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Teacher of Science

Hamilton School, Reading, RG1 5SG

This job expired on 30 June 2023

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  30 June 2023 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 June 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4
• Subject: Science
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
  • 1.0FTE
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPR

What skills and experience we're looking for

Do you want to help us develop the provision for SEMH and ASD across Maiden Erlegh Trust?

We can offer you:

• a challenging but rewarding working environment
• an optimistic and motivating leadership team with a track record of improving schools.
• a commitment to professional development, and a belief in driving improvement through our trauma informed practice.
• the opportunity to work with a wider professional team at Cranbury College

We are looking to recruit a resilient Teacher, with a passion for Science, to be part of our improvement journey.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced teacher looking to move into an optimistic and motivating environment, supported by effective leadership at all levels. As a key member of the teaching team, you will ensure high standards of teaching and learning are delivered to our students, offering a nurturing and topic-based curriculum, to ensure that they are able to access learning

Successful applicants will be qualified teachers with demonstrable experience of raising expectations and attainment in the classroom. You will hold a deep passion for transforming the lives of young people and understand inclusive practices to support learning of pupils experiencing Emotional, Behavioural and Social Difficulties. Applications from candidates with primary training and experience with SEMH are particularly welcomed.

Hamilton School is an SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) Special School in Reading educating up to 64 students with Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP).Our mission is to recognise each and every one of our students as individuals, and to nurture their potential, developing the whole child through a therapeutic approach. This means that you would have to be a resilient character who is able to remain positive when dealing with challenging behaviour.

The school is proud to have recently opened its doors to a state-of-the-art building with wonderful new facilities.

What the school offers its staff

In January 2020 Hamilton School joined the Maiden Erlegh Trust family of schools, whose motto is “schools for the community, schools as a community”. The aim for every school in the Trust, whilst espousing their values and ethos, and having a core of common policies and procedures, will serve its own community’s needs in a bespoke way and also create a feeling of community within its own school. In that way all the potential and talents of every child and every member of staff will be nurtured.

Being part of the Maiden Erlegh Trust also offers a range of career opportunities across our schools. For our teaching team we offer a flexible CPD programme which staff can tailor to their own needs which includes coaching and training for new entrants to the profession and to support career returners.

We have a proven track record of supporting ambitious staff in to middle and senior leadership posts and can offer opportunities to broaden your impact on the sector through the work of the Maiden Erlegh Institute. We are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements, including part-time working and job-sharing

If you would like to know more about this role, please contact the school directly.

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.

Maiden Erlegh Trust is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare of children and staff. We are also committed to being ambitious for all and supporting everyone to reach their full potential. All employees of the Trust are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory employment checks and references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. All Leadership roles will require a Section 128 check.

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 Hamilton School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• School size: 51 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Hamilton School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hamilton-school (opens in new tab)

Hamilton School is special school based in Reading, catering for children in years 7-13 with SEMH.

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