levels of expectation, being an adaptable team player, promoting growth mindset through recognition of character education and be able to encourage pupil independence. In specific we are looking for applicants who have experience in working with pre-verbal children and are skilled in the use of PECs (and/or a range of augmented communication systems), intensive interaction and attention autism.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate the ability to use ICT in an innovative and imaginative manner throughout the curriculum.

Brackenfield School is part of the Derbyshire Federation of Special Schools and the East Midlands SCITT programme, the successful applicant may have the opportunity to work alongside colleagues in other schools to improve practice and also work with new entrants to the profession.

The start date will be 01.09.19. Visits to the school are recommended. Please contact the Headteacher on: 0115 973 3710 to arrange an appointment.

Closing Date:  31 March 2019

Provisional Interview Date: 4 April 2019