Class Teacher

John Jamieson School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 2PW

Deadline is tomorrow

• Closing date

  8 May 2024 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  22 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Needs
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS + SEN point

Class Teacher job summary

The East Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC) is a 2-19 generic special school with 435 pupils on roll. The East SILC is a complex organisation which operates on a variety of sites to provide a range of outreach services across the city, including partnerships with primary and secondary providers, the city-wide Physical Difficulties and Medical Service including a moving and handling service, as well as the Medical Needs Teaching Service for Leeds

Do you want to join a team making a difference to children and young people’s lives?

To start as soon as possible.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our expanding school community.

We are seeking to recruit permanent class teachers to be based at a given site/phase in line with the needs of the school and the expertise of the successful candidates.

As with all appointments to the East SILC staff may be asked to work at any site within the organisation.

The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom practitioner and have the capacity to teach a range of subjects in a primary based model to secondary aged pupils.

If you have the requirements identified below we would like to receive an application from you:

• An inspirational and enthusiastic teacher.
• Aspire to be an outstanding practitioner.
• Be able to transfer their experience to a specialist setting.
• Passionate about high quality teaching and learning for children and young people of all abilities.
• Able to creatively differentiate the curriculum to meet a range of special needs.
• To be able to work with children with complex needs and challenging behaviours.
• Must have an interest in and experience of working with young people with a wide range of additional needs.
• The ability to work with parents/carers, professionals and the wider community.
• Willing to make a positive contribution to the broader life of the school.

What we offer:

• A strong team ethos and a commitment to staff wellbeing.
• Excellent CPD opportunities to grow and develop through mentoring and coaching.
• A successful ECT support programme
• An effective induction programme to support your transition to the East SILC

A school visit is highly recommended.

The East SILC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS formally CRB) and medical clearance from Leeds City Council’s Occupational Health Service. The East SILC promotes diversity and wants a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

Commitment to safeguarding

The East SILC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS formally CRB) and medical clearance from Leeds City Council’s Occupational Health Service.
The East SILC promotes diversity and wants a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

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About John Jamieson School

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 425 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: John Jamieson School website (opens in new tab)
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The East Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre (SILC) is a 2-19 generic special school with 426 pupils on roll. All our pupils have special learning needs and some have physical/ medical difficulties. The East SILC is a complex organisation which operates on a variety of sites to provide a range of outreach services across the city, including partnerships with primary and secondary providers, the city-wide Physical Difficulties and Medical Service including a moving and handling service, as well as the Medical Needs Teaching Service for Leeds.

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