1 Permanent Full Time Post for a Teacher of the D/deaf
Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 May 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Between £31,650 and £49,084
Additional allowances
SEN1 £2,679
SEN2 £5,284
Dependent on QToD Status
What skills and experience we're looking for
Longwill is a small, friendly special school which offers an excellent education to D/deaf pupils from throughout the West Midlands and surrounding areas.
We are looking for a practitioner who:
- Is a qualified Teacher
- Is either a QToD or has the commitment to train to be a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf.
- Has high expectations for pupils and is an excellent communicator.
- Thinks creatively to create diverse and unique learning experiences
- Is self-motivated and a lifelong learner.
- Is able to lead a classroom team effectively.
- Has the ability to communicate in British Sign Language Minimum Level 2 and is committed to developing their signing skills to at least Level 3, or beyond.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- An innovative and exciting special school environment, committed to providing the best opportunities for D/deaf children and staff.
- The opportunity to work in a school which prioritises the continued professional development of its staff
- Delightful and hardworking D/deaf sign bilingual children.
- A supportive environment with dedicated and highly skilled staff.
- Flexible PPA provision which can be taken off-site (fortnightly)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to j.smith@longwill.bham.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 12
- School size
- 62 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 12
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children website
- Email address
- j.smith@longwill.bham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01214753923
Longwill Primary Special School for Deaf Children
Longwill is currently a 56 place Special School for profoundly Deaf children aged from 2-11 years old who come from across the West Midlands Region.
The Learning Environment
• Longwill is a Sign-Bilingual, bi-cultural learning environment, which strives to support and develop the communication needs and abilities of its members so that the pupils are equipped to function effectively within both the Hearing and the Deaf world.
• We educate our pupils as independent free thinkers, ready for 21st century life, capable of embracing the technology of tomorrow, who are adaptable, self reliant, resourceful and tolerant of change and who can contribute to the wider community.
• Pupils are taught within small groups by Teachers of the Deaf.
• 11 Deaf staff act as positive cultural and linguistic role models, teaching BSL and supporting learning in the classroom. Both languages (English and BSL) are equally valued and promoted.
• The Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) are woven into the curriculum to ensure the emotional wellbeing of all pupils. We have three Learning Mentors on our staff.
• We teach English through a variety of means, using BSL, Sign Supported English, Signed English, as well as communicating orally where appropriate.
• We employ a digital team to ensure that Longwill continues to lead the way in using digital media to enhance deaf education.
• We employ a clinical audiologist as part of our ‘listening team’ to enhance the work of the Speech and Language therapists and assistants and Educational Audiologist.
Initiatives
• The school is part of the Birmingham Schools Co-operative Trust. It has an outward facing approach and recognises the benefits of strong partnership working.
• We teach BSL courses in school and encourage a wider community of schools to know BSL.
• All Teachers of the Deaf engage in Action Research and collaborate closely with universities in developing and improving ways to teach Deaf pupils.
• Longwill teaches Thinking and Learning skills especially through the use of Building Learning Power.
• ‘Visual Phonics by Hand’- was developed at Longwill to support phonic skills for Deaf pupils, who are visual learners.
The school holds the Gold Rights Respecting Schools Award (UNCRC) and is proud of our achievement in creating a school where pupil voice is strong and pupils are confident contributors to making the world a better place.
Please visit through our website www.longwill.bham.sch.uk
Headteacher- Mrs Alison Carter
Longwill School, Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham B31 1LD
Email – a.carter@longwill.bham.sch.uk
Telephone – 0121 475 3923
Arranging a visit to Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.smith@longwill.bham.sch.uk.
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