Teacher (Fixed Term until July 2025 with view to extend)
The Wymering School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3YBThis job expired on 23 June 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
23 June 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 May 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term - September 2024-July 2025
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR £30,000-£46,525
Additional allowances
SEN Allowance
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualified teacher status
Degree
Successful teaching experience
Desired qualifications in Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC, formerly ASD)
Excellent knowledge of the National Curriculum
Excellent knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies
Excellent understanding of how children learn
Ability to adapt teaching to meet pupils’ individual needs
Ability to build effective and positive working relationships with pupils
Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children
Knowledge of effective behaviour management and regulation strategies
Desired experience in teaching pupils with ASC
Good ICT skills, particularly using ICT to support learning
What the school offers its staff
All decisions are made in the best interests of staff, students and families.
High support, high challenge and evidence informed in everything we do.
We work collaboratively and make team, not individual, decisions.
We acknowledge our mistakes and use them to learn and improve.
We are always open to learning and seeking new ideas.
Referral Scheme
On site parking
Cycle to work scheme
Further information about the job
At the Wymering School, we want to build a creative community which learns together to become knowledgeable, self aware, independent and happy people who make a positive difference, wherever life takes them. Are you an enthusiastic individual who can bring this to life and make a real difference to children’s lives?
Sally, our Headteacher, is looking to grow her amazing team further, to work alongside her to build this community school as student numbers grow. You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative team that, no matter what the challenge may be, are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through.
Learning can look different for everyone; learning is continuous and enabled by the broad curriculum, therapeutic interventions, and the environment the school and staffing team create. It’s only through your awesome teaching that we will create that environment together to ensure the pupils progress towards a happy life that they can enjoy.
So why should you choose The Wymering School? Our pupils have a social communication and interaction difficulties, associated Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties (a neurodiverse profile) and high levels of anxiety and / or associated challenging and distressed behaviour and this is why they deserve you.
You will have the opportunity to develop your career in a School and Delta Education Trust, a small but growing Trust. Our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted we would carry out an individual online search to demonstrate due diligence following the updated ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022' guidance.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Wymering School
- School type
- Free Schools, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 73 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Wymering School website
- Email address
- hr@deltaeducationtrust.com
Welcome to The Wymering School. We are a school community where we believe that positive relationships create positive outcomes. ‘Together’ is a word that you will feel and hear at The Wymering School, we believe in the importance of achieving as a community.
At Wymering pupils know that
-we are a diverse community where all ways of being are accepted
-learning looks different for everyone
-making mistakes is healthy and an important part of learning
-we never stop learning
-no ambition is too big
Pupils that attend the WYmering School have an EHCP with a primary need of Social, communication and interaction difficulties ( a neurodiverse profile) and high levels of anxiety and/ or associated challenging and distressed behaviour.
Wymering School’s highly pupil-centred approach wraps around each young person, building on their strengths, their personal interests and the positive aspects of their learning profiles. We overcome possible barriers pupils may face when learning and look for innovative and new ways to help them to progress and develop.
Our curriculum is life skills based and offers practical experiences out in the community and in adventure learning programme.
We know the importance of listening to each family’s story. Our family’s involvement in their child’s education helps us to secure the best outcomes for our pupils. We provide ongoing support for families and carers to feel confident and self-assured in understanding and supporting their children at home and assist them through periods of change and transition.
The Wymering School has a highly committed and skilled staff team who bring consistency and creativity to each day. Our Governing Body brings us high challenge and high support to help us fulfil our ambitions and our stakeholders bring variety and opportunity into our school.
Arranging a visit to The Wymering School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@deltaeducationtrust.com.
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