Class Teacher - Special Needs School - Temporary to cover Maternity Leave
Newark Orchard School, Newark, NG24 3ALThis job expired on 9 December 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
29 January 2021
Closing date
9 December 2020 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 November 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPR 1 to 6 - £25714 to £36,961
Additional allowances
£2270 SEN Allowance
Class Teacher - Special Needs School - Temporary to cover Maternity Leave job summary
POST: CLASS TEACHER Salary Range MPR +1SEN
Responsible to: Head Teacher
Job purpose: As a Teacher you shall carry out the professional duties of a school teacher as circumstances
may reasonably require as provided for under the relevant sections of the School
Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. To ensure ‘Individual Growth for Individual People’.
Responsible for: Teaching & Learning (class)
Responsible to the Team Leader and Deputy Head Teacher through the Head Teacher for any of the following duties and responsibilities that may be delegated.
Duties
The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those covered by the latest School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document. It may be modified by the Head Teacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title.
• All teachers are responsible to the Head Teacher.
• All teachers are responsible for providing and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons s/he is responsible for, or comes into contact with.
• All teachers supervise and manage Teaching Assistants.
• All teachers supervise and manage students on placement.
• All teachers work in partnership with health and social service personnel.
• All teachers have a responsibility to be in school ten minutes before and after the school day.
• All teachers are expected to become conversant with Makaton signs, symbols and any other communication systems as deemed appropriate.
• All teachers will be expected to teach cross phase on both sites if required by timetable.
• All teachers will teach pupils within a specified age range as determined by the school’s needs in accordance with the professional duties of a teacher.
• All teachers will take an equitable share of whole school curriculum care and management responsibilities.
• All teachers will carry out duties in line with the key tasks and management procedures of the school.
Teaching and learning
1. Carry out teaching duties in accordance with the school's schemes of work and National Curriculum.
2. To plan appropriate curriculum experiences.
3. To work within the National Curriculum.
4. To work co-operatively with fellow staff.
5. Manage Teaching Assistant colleagues to deliver units of work in a collaborate way.
6. Work with fellow staff and interested professionals.
7. Monitor and set targets for student attainment levels.
8. To keep records of progress and experience.
9. Monitor and set work for students absent from school.
10. Monitor and demonstrate good practice in the classroom.
Assessing and Reporting
1. To monitor student progress within National Curriculum and P levels.
2. To be responsible for teacher assessment (appropriate to Key Stages - NC).
3. Record students' work.
4. To complete termly, annual and end of year reviews.
5. Maintain own lesson evaluations.
6. Mark and return work within agreed time span, providing feedback and targets.
7. Provide assessment reports and value added data and responses to monitor
student progress.
8. To liaise with parents and those within parental responsibility and attend
consultation meetings.
9. Work within the Code of Practice relating to Special Educational Needs.
Standards and Quality Assurance
1. Support the aims and ethos of the school ensuring ‘Individual Growth for
Individual People’.
2. Set a good example in terms of dress, punctuality and attendance.
3. Attend and participate in open evenings and student performances/activities.
4. Uphold the school's behaviour code and uniform regulations.
5. Participate in staff training.
6. Attend team and staff meetings.
7. To have due regard to matters pertaining to Health and Safety.
8. To promote the ethos of the school internally and externally.
9. To manage in the classroom and while on school journeys: Students and staff,
training students and volunteers, finances as available.
Duties
The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those covered by the latest School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document. It may be modified by the head teacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title.
• Should circumstances arise which require this job description to be reviewed and amended, any changes will be discussed with you in the first instance. Should a disagreement arise, you will be afforded the opportunity of a meeting to resolve the matter with your Head Teacher who may involve officers of the Education Department as appropriate. You may be accompanied at this meeting by a representative of your Trade Union if you so wish.
• In addition to the duties specified within the section “Particular Responsibilities”, you may be asked to undertake any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities/grade of the post as defined, subject to the proviso that normally any changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific cases. This job description does not form part of the Contract of Employment.
• You are required to carry out your duties in line with the stated ethos and principles of the school and in line with your responsibility for promoting and safe guarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible or come into contact with.
• This job description allocates duties and responsibilities but does not direct the particular amount of time to be spent on any or all of them. Your Head Teacher is responsible for maintaining a time budget on which you have been/will be consulted. You will be granted access to this at any reasonable time by arrangement with your Head Teacher.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to rigorous safeguarding procedures and promoting the welfare of all children. An online search of publicly available information will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, which the school might want to explore with the applicant at interview. When completing your application form, please ensure there are no gaps in your employment history that are not explained. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS Check.
About Newark Orchard School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 18
- School size
- 161 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Newark Orchard School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- office@newarkorchard.notts.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01636682255
Special School
Newark Orchard School originally opened in 1996 and was based across two sites. In September 2020 the brand new, state of the art building opened on London Road site in Balderton catering for 140 pupils from ages 3-18. As a generic special school, we provide an education for a wide range of needs. The facilities include a hydrotherapy pool, an Immersion room, a sensory room a soft play room and specialist curriculum rooms amongst many others. The school also has a Specialist Autism Hub as part of the new building.
At our last Ofsted inspection in June 2019 we were judged to be a good school with outstanding features. We are fully committed to ‘Individual Growth for Individual People’. We have a very experienced and skilled staff and we pride ourselves on our abilities to construct Individual Education Programmes and personalise the curriculum to meet the requirements of young people with special educational needs and enable them to access their curriculum entitlement. We are delighted to work with schools across Newark to enhance their special educational needs provision. We are happy to offer advice and support wherever requested. We work with a whole range of different professionals and enjoy a close partnership with them. We are totally committed to helping to maintain appropriate provision for individual pupils, wherever they go to school.
Further information about Newark Orchard School can be found on our website – www.newarkorchard.notts.sch.uk
Arranging a visit to Newark Orchard School
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