SEN Teacher

John Watson School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1NN

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2023 or sooner if possible

• Closing date

  14 April 2023 at 5pm

• Date listed

  3 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• 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 (FTE.)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPR/UPR
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance 1

What skills and experience we're looking for

PERSON SPECIFICATION

ESSENTIAL

• Proven ability to meet Teachers’ Standards in full

• Successful recent relevant classroom experience teaching primary age pupils

• Excellent understanding of Safeguarding and Risk Management

• Understanding of how to support the holistic needs of pupils with complex learning needs and behaviours

• Excellent classroom organisation and management skills, in order to maximise pupil autonomy

• Proven ability to manage a class team effectively to meet the holistic needs of those in your care

• Proven track record in using pupil performance data to monitor the progress of pupils

• Commitment to providing quality inclusion opportunities

• Ability to provide coaching and mentoring support to your class team

• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills

• Able to contribute to school leaders, governors and other professionals involved in self-evaluation and school improvement

• Excellent understanding of how to support early reading (including structured phonics) and how to embed rudimentary maths knowledge and understanding

• Excellent IT skills to support your role, and support effective learning and assessment

• Excellent understanding of the needs of families with SEN children and ability to maintain links with parents/carers

• Willingness to participate in the wider life of the school

• Proven commitment to continuing professional development

DESIRABLE

• Experience of working in more than one setting

• Experience monitoring the quality of provision across a Key Stage and/or area of the curriculum across the school

• Team Teach trained

• Recent experience contributing to curriculum design and development

• Experience offering training to other colleagues in a curriculum area

• Experience of working with pupils in the locality, beyond the classroom

What the school offers its staff

We are proud of the fantastic learning culture at John Watson. The decisions we make are guided by SLICE.

These 5 areas drive the work of the school. Our aim is to empower each child to ensure they can live as full and as independent lives as possible…

Safety

Learning

Independence

Communication

Engagement

If you share our values of teamwork, inclusion and innovation and have high expectations of what children can achieve, we would love to hear from you. We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic teacher to join our existing committed team. The post would suit someone with sound knowledge of child development and experience of working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs.

We are a Community Special School for children and young people from the ages of 2-19 years, with 110 on roll. Our pupils have severe learning difficulties, or profound and multiple learning difficulties. The designation of the school means that pupils typically have complex needs, and medical needs requiring a high degree of differentiation and bespoke provision. In most cases our pupils will be working below the national curriculum and the equivalent of Expected Levels for NCY1.

We value a happy, healthy and secure learning environment in which all the needs of pupils are met, enabling each young person to reach their individual potential and to maximise their independence. We provide pupils with opportunities for integrated educational experiences across shared sites with mainstream schools.

We are judged Good by Ofsted and we are ambitious in our vision for the future provision for our pupils. We offer small classes,working within large teams of support staff and additional NHS therapists, and have newly furbished high-spec learning spaces through most of the school. We have a unique relationship with Wheatley Nursery School who share our site.

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About John Watson School

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 109 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: John Watson School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: sbm@johnwatsonschool.org
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We cater for children and young people with Special Educational Needs from the ages of 2-19 years. The school is designated for SLD and PMLD pupils. The majority of the pupils are working at pre-KS1 levels. They are vulnerable learners with complex needs who need individualised provision to meet their medical and/or behavioural needs and to engage them in learning

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