Sensory and Communication Base Leader
Sunnyside Academy, Middlesbrough, TS8 0RJThis job expired on 29 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
29 April 2024 at 9am
Date listed
4 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 32.5 hours per week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000 - £46,525 plus SEN Allowance 2 £5,009 and TLR2C Allowance of £3,214
Pay scale
- M1 - UPS3 Plus SEN Allowance 2 and TLR2C
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance 2 £5,009 and TLR2C Allowance of £3,214
What skills and experience we're looking for
Sunnyside Academy, part of Ad Astra Academy Trust, and following the ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement, in November 2023, is entering into an exciting chapter in the development of the school.
The school is seeking to appoint an experienced, talented and dynamic teacher to lead our Sensory and Communication Base. They will work alongside the Assistant Head Teacher to develop the provision to ensure the pupils receive bespoke pastoral and academic support which meets their needs and allows them to reach their full potential.
We are seeking to appoint a passionate, Qualified Teacher of the Deaf to join our dedicated, caring team, and who, in turn, will benefit from access to a wide range of professional opportunities as an employee of Ad Astra Academy Trust.
Applicants are asked to demonstrate their skills and experience that they will bring to the post and how they will meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
The successful applicant will:
- Assist the Academy Leadership Team in ensuring continued success by providing vision and leadership for the Hearing Impairment Provision.
- Have substantial experience of working directly with children with hearing loss.
- Have knowledge and an understanding of the National Curriculum and the SEND Code of Practice and the implications for children with complex additional needs.
- Demonstrate outstanding teaching skills.
- Embrace and continue to uphold the caring, nurturing ethos of the school.
- Demonstrate real enthusiasm and commitment towards raising standards within a diverse school community.
- Be able to contribute to creative curriculum development.
- Demonstrate excellent behaviour management and communication skills.
- Have opportunity to further develop their skills through a variety of professional development opportunities within an inclusive and supportive environment.
What the school offers its staff
The successful candidate will lead and teach in the designated Sensory and Communication base, teaching pupils with SEN which will require the exercise of a teacher’s professional skills and judgement in the teaching of children with SEN, along with holding the Mandatory SEN Qualification – specialist teachers of pupils with hearing impairment, and for this a SEN Allowance 2 will be payable. In addition, a TLR2C Allowance will be payable for the leadership aspects of this role.
For more information about this role please go to https://adastraschools.org/careers/
Further details about the role
For more information about this role please go to https://adastraschools.org/careers/
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.
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About Sunnyside Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 295 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Sunnyside Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- julie.sutton@sunnyside.adastraschools.org
- Phone number
- 01642 596422
Arranging a visit to Sunnyside Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email julie.sutton@sunnyside.adastraschools.org.
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