SEMH Primary Teacher
Kingsway Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 3BD5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 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
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
Essential
Qualified Teacher
Desirable
Evidence of post-qualification in relation
to SEMH development record.
Experience of working in a Specialist
School.
Experience
Essential
At least 2 years’ teaching experience in a
Special SEMH educational setting.
Desirable
Experience of working with young
people in the Key Stage 1 to 2 range.
Experience of leading a range of
educational initiatives.
Experience of more than one school.
Curriculum
Essential
Understanding of current curriculum issues with particular reference to the teaching students with SEMH needs.
Understanding of the importance of the inter-relationship between all areas of the curriculum in a primary school.
Understanding of the range of teaching strategies appropriate to the needs of the students, to help fill gaps in learning from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2
Desirable
Evidence of clear ideas about how the curriculum could develop to meet the need of all abilities.
Evidence of ability to advise staff on SEMH curricular issues and student progress.
Evidence of the use of technology skills in monitoring student progress.
Evidence of enhancing SEMH across the wider community (MAT wide).
Ability to plan and teach a creative
Curriculum
Leadership andManagement
Essential
Ability to play an active part in The
Shine @ Kingsway team
Ability to communicate effectively with staff, students, and parents.
Ability to work with colleagues in the family of schools.
Understanding of role of Specialist
SEMH Teacher in a ‘School within a school’ setting.
Desirable
Evidence of being an effective member of a team.
Evidence of successfully leading a
curriculum initiative.
Evidence of contributing to a significant curriculum change.
Evidence of effective collaboration with colleagues in other phases.
Involvement in SEMH Specialist School developments.
Students
Essential
Understanding of the importance of supportive student/adult relationships.
Understanding of the range of factors which affect students’ progress.
Ability to communicate effectively with young people.
Ability to deal with student behaviour issues.
Ability to analyse data on student
progress and work with staff and
students on the use of data for target setting
Desirable
Evidence of effective relationships with young people.
Examples of a variety of strategies used with students to promote achievement and positive behaviour.
Evidence of the use of data analysis to promote achievement.
Evidence of supportive/developmental
work with staff to improve behaviour management skills.
Parents and theCommunity
Essential
Understanding the huge importance of the partnership between Parents and schools across the LiFE Multi Academy
Trust.
Understanding of the Philosophy of the Trust, its schools and its wider community.
Desirable
Evidence of involvement with
Community groups and/or Parents.
Personal Qualities
Essential
Ability to develop good relationships
Good communication skills.
High level of commitment to the Trust.
Ability to promote Trust and its schools in our local and national community.
Ability to work in a team, be self- organising and to meet deadlines
Ability to work under pressure.
Record of good attendance.
Resilience.
Desirable
Evidence of good working relations with a range of people.
Evidence of a willingness to work hard.
Be able to demonstrate that she/he has successfully worked as part of a team and be able to meet deadlines and achieve targets.
Evidence of resolving difficult, sensitive student issues
What the school offers its staff
Development of Professional Capital and Excellence
As a Trust we always look to invest in our staff and pride ourselves on our ‘home grown talent’.We pride ourselves on this and believe this has the biggest impact on how our staff understand their communities and make a difference to the lives of our young pupils.
Quite simply, our aim is to employ pupils who match our ethos and values and enable them to truly collaborate with colleagues across the Trust so that they are satisfied professionally. We provide outstanding training pathways which draw on excellence both within and outside of our Trust to enable you to build your professional capital.
Examples of the many opportunities we encourage staff to take up externally include:
- The National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL)
- The National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH)
- The National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership (NPQML)
- The Outstanding Teacher Programme (OTP)
- Initial Teacher Training (ITT)
Pathways are available at apprenticeship level, NQT, aspiring middle leader, Lead Practitioner and aspiring senior leader level. Some of these courses are led by staff within the Trust and others are externally accredited. In addition, the Trust provides the opportunity of becoming an associate SLT member, enabling middle leaders to gain insight and experience of leadership at the highest level within a school.
Support staff have their own Personal Improvement Plan that they use as a tool to create a bespoke professional development plan. All support staff also receive Coaching and training opportunities, in order to help them feel empowered and in charge of their own development.
Across the Trust we pride ourselves on equal opportunities for all staff, irrespective of background, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.
Great access to progression and leadership responsibility
Further evidence of our investment in ‘home grown talent’ is that 86% of our TLR holders have been internal appointments. We have clear professional progression pathways within the CPD offered throughout the year at all levels within the Trust.
Collaboration across all schools
We are developing relationships across our Trust to enable collaboration to support learning and teaching outcomes. In addition, we are able to offer a joint CPD programme to draw upon expertise across the Trust. Staff work and meet regularly in teams across schools in the Trust and we hold an annual Strategic Planning Day, where each member of the Trust work together.
Sabbatical and flexible working policies
We have developed a unique sabbatical policy to support staff to develop their interests. For some, this has been to develop professionally, whilst others have taken this time to experience travel with their family. See our policy for further details.
Flexible working arrangements are also promoted across the Trust where possible, to enable our staff to manage their work life and family commitments.
Strong Induction Process
It is important to us that every member of staff has the right start to working in our Trust. The importance of a good induction is invaluable for new starters irrespective of previous experience. To support this, we have a New Staff Induction Day before the start of term, which enables colleagues to get a real understanding of what the school is about and what it means to be part of the Trust. This day also prepares new staff for our training (conference) days at the beginning of the Autumn term. In addition to this ALL staff are invited to visit a series of lessons across the school year.
ECT Programme
Continued ECT and RQT support
Where possible we try to ensure that ECTs and third year teachers have reduced teaching loads to allow them more opportunities for CPD throughout the school week. This also allows for peer to peer observations and additional coaching to take place to develop their practice.
Attendance of staff
Our staff are committed to their roles and ensure that students are supported to maximise their outcomes. Levels of attendance are exceptionally high across all staff and well above national averages in the education sector and beyond.
We are always looking for highly quality teachers and support staff who buy into our values across the LiFE Multi Academy Trust and our schools
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.
About Kingsway Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 315 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kingsway Primary School website
- Email address
- apearce@kingsway.org.uk
The Burrow @ Kingsway is a small specialist SEMH provision located within The Winstanley School and Kingsway Primary School, with a genuine mainstream collaboration, partnership and learning experiences for every young person.
The Burrow @ Kingsway Primary School is a lovely place to work. It is a small school setting in the middle of Kingsway North in Braunstone Town where children learn, play and grow. Our children love coming to The Burrow and feel happy and safe when they are there. As a small provision each child receives a highly personalised education, building positive relationships with the adults that they work with. Our Burrow team are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of the children theywork with and go above and beyond to ensure that every day is creative and engaging.
Arranging a visit to Kingsway Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email apearce@kingsway.org.uk.
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