Teacher
Ravenshall School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 9EEThis job expired on 12 May 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
29 April 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 to M6
Additional allowances
SEN1
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will have a passion for Special Educational Needs and a creative, inspirational approach to developing and delivering an ambitious curriculum.
Applications are welcome from teachers who have a mainstream background as well as Special Education, as we offer high quality in-house support and CPD for successful candidates joining our forward facing school.
This is an exciting opportunity for a colleague to extend and develop their CPD in new and innovative ways.
We look forward to hearing from you if you are:
- An excellent practitioner, able to set and achieve high standards and expectations of learning and teaching
- Have a good understanding of engagement strategies to support engagement for learning approaches
- Highly motivated and a team player with drive and vision
- An excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills
- An exemplary classroom manager, able to supportively lead a great team of Educational Teaching Assistants
What the school offers its staff
- A school which values and invests in all our staff by providing a range of bespoke CPD opportunities to enable you to meet all our pupil needs
- A well-resourced and enjoyable working environment which cares for and values every staff member
- A supportive and collaborative leadership team who welcome new ideas and innovation
- A school committed to raising standards which has children and young people at the heart of our maxim “All Different, All Equal, All Important”
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Ravenshall School
- School type
- Special school, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 209 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ravenshall School website
- Email address
- recruitment@ravenshall.org
- Phone number
- 01924 456811
Pupils have complex learning difficulties combined with other special educational needs such as behavioural difficulties or autistic spectrum disorders. A number of students have more complex learning needs including sensory and physical impairments and specific learning difficulties. We have a modern school building which boasts up-to-date facilities and technology. All pupils have a Statement of Special Educational Needs or an Education, Health and Care Plan.
The school is committed to providing a relevant education for its pupils and preparing them for a world of independence as good citizens. It values the role of the arts, in particular in encouraging motivation and personal development across the curriculum and all areas of learning. The school encourages and is committed to working alongside the community and partner schools and agencies in providing quality experiences and opportunities for all its pupils to support achievement.
Ravenshall prides itself in being an inclusive school which ensures that all of its pupils receive an equal opportunity to achieve their very best. The school respects differences and celebrates diversity in all its forms. It gives children and young people a voice and encourages the active participation in the education process. It values the staff who work here and recognises the important role that parents/carers, governors and the wider community have to play in supporting the pupils and the school itself.
Arranging a visit to Ravenshall School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@ravenshall.org.
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