Lead Practitioner

Newbridge School, Romford, Essex, RM6 4TR

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Needs
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £53,994.00 - £59,183.00 Annually (FTE) Lead Practitioner Pay Scale (Points 1-5)

Lead Practitioner job summary

The leading practitioner will lead on the improvement of teaching skills through modelling high-quality teaching, coaching and training other members of staff in their pathway.

The successful candidates will be specialising in one of our curriculum pathways detailed below:

• - The Vega pathway leading on the pre-formal curriculum;

• - The Orion pathway leading on the informal curriculum;

• - The Polaris pathway leading to the semi-formal curriculum and communication across the school

Responsibilities

Working alongside the SLT:

• - Exhibit exemplary teaching skills

• - Lead the improvement of teaching skills in your school

• - Carry out the professional responsibilities of a teacher

• - They should also take a leadership role in developing, implementing and evaluating policies and practice, which might include:

• - Supporting SLT in coaching, mentoring and inducting teachers, including trainees and early career teachers

• - Be part of the Induction and Training of staff

• - To hold or work towards a National Professional Qualification (NPQ)

• - Sharing knowledge from research about best practice in teaching and learning to support with continuing professional development

• - Assessing and evaluating impact, including through demonstration lessons and classroom observation

• - Supporting with creating high-quality schemes of work to reduce workload

• - Helping teachers who are experiencing performance difficulties

• - Lead on pedagogy and curriculum in chosen pathway

• - Lead on researching best practice and keeping up-to-date with the latest developments

• - Where appropriate, take part in the appraisal and professional development of others

• - Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Commitment to safeguarding

Astrum Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work at the school is expected to share this commitment.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Newbridge School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 175 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Newbridge School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newbridge-school

We are a three times outstanding split site special school academy catering for children and young people between the ages of two and nineteen years who have a complex learning difficulty, often accompanied by additional special educational needs, which may include;

Physical disabilities

Sensory impairments

Autistic Spectrum disorders

Associated behaviour

SEMH

Medical needs

We are part of the Astrum Multi Academy Trust with two school sites, which are within one mile of each other. Lower School is for pupils in Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 and Upper School for students in Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and 16-19.

Pupils transfer from Gresham Drive to Barley Lane Campus at the end of Key Stage 2 and are supported to do this through a well-planned transition programme.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like to find out more about our work or request paper copies of some of the information.

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