Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities Teacher (1 Year Fixed Term)
Valence School, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
21 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
26 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 1.0 FTE, Monday-Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year Fixed Term - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR (depending on experience)
Additional allowances
SEN allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an inspirational teacher looking for an opportunity to join a fantastic team of experienced professionals within our pre-formal curriculum provision? We have an opportunity for you to make a tangible difference to the lives and education of students within this pathway as the class teacher, teaching a small group of children.
Previous experience of SEND, and in particular PMLD, would be an advantage but not necessary. Full training and support will be provided.
What the school offers its staff
Valence School is a KCC Foundation residential and day Special School for children and young people with physical disabilities, complex medical needs and associated learning and communication difficulties. We are part of the Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KsENT).
Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We valuediversity and promoteequality for all.
References will be taken up before interview and online checks undertaken for shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check (this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act).
Valence School has a legal responsibility to ensure thatallits employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to the School verifying that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work. We do not offer visa sponsorship and we are not a sponsorship organisation.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Valence School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 123 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Valence School website
- Email address
- vacancies@valence.kent.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01959567841
We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.
Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.
We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools. In 2008 Valence became a specialist Sports College and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.
The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services to local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.
The School always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.
Arranging a visit to Valence School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@valence.kent.sch.uk.
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