- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 157 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
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Maternity Cover Class Teacher
More than one location, Orchard Hill College Academy TrustThis job expired on 17 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
to be confirmed
Closing date
17 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time from September, subject to satisfactory clearance checks. (Maternity Cover ending July 2026)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- Outer London Teacher Main PayScale (FTE £36,413 -£48,532) or Outer London Teacher Upper PayScale (FTE £50,210 - £53,994) per annum
Additional allowances
+ SEN 1 allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Class Teacher to join our talented team on our Primary aged PDA satellite site. The successful candidate will play a vital role in delivering high-quality personal and educational development to a group of pupils learning to value themselves and engage in quality learning. The role offers equal parts challenge and reward.
Key Responsibilities:
• To effectively plan educational activities that are motivating to learners
• To organise a person-centred learning environment ensuring pupils have access to a variety of practical equipment and Information Communication Technology
• Provide a stimulating classroom environment appropriate to the age and needs of the pupils
• Develop a solid understanding of the anxiety driven regulation difficulties experienced by children with PDA and promote a positive behavioural approach to supporting regulation
Requirements:
• Hold a relevant degree or equivalent qualification
• Hold a recognised full teaching qualification such as QTS or be willing to undergo teacher training in line with current regulations
• Experience of working with students with SEN
What the school offers its staff
Rewards & Benefits:
- Enhanced parental leave schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Employee referral scheme
- Membership to Discounts for Teachers
- Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
- Comprehensive training and development
- Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured
- Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
- Scope for career progression across eight college centres, 14 academy schools and shared services team
- Pension scheme - the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) both of which have life cover and financial protection for your family.
Please see the attachedjob descriptionandperson specificationfor full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.
Further information about the job
The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.
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 Orchard Hill College Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- Rrichards@thelinkschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8176 9440
Orchard Hill College (the College) and Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (the Trust) together form Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. As an Outstanding provider (Ofsted 2019) and Academy sponsor, Orchard Hill College has a strong track record for making a positive impact within the local communities it serves.
Pupils and students within the OHC&AT family have a wide range of learning abilities and additional needs including autistic spectrum disorder; speech, language and communication difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; profound and multiple disabilities; and physical disabilities including multi-sensory impairment and complex health needs.
Our ambition is to contribute further to improving the education offer for all pupils and students in our communities, including those with SEND. The College offers specialist educational programmes for students aged 16 and over in College centres and satellite provision in London and the South. The Academy Trust enables us to build on and extend scope of our work in these geographical areas, so that Academy pupils can also benefit from our expertise and access a greater range of opportunities arising from our strong community and stakeholder networks.
Supporting our College and Academies, OHC&AT also operates a range of services and support including Quality and Standards, Learning Support and Business Support.
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