Instructor of SEN
Redden Court School, Romford, Essex, RM3 0TS16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
4 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,758.00 - £37,932.00 Annually (FTE) Unqualified Teachers Pay Range Outer London
Instructor of SEN job summary
We are proud of our reputation for achieving exceptional outcomes for our children with special educational needs and disabilities. We support our students with SEND in mainstream with a combination of in-class support systems and withdrawn interventions. Children who need a higher level of support are educated in our Nurture Group and move on to study GCSEs on the Blue Pathway where they benefit from small classes and a high ratio of adults to children. Redden Court also supports some children with EHCPs using our Additional Resourced Provision (ARP) funding. We are pleased to be able to offer bespoke packages of support for our children with the most complex needs.
The SEND team are enthusiastic, energetic and expert in supporting our students to reach their full potential. We are looking for an positive, patient, well-organised and flexible Instructor of SEND who:
Has experience of teaching students with a range of SEND
Takes pride in delivering high quality teaching
Is ready to make a significant positive impact on our students and our whole school
Is proactive and solution focussed
Main PurposeTo support the Assistant Head for Inclusion and Deputy SENCo with all aspects of the management of the SEND Faculty and the delivery of its provision
To teach students with SEND in both the specialist provision and in mainstream SEND classes
Wellbeing
Redden Court values its staff's well being. We endeavour to offer a holistic approach to ensure all our stakeholders are supported in their emotional, physical and mental health.
We offer the following staff benefits:
Child places at Redden Court School are available for staff who are employed at the school (subject to conditions).
Career Development (apprenticeships, support towards achieving further qualifications, leadership programmes, progression opportunities, teacher training, shadow opportunities and a vast CPD programme of relevant courses)
Pension
Two week October half term
All teaching staff are allocated a Chromebook
Multi Gym available for staff use
Staff supervision sessions with a trained professional
Cycle-to-work scheme
Regular staff social and get-together events
A regular staff survey consults staff and takes actions based on the results.
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the post before applying please feel free contact the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion/SENCO on 01708 342293 or email jtyldesley@reddencourtcloud.co.uk. Our last Ofsted report can be found here.
At Redden Court School we are dedicated to building and embracing a diverse, inclusive and equitable school environment. This ensures that everyone is welcome, included and given the opportunity to take part. We recognise and celebrate the range of diverse qualities that we all bring. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible.
Please note the use of AI is strictly forbidden during the application/interview process
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Redden Court School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1048 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Redden Court School website
We pride ourselves on being a fully comprehensive school placed at the heart of the community. We want all of our students to be happy, ambitious and to achieve results that reflect their true potential.
Our school has served the local community of Harold Wood for many years, providing a high quality education to the students of this area.
Our vision is focused on a ‘Commitment to Success for All’ and high levels of aspiration for every member of our community. The school is forward thinking and progressive. We seek to achieve the very best for all of our students through the use of a rich variety of educational approaches.
We have caring staff who are dedicated to ensuring the students are successful in every aspect of their learning.
Redden Court is the founding school in the Success for All Educational Trust and is recognised as one of the highest performing mixed comprehensive schools in Havering.
We are an accredited ‘Thinking School’ and have very close links with the Cognitive Education Development Unit at the University of Exeter. Metacognition and the development of thinking skills is at the heart of our teaching and learning in the school as we believe it plays an important part in developing resilient and independent learners.
We also have very strong links with the Havering Teacher Training Programme, we are a senior partner in the Empower Teaching Alliance and we are recognised as a Leading Edge School by the SSAT. The school has also been accredited with All Together (Anti Bullying), Place2Be (Student Mental Health), SEND Exceptional Outcomes Award, The Quality in Careers Standards, Healthy Schools Gold Award and Gold Travel Ambassadors Award.
We are a growing community Trust with inclusion at the heart of our ethos and require leaders who will bring this vision to life.
These are exciting times for Redden Court School with so much change and challenge in the future.
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