Classroom Teacher - Science (Newport)
St George's School, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW23 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
23 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 March 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Science
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time, 32.5 hours per week, 52 weeks per year However will consider a minimum of 3 days per week – 19.5 hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- UQ/MPS/UPS + SEN POINT
What skills and experience we're looking for
What you can offer us:
- Be able to demonstrate a high level of personal resilience
- A dynamic, enthusiastic and inspirational teacher who can work creatively to enhance the education of students with a range of physical, sensory and learning difficulties as they journey through to adulthood.
- Relevant experience of working with students who have High Needs/SEND in a specialist area, such as SEMH, Medical, Autism, and complex challenging behaviour.
- Self-reflection on the effectiveness of lessons and approaches to teaching.
- A working knowledge of the KS3 National Curriculum for Science and accreditation suitable to the needs of our students.
What the school offers its staff
In return we can offer:
- Wonderful students.
- The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed and skilled staff team.
- A creative learning environment, timetable and curriculum.
- A wide range of training opportunities for career development.
Further details about the role
The community of St George’s empowers everyone to feel safe, valued and welcome.
We work towards our aspirations and celebrate our personal achievements. We learn to make choices that shape our future; enabling us to have our voices heard, be respected, develop resilience and independence to take our place in society.
If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of then we would love to hear from you.
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of high quality inclusive teaching, including maintenance of all subject curriculum related documentation, including student progress, attainment and accreditation.
You will be an enthusiastic professional, with the ability to work with energy and vision to take the Science provision at St. George’s School forward. With the necessary experience and demonstrable passion for your curriculum area, you will possess the ability to lead teams of staff to support their class groups in a consistent manner.
You will work with students at St George’s School with medical and behavioural challenges. St George’s is embedding a trauma informed approach to teaching and learning and all staff receive appropriate training to embrace this approach. You may also be required to support individuals requiring medical support and will therefore be required to undertake/update specialist training as necessary.
You will develop your practice to effectively meet the needs of our students, supporting them to progress in line with individual’s expectations, or exceed them with additional support. You will develop positive working relationships, sharing good practice across school, and take a lead in identifying areas for your own professional development through your reflective practice.
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 jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St George's School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 200 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St George's School website
- Email address
- jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01983 539757
St George's School is a unique provision for SEN as a secondary school for students with severe and complex needs.
Arranging a visit to St George's School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jenny.holmes@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk.
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