Class Teacher of SEND - Post 16 Provision

The Martin Bacon Academy, Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DH

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2025

• Closing date

  8 December 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Needs
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,329.00 - £51,763.00 Annually (Actual) Inclusive of SEND Allowance of £2679 per annum

Class Teacher of SEND - Post 16 Provision job summary

SEND Class Teacher

The Sixth Form at Martin Bacon Academy, Northstowe

Salary: Meridian Trust Pay Scale/UPS with SEN allowance. FTE £31,650-£19,084 plus £2679.

Hours of Work: 100% of 1265 teacher working hours per year.

Due to expansion and growth of the school we have an exciting opportunity for new Class Teachers to join our fantastic SEND team. We are seeking candidates with experience in post 16 education and/or SEND or those starting their teaching career with a specialism in this area.

Opening in January 2025, The Sixth form, over time will offer 20 places to pupils aged 16-19. Pupils attending will engage in a functional and vocational curriculum, based in a building shared with Northstowe Secondary College, but also accessing learning opportunities in the community, for example travel training. The students learning will be accredited through OCR Life and Living Skills as well as access to English and Maths Functional Skills qualifications. They will be able to select option subjects alongside their mainstream peers and will be fully supported by specialist trained staff who are employed by MBA. Any additional Specialist provision, for example Hydro Therapy or Rebound Therapy, will be delivered at MBA.

The Opportunity

• A great chance to work with a strong, fun enthusiastic team
• To create and maintain an inspiring, appropriate, safe and stimulating learning environment
• To promote the well-being and holistic educational progress of all pupils, through a variety of teaching styles
• Be active in promoting our visions and values and supporting our ethos for achievement for all and high standards.

The Ideal Candidate

• Commitment to and evidence of continuous improvement and one’s own professional development.
• Excellent track record of pupil outcomes
• Be a team player, with a ‘can do’ solution focused attitude
• Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity
• The interpersonal skills to communicate effectively and professionally with staff, pupils, parents and others.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Teacher's Pension Scheme (TPS)
• Free on-site parking
• Eyecare vouchers
• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Reduced staff membership to the facilities at Academy Leisure, Sawtry
• Free tea and coffee making facilities
• Generous sick pay and annual leave

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 28 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing Date for Applications: 23.59 on 08/12/2024

Interview Date: 12/12/2024

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.

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.

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About The Martin Bacon Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 127 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Martin Bacon Academy website (opens in new tab)
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