Teacher (Complex Needs)
Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education, Exmouth, EX8 2AU4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): 3 days a week, working alongside a current job share
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until end of Summer term 2025/26 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- 31,652-49,476
Additional allowances
SEN point included in salary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key requirements:
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- Experience of effective support for learners with complex needs
- Experience of planning and delivering successful teaching that improves outcomes for learners.
- Ability to form and maintain positive and effective relationships with students, colleagues, parents and other professionals.
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues within the Academy and other professionals.
- Ability to use positive behaviour management strategies to ensure best outcomes for students.
What the school offers its staff
We will offer a highly competitive benefits package, which includes:
- Access to the Teachers Pension Scheme
- A clear salary progression scheme, linked to stage and progress against the Academy’s Teachers Careers Framework
- Sponsorship to achieve relevant postgraduate qualifications including the Teacher of the Deaf qualification
- Sponsorship to achieve British Sign Language (BSL) qualifications up to Level 3
- Free on-site parking.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- The opportunity to join a committed team of professionals working together to secure high achievement for all our students.
- Support for continuing professional development and engagement in a curriculum working group
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Access to a 24/7 Employee assistance program
- Opportunity to work in a new purpose-built campus located within a very close proximity to the beach.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role or to come for a tour of our academy, please contact our HR department on HR@thedeafacademy.ac.uk.
Further details about the role
We are recruiting for the start of Summer Term 2025
We are committed to enabling all our students to excel educationally, come and help us achieve it.
Are you looking for a new challenge? For a rewarding career where you can make a real difference? If so then we would love to hear from you!
Working at the Deaf Academy, you can be certain that you are part of a team that does its utmost to inspire and enable our young people to thrive. Preparing young people for a happy, healthy and fulfilling future is what it’s all about for us.
We provide specialist education and care for deaf young people across the United Kingdom. Our students range from 5 to 25 years old and the majority of them also have additional needs. We operate a broad and enriched curriculum, tailored to student’s individual needs. Each student is supported to achieve their learning potential as part of our bilingual learning environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our transformation. We are looking to recruit talented and energetic teaching professional to provide our school students with the education they deserve. We are very keen to hear from those with a background and expertise in SEND as these students have complex and additional needs alongside Deafness. The post holder will need to demonstrate a commitment to learning BSL.
Key responsibilities:
- Plan and deliver a sequence of learning, following objectives below the national curriculum.
- Plan, deliver and assess a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential through the delivery of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum including bespoke timetables where necessary
- Contribute to raising standards of student attainment and behaviour within the Academy.
- Be a positive role model and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviours, which are expected of students.
- Build good working relationships with the whole team including being able to identify opportunities for working with colleagues and sharing the development of effective practice with them.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding is at the centre of all that we do at the Deaf Academy. Our Safeguarding Lead is James Heaver, who is supported by three Deputies and the wider welfare team, but everyone has an important role to play in safeguarding the welfare of our students and every single member of staff completes compulsory safeguarding training.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
- School type
- Special school, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 50 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education website
- Email address
- hr@thedeafacademy.ac.uk
- Phone number
- 01395203130
Here at the Deaf Academy we have a unique culture. Student and employee development is at the core of what we do. We inspire the next generation to do incredible things. Our teams create a positive, stimulating environment to enable our children and young people to thrive. We’re looking for extraordinary people to join us and help shape our future.
Arranging a visit to Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@thedeafacademy.ac.uk.
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