Class Teacher for Pupils with Moderate to Severe SEND
Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DR28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
5 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
7 April 2026
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £34,398.00 to £52,496.00 + SEN allowance £5497
Additional allowances
SEN allowance £5497
What skills and experience we're looking for
Plan, implement, assess and review learning opportunities for a class group, ensuring pupils make good progress. The Teacher will deliver a high-quality curriculum that is bespoke to Parkwood Hall.
The teacher will:
- Fulfil the professional responsibilities of a teacher, as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document
Meet the expectations set out in the Teachers’ Standards
Teaching and Learning
- Be an excellent teacher.
- Be able to work with pupils with a range of complex and severe needs.
- Be able to promote pupil independence and preparing for adulthood.
- A good understanding of how children learn
- Ability to adapt teaching to meet pupils’ needs
- Ability to build effective working relationships with pupils
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons to assigned classes, following the school’s plans, curriculum and schemes of work
- Assess, monitor, record and report on the learning needs, progress and achievements of assigned pupils, making accurate and productive use of assessment
- Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of pupils
- Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils
- Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
- Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge
- Support pupil transition including the development of highly effective induction and exit arrangements.
- Promote high standards of behaviour through adopting a Positive Behaviour Support approach and support the development of appropriate behaviours for learning.
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Skills & Abilities:
- Evidence of effective classroom practice with pupils with profound, severe and complex needs.
- Able to demonstrate the ability to use technology to support pupil’s learning and for administration purposes.
- Awareness of successful strategies to support pupil communication through early literacy, numeracy and personal development.
- Experience in assessment for learning.
- An empathetic colleague who identifies the need for support and then takes discreet but appropriate action.
- A high level of commitment to school development, improvement and inclusive practice.
- The ability to set clear expectations and parameters and hold others accountable for performance.
- Ability to use data to analyse pupil progress.
- The ability to build and manage relationships constructively with a wide range of pupils, adults and professionals.
- Very well-developed personal organisation skills in order to meet the many and varied elements of the role.
- The ability to lead and work as a member of a team in a variety of roles.
- Emotional maturity and resilience.
- Consistency under pressure.
- Ability to use authority and able to respond appropriately.
What the school offers its staff
We are a specialist day school for children and young people aged 8-19 who have moderate to severe learning difficulties and autism. Many of our pupils have additional needs including ADHD, Downs Syndrome and language difficulties. All our pupils have Education, Health and Care Plans so all our referrals come via different local authorities across London and the South East, including Kent. We are extremely fortunate in having an amazing site where the children can access our seventy-eight acres of green and woodlands. We have a Forest School on site as well as purpose-built playground areas and sports areas. Our music and performing arts form an important part of our offer: we have a steel band as well as a Makaton Choir. Our Cooperative Values are important to us especially honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. They underpin the way we do things at Parkwood Hall. We are committed to providing a learning environment and learning pathway that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible. We have created our own bespoke curriculum which is differentiated to each pupil’s individual learning needs. We aim to make our curriculum engaging, relevant and exciting. The school is zoned in areas to accommodate Learning Pathway One which provides a pre-formal curriculum and Learning Pathway Two which provides a formal curriculum environment. The school also has a sixth form zone for post 16 students where the curriculum is about preparing for adult life with pupils focusing on core skills and independent living skills as well as work related learning. We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and school nurse. Our team work together positively to enable the absolute best outcomes for our pupils, who always remain at the heart of all we do.
Application forms and further information can be requested from contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk. Please note that CVs cannot be accepted.
Free Parking
Pension
Breakfast and Lunch
Tea & Coffee
Flexible working opportunities
Remote working for planning, preparation and assessment (PPA)
Further information about the job
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 complete the online application.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Apply for this jobAdditional documents
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About Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 8 to 19
- School size
- 135 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 8 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy website
- Email address
- zoe.moore@parkwoodhall.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01322 664441
Parkwood Hall is day school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties, and other diverse and complex needs. The pupils here are an inspiration to us all.
It’s an exciting time at Parkwood Hall and you would be joining at a transformational time for the academy. Under a new leadership team, Parkwood Hall has undergone radical changes to its behaviour ethos, and curriculum design and implementation.
Parkwood Hall aims to provide an inclusive learning environment which challenges pupils to achieve success and to thrive. Our co-operative values are important to us, especially honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. They underpin the way we do things here at Parkwood Hall. We are committed to providing a learning environment and learning pathway that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can be and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible.
We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers and teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, Positive Support Behaviour practitioners, school nurses and residential staff.
Arranging a visit to Parkwood Hall Co-Operative Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email zoe.moore@parkwoodhall.co.uk.
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