Resource Base Teacher

Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery, Bracknell Forest, Berkshire, RG12 7WW

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  30 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £35,754.00 - £53,150.00 Annually (FTE) MPR/UPR including SEN allowance of £2,679, 1.0FTE

Resource Base Teacher job summary

The successful candidate will be:

• Be flexible in providing support and knowledge as needed and as the school grows.
• Work in partnership with staff across the whole school community.
• Work to build our reputation of providing an excellent MLD provision, which is fully integrated in our whole school community.
• Liaise regularly with the school’s SENDco and the Resource Base Lead.
• Have a proven track record as an effective classroom practitioner, with high expectations and aspirations for our children’s achievement and behaviour.
• Have high expectations of themselves and others and the inspiration and drive to ensure that standards continue to be raised within the base provision.
• Be emotionally intelligent and approachable with excellent communications skills.
• Have a willingness to develop their own practice in line with our ethos of continuous improvement.

The school is part of the successful Maiden Erlegh Trust, whose staff have supported the development of the school through their knowledge and expertise. Maiden Erlegh Trust currently operates eight other schools in Berkshire and South Oxfordshire and has a reputation for driving high standards and excellence in all its schools, with a strong track record of outcomes and improving OFSTED grading.

About the School

We are a two-form entry community school serving the Birch Hill and Hanworth districts of Bracknell Forest. In addition to the main school, we offer a nursery and a Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) catering for children with ASD and MLD. We can accommodate 420 children, plus 26 spaces in our nursery, which offers flexible 30 hours a week. The school is organised into two Key Stages - EYFS/ KS1 and KS2.

Our motto is: Learn, Believe, Achieve Together. We set high standards of work and achieve this through providing a curriculum that also develops children's belief that they can achieve their highest aspiration, while working closely with parents and the whole community. With that in mind we greatly value our partnership with parents. We believe that working together is the best way to ensuring children develop a solid foundation and a love for learning.

We have 4 Golden Rules - Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Ready to Learn and Be Honest. Each class has their own school Golden Rules Charter to encourage and develop the children’s sense of respect and responsibility.

Our school, set in spacious grounds, offers a calm and purposeful working atmosphere. Our staff are dedicated to do the very best for all our pupils, regardless of any additional needs or various backgrounds. If you feel you could join our inspiring workforce, then please apply.

To learn more about our school, please visit our website www.birchhillprimaryschool.co.uk..

About the Trust

Maiden Erlegh Trust is committed to developing a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community of highly effective schools that deliver excellent education opportunities for the children and young people of the communities we serve.  Through our work we will ensure that our children are equipped with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to deal with the demands of an ever-changing world. The Trust currently comprises nine schools in the local area, with a variety of settings including primary, secondary, special and a PRU.  As a Trust, we encourage professional development at all levels through the use of cross Trust networks to share best practice and ideas.  We also actively encourage the promotion of staff to different roles within the Trust and to different settings in line with their career aspirations.  Click Work @ Maiden ErleghTrustto find out more information about why you should work for Maiden Erlegh Trust and to read testimonials from existing staff.

Benefits

Further information about some of the staff benefits that Maiden Erlegh Trust offers its employees, can be found on our website.

Staff Wellbeing is very important to us.  As a staff member of Maiden Erlegh Trust these are just some of the examples of how we show our appreciation to staff.

•   We operate a system of ‘ME days’ allowing staff to request an additional day off per year to attend special events such as children’s sports days and graduations, family and friends' weddings. 
• CPD is available for all staff at all levels.
• Free flu vaccinations are offered to all staff. 
• Free eye tests are provided for eligible staff. 
• Breakfast and lunch provided for staff regularly, including on many INSET days and as a thank you throughout the year. 

If you believe that this is an environment where you can thrive, develop and substantially contribute to an exciting future for our students, then you are encouraged to explore further by contacting recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org  for a more detailed discussion, if required. 

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and successful references. 

If you would like to have an informal chat with our hiring manager about this post, please email recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org.

Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible as the Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.

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

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About Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 403 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Birch Hill Primary School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/birch-hill-primary-school-and-nursery

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