KS4 Class Teacher
Kemball School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 3JDThis job expired on 19 June 2023
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
19 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
26 May 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to U3
Additional allowances
SEN 1
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic teacher to join our hard working and committed team in September 2023. The vacancy is for a teacher who can deliver a curriculum suited to Key Stage 3/4 who have a range of learning difficulties and are taught using a highly adapted, individualized curriculum. We would welcome applicants who have experience of primary curriculum/ASDAN curriculum. Training will be given for applicants who lack the relevant ASDAN experience but have a secure primary curriculum knowledge. Candidates must also have a willingness to further their own professional development by attending relevant courses and implementing new initiatives that would increase your understanding of our functional pathway and how to fully support our pupil’s needs
Kemball School, part of the Orchard Community Trust and is a day special school for pupils with cognitive and learning difficulties. There are currently 220 pupils on roll aged 3-19. Dependent on need, pupils are educated in one of our four bespoke pathways. Please refer to our website for more information. This particular vacancy is within the functional pathway. If you are creative, enthusiastic, love a new challenge, and are passionate about every child reaching their full potential then this may be the career opportunity that you have been looking for. Across all pathways, our curriculum offer includes daily maths, English, Read Write Inc phonics/spelling interventions and writing/reading interventions however within the functional pathway emphasis is also placed on preparing our students for life beyond Kemball which includes achieving Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, travel training, ASDAN qualifications, careers, work experience and the development of general life skills. We have an excellent in house CPD offer that can support you in transitioning into the role of a special school teacher
What the school offers its staff
Excellent CPD opportunities
Supportive staff
Benefits of being in a multi-academy trust
Recognition of Burgundy
book/ Green book terms and conditions
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
In line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance which outlines that schools should carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates. I can confirm that the online check will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates only as part of the process of assessing your suitability to work with children.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Kemball School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 220 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kemball School website
- Email address
- kemball@kemballschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01782 883120
Kemball School is a special school catering for pupils who have a wide range of cognition and learning needs. The school moved into a brand new building at the beginning of the academic year 2013/14. It has an extensive range of modern facilities to meet the needs of the pupils. These include specialist teaching areas, hoists in all classrooms and extensive indoor and outdoor play areas. There is also a hydrotherapy pool and sensory/soft rooms. There are also several meeting/training rooms to provide professionals and families with comfortable surroundings. The building is co-located with the Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy which provides good links with mainstream pupils and colleagues.
We specialise in complex physical and medical requirements for individual pupils who have this as an additional need. Additional training is given so that class staff are able to meet the range of specific medical needs that our pupils may have. Families are encouraged to play an active part in the life of the school and to be fully involved in their child’s education.
Within Kemball School, classes are divided into four different pathways. This ensures that individual needs are fully met. The pathways are fluid and pupils may move from one pathway to another if their needs change. Classes may also change from year to year dependent on the educational needs of the pupils.
Our pathways are; Multisensory, Engagement, Progression and Functional. When students are in Key Stage 4 there is more emphasis on what will happen when they leave Kemball. Whether it is going into further education or working towards gaining employment the focus is on helping them to continue their career path. To enable this we offer nationally recognised qualifications for pupils to work towards. We have a Post 16 class for pupils who have profound and multiple learning needs, functioning on lower level Engagement Steps (previously P1 and P3ii).
Kemball School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.
It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.
A copy of the school's safeguarding policy can be viewed on our website: https://www.kemballschool.org.uk/page/?title=Policies&pid=86
Arranging a visit to Kemball School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kemball@kemballschool.co.uk.
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