Class Teacher - Autism Specialist
Fern House School, Enfield, EN3 6NYThis job expired on 24 February 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Subjects
- Early Years, Reception, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Early Years Practitioner
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £36,413.00 - £53,994.00 Annually (Actual) Main and Upper Pay Scale + SEN
Class Teacher - Autism Specialist job summary
Fern House School
Class Teacher - Autism Specialist
(social, emotional, mental health needs / social communication needs)
Apply by: 12 noon - 24th February 2025
Interviews: W/b 24th February 2025
Salary Scale: MPS / UPS + SEN Allowance
Job Start: As soon as possible
Fern House School is a special school for pupils aged 5 – 16. We promote and adopt approaches based on attachment theories and neurobiological research to provide our pupils with a supportive framework, which allows them to be heard and understood safely. Our highly adapted curriculum ensures that all pupils can engage in learning and achieve something to feel proud of. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced teacher who can fit into our committed team and is passionate in helping children succeed and is open to learning a modern approach to understanding neurodiverse pupils. The teacher will be a SEND Autism Specialist, and will be able to teach across the curriculum using a primary model of teaching.
We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the wider society that we serve. We pride ourselves on being an employer of choice. We champion diversity, inclusion and well-being and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued and a sense of belonging.
What more can we offer?
An enhanced salary to reflect the needs of our pupils
A welcoming and inclusive school community with strong team values
Flexible working hours to accommodate childcare
Attendance incentives – paid days off for 100% attendance
A brand new state-of-the-art school building
Recently judged to be a GOOD school by Ofsted & Personal Development judged as Outstanding.
At Fern House School we understand the importance of building meaningful relationships with pupils and families to nurture growth and development of relational milestones such as, building trust and sharing enjoyment. Care and making connections are at the heart of our ethos and we work hard to ensure that all staff feel cared for too.
As part of the Connect Education Trust, we are strongly committed to providing high quality professional development and career progression for all staff. We are constantly reviewing our practices to ensure that our staff can focus on what matters, providing a rich environment in which children can learn and thrive. We are able to offer significant opportunities to work in collaboration with colleagues across the Trust. Staff are able to be involved with developments within the curriculum in areas that interest them. We encourage expertise and a staff team that supports one another to develop their own practice by creating remarkable futures for all pupils.
All Connect Education Trust is committed to safeguarding, therefore all employees working within the Trust must have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of our children and young people. All candidates are required to complete the school’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ declaration and will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). For posts in regulated activity, this will include a barred list check. The Trust also requires consent from applicants to carry out online searches of publicly available information, including social media, prior to interview.
To apply please go to the vacancies page on https://mynewterm.com/jobs/145232/EDV-2025-FHS-96385
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.
About Fern House School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 65 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Fern House School website
School location
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