Class Teacher
Tor View School, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 6LR5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Spring Term 2025
Closing date
2 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
10 September 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650 - £49,084
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance in addition to salary (£2,679 - £5,285)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential Criteria:
-A recognised teaching qualification
-An enthusiasm and commitment to work with young people with a wide range of special educational needs (SEN)
-Experience in teaching and differentiating schemes of work including National Curriculum programmes of study / 14 – 19 Curriculum
-Experience, or awareness, of the duties and roles of a form tutor and or class teacher
-Knowledge of statutory and non-statutory assessment
-Experience of planning, recording and evaluating pupil learning
-Ability to lead and manage a subject across key stages including managing a budget
-A person with good communication skills (oral and written) and a high standard of presentation
-A willingness to work as part of a team including working alongside and managing support staff
-A willingness to develop and manage the personal care, mobility and independence of young people in the school
-An interest and willingness to undertake further professional development and to contribute to the professional development of others
-A willingness to develop skills in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
-Competent in the use of ICT
What the school offers its staff
Safer Recruitment:
The Sea View Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to protecting our students and staff and therefore have a rigorous recruitment process that includes assessing candidates’ suitability to work with children. The schools within our Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Equal Opportunities:
At our Trust we believe that all individuals are of equal value and we are committed to equal opportunities for all. All people who work and study in the Trust have the right to be respected and valued within a safe and secure environment and not to be discriminated against on the grounds of age, class, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief.
Performance Appraisal:
- The post holder will participate in the Trust’s appraisal cycle, following the guidelines established for staff working at an executive level
- Incremental payments are awarded on 1st September each year, following a successful annual review
- Bonus payments are not included in the pay policy and are not awarded by the Trust
Staff Benefits:
The Sea View Trust appreciates that, in achieving its’ full potential, it is the staff that make the biggest difference. Therefore, in order to attract the best talent, we offer a competitive reward and benefits package.
Competitive salaries:
Competitive salaries are offered for both teaching and non-class-based staff, depending on the type and level of role. Pay ranges are reviewed annually and the Trust works closely with recognised Union colleagues to ensure that the pay scales reflect the national picture. Starting salaries are determined by the pay range for the role, the experience of the candidate, as well as external market conditions. The Trust is also proud to be a Living Wage Foundation employer, this helps to ensure that all our staff are treated fairly.
National Terms and Conditions:
The Sea View Trust is committed to offering national terms and conditions in line with the School Teacher’s Pay and Conditions document (“STPCD”), the Burgundy Book (for Teachers) or the NJC Green Book (for Support Staff). This commitment is reflected in an agreement between The Sea View Trust and the national Trade Unions and Professional Associations.
Pension Scheme :
All contracted members of staff will be automatically enrolled into the appropriate pension scheme (the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme). Employees do not pay tax or national insurance on their contributions and the Trust adds a generous employer contribution, which varies depending on the salary. All staff are entitled to opt-out of the pension scheme should they wish to do so.
Hybrid Working :
At The Sea View Trust, we are committed to creating a flexible and adaptable work culture that values our employees' work-life balance. As such, we are open to hybrid working arrangements on occasion, combining remote work with office work. This approach offers numerous benefits, including increased productivity, reduced commuting time, and lower stress levels. By embracing a hybrid work model, we hope to promote a healthy work-life balance for our employees, allow them to manage their time more efficiently, and create a more collaborative and supportive work environment.
Continual Professional Development :
The Trust values the contribution of its’ skilled staff team and is supportive of Continual Professional Development opportunities. Funded opportunities are upon application and subject to business need.
Holiday :
The Trust recognises the importance of a good work-life balance and provide generous holiday entitlements for support staff (for those staff who are on a full year contract). This entitlement is in addition to any Bank or Public holidays. If you work part-time, your holiday entitlement will be pro-rated. There is a statutory closure period for all staff over the Christmas and New Year period.
Flexible and Family Friendly Policies :
The Trust understands that employment policies need to be flexible and responsive in order to promote diversity and equality, and to attract and retain the highest quality workforce. Our Flexible Working Policy provides an opportunity for employees to request an arrangement such as a job share, a part-time role or flexibility with home working. Such requests will always be considered fairly, whilst taking account of the needs of the employee, the post, and the Trust. The Trust is also very mindful of staff welfare and has policies in place to support staff, wherever possible, with leave for emergencies or for compassionate reasons.
Wellbeing and Occupational Health Services :
The Trust has an active Wellbeing focus and is continually considering collective opportunities for staff, together with addressing the agenda for ‘workload reduction.’ For individual staff, colleagues may be referred to our supportive Occupational Health services and be offered access to appropriate services (e.g., physio assessment, counselling services). All staff have access to the Employee Assistance Scheme (EAP).
The Trust and each of its settings have signed up to the DfE Education Staff Wellbeing Charter which means that we will:
- Prioritise staff mental health
- Give staff the support they need to take responsibility for their own and others’ wellbeing
- Give managers access to the tools and resources they need to support the wellbeing of those they line manage
- Establish a clear communications policy
- Give staff a voice in decision-making
- Drive down unnecessary workload
- Champion and enable flexible working
- Create a good behaviour culture
- Support staff to progress their careers
- Protect leader wellbeing and mental health
- Hold ourselves accountable, including by measuring staff wellbeing
Cycle to Work Scheme :
The Trust’s Cycle to Work scheme enables employees to purchase brand-new bicycles and cycling equipment via salary sacrifice, making tax and National Insurance savings.
Occupational Pay Policies :
Subject to qualifying periods, the Trust has both an occupational maternity pay policy and an occupational sick pay policy.
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@torview.svt.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Tor View School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 260 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Tor View School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- Recruitment@torview.svt.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01706 214640
Tor View is an all through school, providing an ‘Outstanding’ education for children and young adults, aged 3 – 19 with a wide range of educational needs. Predominantly, we specialise in teaching children with learning difficulties, either moderate (MLD), severe (SLD) or profound and multiple (PMLD); many of our children have accompanying conditions such as Autism, Down Syndrome or Cerebral Palsy. All of our children attend school because they have complex and lifelong learning disabilities which means they need an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
Tor View School is very well equipped and benefits from a range of multi-sensory rooms, a hydrotherapy pool and a therapy dog, Ruby. Throughout the school, provision is made for pupils with additional needs arising from physical disabilities, sensory impairments and specific conditions including Autistic Spectrum Condition. In addition, the Academy has a specialist resource, the Intensive Support Centre (ISC) which accommodates young people with complex needs arising from behavioural and communication difficulties. Tor View also has a café, The Garage Café, which is open to the public and provides the learners with valuable work experience. As well as providing an ‘Outstanding’ education for its learners, Tor View is also a National Support School, has been a Teaching School since 2013 and has recently been designated as a Teaching School Hub.
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