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  • Start date details

    January 2023 (Easter 2023 would be considered for the right candidate)

  • Closing date

    12 December 2022 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    29 November 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase
  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time: This is a full time position

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/ UPS (£25,714 - £41,604)

Additional allowances

TLR2a

What skills and experience we're looking for

QTS status is essential and a specialism in English/Literacy desirable though not essential.

What the school offers its staff

  • a caring and supportive community environment;
  • a commitment to health and wellbeing of staff;
  • a commitment to professional development;
  • the opportunity to work effectively with other schools as part of a multi-academy trust.

Further details about the role

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and creative teacher to work with students with difficulties with social communication and interaction.This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced teacher to join our effective Pastoral team. QTS status is essential and a specialism in English/Literacy desirable though not essential.

Kingdown School is ranked in the top 10 secondary schools in Wiltshire situated in Warminster in the heart of beautiful rural Wiltshire with excellent links to Salisbury, Bath, Bristol and the South-West. Kingdown School is an academy under the Acorn Education Trust providing exciting opportunities to improve local education and draw on the collective experience of a Trust.

The SEND department strive to improve and develop Kingdown’s alternative provisions so that all students can achieve the best possible outcomes. The aim of all our enhanced provision is to prepare a student to be able to access the mainstream learning environment in the future.

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.

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About Kingdown School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1504 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Phone number
01985 215551

Arranging a visit to Kingdown School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ajh@kingdown.wilts.sch.uk.

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