Teacher
Bents Green School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S11 7TB19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 8am
Date listed
30 January 2025
Job details
Job role
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): 32.5 hours per week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to UPS3
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance £2679
What skills and experience we're looking for
Bents Green School is a school for students with autistic spectrum conditions and communication and interaction difficulties.
Our school values underpin all we do. They are ‘we are kind and respectful, we nurture relationships, we are lifelong learners, we communication positively and we celebrate individualism’.
We are looking for teachers who will help us to deliver a high quality provision for our students and their families. We have multiple vacancies for our growing school. These vacancies are currently for our Ringinglow site.
We have developed two curriculum pathways at Ringinglow. These are semi formal and informal, with a high focus on personalisation.
No day is the same in at Bents Green and the students bring personality, surprise and variety to our school. It can be a challenging environment to work in, and the successful candidate will demonstrate they are committed to this student group and have the resilience to start each day afresh with a smile.
We are passionate about ensuring that all our students receive the best education possible, preparing them for adult life outside school, and helping them to become respected and valued members of society.
It is an exciting time to join us and support us with continuous development and change. We are proud of our students, and see the unique potential in each individual. We are looking for teachers with strong ethos and values that can help us lead deliver our provision, ensuring that our students receive the highest quality education in a happy and secure environment.
Our staff are both dedicated and highly skilled and contribute to a very nurturing and kind school. We are proud to have been awarded the Trauma Informed Schools award, and building relationships with students and their families is central to our practice. Trauma Informed Practice has informed the development of our behaviour policy and practice, and any successful candidates will be able to demonstrate they share these values.
The successful candidate should:
- Be committed to safeguarding at all times
- Have an ability to teach a range of subjects
- Be student centred
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be committed to involving parents and the community in the life of the school
- Be committed to Trauma Informed and Nurture approaches
- Be confident, positive, calm and tenacious
- Have a positive outlook on life and education
- Hold high expectations of teaching, learning and behaviour
- Be passionate about student’s learning and well-being.
Bents Green Learning Community operates across three sites – Ringinglow, Gleadless and Westfield – and staff may be required to work across all sites in order to meet the needs of the students.
At Bents Green Learning Community, we are immensely proud of our students and the calibre of our staff is a key strength. We are excited and committed to delivering a high quality provision driven by our desire to continually improve.
** Please note, Bents Green School is currently in the process of academising and will be joining Nexus in April 2025.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and Medical form. We will also conduct online checks of applicants as per Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Please visit the school website to view our safeguarding policy at: http://bentsgreenschool.co.uk/safeguarding/safeguarding-policy. Visits to our school are warmly encouraged and can be arranged by contacting Karen Taylor, PA to the Leadership Team on 0114 236545.
For an informal conversation with the Co-Headteachers, Aileen Hosty and Laura Rzepinski, please contact the school in the first instance.
We value our diverse workforce and aim to work together to make the most of our differences. We welcome applications from everyone. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
What the school offers its staff
Cycle to work scheme
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bents Green School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Bents Green School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@bentsgreen.sheffield.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01142363545
Bents Green School provides specialist education for young people aged 11-19 with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Communication and Interaction difficulties. Bents Green School is located across three sites:
Ringinglow (Key Stage 3)
Gleadless (Key Stage 4 and Post 16)
Satellite hub at Westfield School.
Staff can be expected to work across or on any site.
Arranging a visit to Bents Green School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bentsgreen.sheffield.sch.uk.
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