Teacher with experience of delivering BTEC to Key Stages 4 & 5

Salary: Teachers’ pay scales, plus SEN 1 

Working Pattern: Teachers’ Pay & Conditions.  Directed hours 32.5 hours per week, 08:30 – 16:00, Monday to Friday

Location:  St Dominic’s School, Hambledon, Nr Godalming, Surrey  GU8 4DX

St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and 7 College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex. 

We are a special school in Surrey and provide education for pupils and students aged 7-19, typically with a primary diagnosis of Autism or social communication difficulties. Our school is located in the beautiful village of Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming. We have views of the Surrey hills and plenty of outdoor space, including access to the common and a Forest School site. To find out more about St Dominic’s School, please visit www.stdominicsschool.org.uk. 

St Dominic’s has been through a period of rapid growth and change. We are therefore seeking dynamic and committed staff, who share our organisational values, to work alongside our newly appointed leadership team.  We are looking to appoint an inspirational and enthusiastic teacher with experience of delivering BTEC to pupils and students in Key Stages 4 and 5 who have a range of abilities.

The successful candidate will have a commitment to developing outstanding practice and the desire and drive to improve educational outcomes and life chances for our very special pupils and students.

Main Areas of Responsibility

• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for pupils and students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate

• To implement and deliver appropriate Key Stages 4 & 5 qualifications, including BTEC courses and other selected courses/qualifications.

• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of pupils and students as a teacher/form tutor.

• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides pupils and students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.

• To contribute to raising standards of pupil and student attainment.

• To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.

Experience of working within a SEN setting is desirable, but not essential.  

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

Benefits include: Free car parking, lunch provided on site, Employee Assistance Programme and membership to Perkbox.

St Dominic’s School is part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust, an established family of specialist academies and college centres that provide for over 1500 pupils and students with a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs. To find out more about us, and what makes us a special place to work please visit https://www.ohcat.org/work-for-us/

For an informal discussion about the role, candidates are invited to contact Danielle Gilmour via email at dgilmour@stdominicschool.org.uk 

To apply for the role please use the quick apply option to submit an application. If you have any queries, please contact office@stdominicsschool.org.uk. 

Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role. Failure to show evidence will result in your application not being shortlisted for interview.

Please note that CV applications will not be considered.

Closing Date:  19 May 2022

Interviews: 23 & 24 May 2022

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.