SEN Teacher (Maternity Cover)
Walton Leigh School, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5AB17 days remaining to apply
Earliest start date
1 May 2025
Latest start date
31 May 2025
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Fixed term - Up to one year - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
Additional allowances
+ Fringe
+ SEN1 allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
QTS
Experience of teaching or working with
pupils with severe or profound learning
difficulties or autism.
The class teacher should have knowledge and understanding of:
- Providing effectively for the individual needs of all pupils by appropriate planning, delivery and differentiation.
- The statutory requirements of the National Curriculum and/or EYFS Framework.
- The monitoring, assessment, recording and reporting of pupils’ progress.
- Effective teaching and learning styles.
The class teacher will be able to:
- Promote the schools’ aims positively, and use effective strategies and practices to foster its ethos.
- Create a safe, secure, happy and effective learning environment.
- Develop good personal relationships within a team.
- Establish and develop relationships with parents/carers and other stakeholders.
- Communicate effectively to a variety of audiences
Our ideal candidate will be approachable, hardworking, committed, flexible/adaptable, enthusiastic, empathetic, well organised, patient, resourceful and have a sense of humour .
What the school offers its staff
We are a Federation of two outstanding specialist schools, across three sites for pupils with Complex Social and Communication Needs, Severe Learning Difficulties and Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties, many of whom have ASD and/or additional diagnoses.
The successful candidate will benefit from the shared ethos, exciting vision and strong values of the Federation, with its emphasis on collaboration, staff development, support and commitment to achieving exceptional outcomes for all pupils.
The successful candidate will be supported within the class by a senior teaching assistant and a team of teaching assistants and more widely by a senior management team with many years’ experience and an excellent understanding of the rewards and challenges of teaching in a special school. across the Federation.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Federation of Manor Mead and Walton Leigh Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Following the procedures recommended to safeguard children, we will be taking up references if you are shortlisted for an interview. The successful applicant will be required to undertake a DBS check.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to ealexander@walton-leigh.surrey.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Walton Leigh School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 86 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Walton Leigh School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- ealexander@walton-leigh.surrey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01932 223243
Walton Leigh School is a Surrey County Council maintained Special School for children and young people aged 11-19 with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties, many of whom have an autistic spectrum disorder and/or additional diagnoses. Walton Leigh is one of two special schools in the Manor Mead and Walton Leigh Federation.
Arranging a visit to Walton Leigh School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ealexander@walton-leigh.surrey.sch.uk.
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