Teacher for Autism Provision within a Mainstream School
Marlborough Primary School, London, SW3 3AP12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: As per Teachers Pay & Conditions
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year
Pay scale
- M3-M6
What skills and experience we're looking for
1. QUALIFICATIONS
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Evidence of continued professional development particularly in relation to Autism
2. EXPERIENCE
You will have:
- Successful experience as a classroom teacher and teacher of children with Autism within a mainstream school and evidence that your practice has recently been judged to be good or outstanding
- Experience of planning for, teaching and assessing pupils within the primary age range (3-11 years) including use of Autism specific teaching and assessment methods
- Experience of teaching a wide range of abilities and amending learning intentions to meet individual needs
- Experience of leading a curriculum area including curriculum development, supporting staff, managing change, policy development and resourcing
- Experience of managing and deploying support staff effectively
3. KNOWLEDGE
You will:
- Have up to date knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding of children
- Understand clearly how children learn effectively with a particular focus on pupils with Autism
- Have experience of using TEACCH, PECS, SCERTS and Attention Autism
- Understand how to promote high expectations for learning and behaviour
- Have a thorough knowledge of the requirements of the national curriculum and how to adapt it successfully for Autistic learners
- Have knowledge of a range of successful teaching strategies and how these can be modified to meet the needs of individual children
- Have experience and knowledge of promoting equal opportunities in school and celebrating a diverse community
- A robust understanding of the SEN and Autism assessment process
4. SKILLS
You will have the ability to:
- Work effectively within a team
- organise and efficiently manage a personal workload, prioritising duties in order to meet deadlines
- foster and maintain positive and supportive working relationships with children, parents, staff, governors and outside agencies
- assess individual need and to plan and support children
- accurately assess pupil’s learning
- successfully implement a broad range of Autism specific related behaviour management strategies
- communicate effectively in a range of ways including using IT
5.QUALITIES
You will:
- someone who enjoys being with autistic children
- be patient and calm
- be positive and supportive
- be a team player
- be solution focused
- have high expectations of children, self and others within your team
- be principled and proactive
- be enthusiastic, energetic and encouraging
- be self motivated and determined
- be practical and resourceful
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
ü an inclusive school with a ‘can do’ ethos where outstanding provision is expected
ü expert support provided by the Assistant Head Teacher for Inclusion and a full time SENDCo
ü high quality CPD with potential opportunities for career progression
ü enthusiastic, friendly children who love to learn
ü strong and ambitious leadership with a clear sense of strategic direction
ü an opportunity to innovate
ü supportive parents and governors
ü a state of the art school building with amazing facilities for learning
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 download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to janet.wallace@marlborough.rbkc.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Marlborough Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 0 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 386 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- Not given
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Marlborough Primary School website
- Email address
- janet.wallace@marlborough.rbkc.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02075898553
Marlborough Primary School, is an outstanding school, with a real passion and drive for ensuring every one of our children receives the highest quality education and school experience.
We are seeking to appoint a teacher to join our team who will benefit from a strong team ethos, high quality CPD programme and a culture of care.
We are a diverse team that are all committed to providing high quality education. We continue to actively encourage and recruit candidates from underrepresented groups with protected characteristics.
Marlborough Primary School and Colville Primary School are part of a federation, enabling staff at both schools to share skills, knowledge, and expertise across the Federation.
Arranging a visit to Marlborough Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email janet.wallace@marlborough.rbkc.sch.uk.
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