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Teacher - Resource Base

Castle Mead School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6GD

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• Job start date

  1 September 2019

• Closing date

  25 March 2019 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  14 March 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Main pay range 6, £23,720 to £35,008
• Additional allowances:

  We offer extensive training with The Mead Teaching School

Teacher - Resource Base job summary

We are seeking to appoint Complex Learning Needs Resource Base Teacher at Castle Mead School due to expansion of our Resource Base. The Resource Base offers provision for children with Complex Learning needs who have Educational Health Care plans (EHCP) (approximately 20 children). For the successful candidate, this exciting role offers the opportunity to be part of a high performing collaborative team working to ensure outstanding practice is achieved across all sites.

We believe that children only get one chance to experience childhood, and that they have an absolute right to the highest quality of education.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate a track record of shaping practice around the following principles;
• Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured;
• Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships;
• Children learn and develop well in enabling environments, in which their experiences to their individual needs respond.
• There is a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers; and
• Children develop and learn in different ways and at different rates.

We are seeking applicants who are:
• Confident practitioners, demonstrating high expectations of achievement and behaviour
• Has a good understanding of Special Learning Needs, including ASD, ADHD, Global Delay, Attachment, Physical and Speech and Language needs
• Committed to Inclusion
• Passionate about providing memorable learning opportunities for all children within a creative, inspiring curriculum
• A sound understanding of the importance of continuous and enriching provision to support teaching and learning
• Flexible, with a strong commitment to teamwork
• Keen to share and develop leadership skills and expertise
• Experience in teaching across the age range, preferably Early Years
• Committed to the highest standards of learning, teaching, planning and assessment
• Able to support children to become independent learners who take a lead in their own learning
• Experienced in working alongside multi-agency professionals
• Developing a communication rich environment including knowledge about alternative communication systems such as Makaton and PECS
• Able to use ICT to support special needs
• Energetic, warm and caring

Successful applicants will be committed to The Mead Academy Trusts vision, purpose and values and to continue their professional learning

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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About Castle Mead School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 379 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Castle Mead School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@castlemead.wilts.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/castle-mead-school (opens in new tab)

Castle Mead school is a vibrant, growing primary school in the heart of East Trowbridge. Rated ‘Good’ at its last Ofsted inspection, the school continues to go from strength to strength under the new leadership of Mrs Emma Larkham, with two form entry, an onsite Nursery and Complex Needs Resource Base.

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