Class Teacher
Riverside School, Orpington, Kent, BR5 3HS22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Spring term 2027
Closing date
2 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher or lecturer
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Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS / UPS (Outer London weighting)
Additional allowances
SEN 1 or 2, dependent on qualifications and experience.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required Spring term 2027
We are delighted to be recruiting to the following position, which could be based at any of our four sites:
Class Teachers
MPS / UPS (Outer London weighting) plus 1 or 2 SEN points, dependent on qualifications and experience.
Closing date: 12.00pm, 2nd October 2026; Interviews: Week beginning 12th October 2026.
Are you ready to play your part in transforming the lives of children with complex needs and the lives of their families? Do you have the passion, resilience and dedication to enable our pupils to find true fulfilment? If so, we’d love to hear from you. Riverside is a highly-regarded school for children with severe and complex learning difficulties, many of whom are on the autistic spectrum. We welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds and experiences, including Early Career Teachers and we have a strong track record of supporting teachers new to special education.
We are a forward-thinking and innovative all-age (3-19) special school with a diverse population: our 360 pupils are based on four sites, St Paul’s Cray, Beckenham, West Wickham and Phoenix (Bromley), in the London Borough of Bromley. Pupil, family and staff engagement is extremely important to us and we strive to involve the whole school community in making Riverside the most incredible place for our pupils to learn and our staff to work. We aim to provide the kind of specialist education and opportunities that our families want and our pupils deserve. We stand together to promote inclusion and celebrate diversity so that everyone in our school community feels a true sense of belonging.
Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:
Aspiration Resilience Creativity Humility Integrity Trust Enthusiasm Courage Teamwork
They make up the acronym ARCHITECT to signify our passion for designing and building a school that will make an indelible mark on the world for generations to come; a school that will impact positively on everyone who enters, on people we may never meet, and in ways we may never know. We see our pupils’ time at Riverside School as just the first part of their journey and we want them to leave us at the age of 19 as confident, lifelong learners. We also want them to remember their time with us with great affection, with memories of life-enriching experiences and enduring relationships.
If you are interested in more than one post currently being advertised, please indicate this on your application form and if you would like an informal discussion about this or any other post, please feel free to telephone Steve Solomons, Headteacher on 01689 870519. We are happy to facilitate school visits prior to shortlisting and we look forward to hearing from you.
What the school offers its staff
Wellbeing support
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Riverside School is committed to providing equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
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About Riverside School
- Organisation type
- Special school, ages 3 to 19
- Size
- 360 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- Recruitment@riverside.bromley.sch.uk
We are a forward-thinking and innovative all-age (3-19) special school with a diverse population: our 360 pupils are based on four sites, St Paul’s Cray, Beckenham, West Wickham and Phoenix (Bromley), in the London Borough of Bromley. Pupil, family and staff engagement is extremely important to us and we strive to involve the whole school community in making Riverside the most incredible place for our pupils to learn and our staff to work. We aim to provide the kind of specialist education and opportunities that our families want and our pupils deserve. We stand together to promote inclusion and celebrate diversity so that everyone in our school community feels a true sense of belonging.
Our core values are at the heart of everything we do:
Aspiration Resilience Creativity Humility Integrity Trust Enthusiasm Courage Teamwork
They make up the acronym ARCHITECT to signify our passion for designing and building a school that will make an indelible mark on the world for generations to come; a school that will impact positively on everyone who enters, on people we may never meet, and in ways we may never know.
Arranging a visit to Riverside School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Recruitment@riverside.bromley.sch.uk.
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