Teacher (SEN)

Bloxham Grove Academy, Banbury, OX15 4UL

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2025

• Closing date

  18 October 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  4 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: TMS/UPS
• Additional allowances:

  SEN 1

What skills and experience we're looking for

Planning for and teaching students with SEN

Effective involvement in school improvement planning and monitoring

Evidence of strategies developed for target setting and monitoring performance in order to raise student achievement

Experience of interactive teaching methods

Evidence of differentiation of the curriculum

Awareness of current initiatives, issues and legislation

Experience of using ICT effectively

Knowledge and experience of developing a purposeful learning environment and using a range of strategies to promote good behaviour

Respect for students’ social, cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic backgrounds with an understanding of how these may affect their learning

Understanding the role of teaching assistants in maximising students’ learning

Knowledge and experience of applying a framework of curriculum planning which: includes long and short-term plans; requires learning objectives to be identified for classes, group and individuals; enables monitoring, assessment and recording of students’ progress

What the school offers its staff

Benefits of working at Bloxham Grove Academy include:

• Regular training and access to a range of internal and external professional development opportunities tailored to your learning needs, your job role and your career aspirations
• Opportunities for career progression, secondments and transfers within The Gallery Trust, the largest special school Trust in Oxfordshire
• Opportunities for collaborative working across the schools in the Trust, offering the chance to liaise with experienced colleagues, building knowledge and professional networks
• Competitive salaries for teaching and support staff based on School Teacher Pay and Conditions Document and the NJC Green Book
• Access to attractive pension plans (TPS and LGPS), linked to salary life assurance
• Contribution towards glasses and eye tests for DSE use
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including childcare vouchers and cycle to work
• Perk Box - discount and wellbeing platform membership
• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance
• Membership to My Healthy Advantage wellbeing app
• Excellent induction processes, and strong line management structures to promote your wellbeing at work
• A culture which is open to employee ideas and encourages open dialogue
• Complimentary tea and coffee
• Regular staff surveys to gain feedback on wellbeing and to drive improvements
• The opportunity to join colleagues for social events
• Family friendly policies
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free car parking and cycle storage

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 recruitment@bloxhamgroveacademy.co.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Bloxham Grove Academy Teacher Candidate Information Pack October 2024 (7) (1).pdf - 348 KB (opens in new tab)

About Bloxham Grove Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 7 to 18
• School size: 35 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Bloxham Grove Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@bloxhamgroveacademy.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bloxham-grove-academy (opens in new tab)

Bloxham Grove Academy is a brand-new special free school which opened in a new purpose-built building in January 2024. We are fortunate in having first-class facilities, a state-of-the-art building, and excellent outdoor spaces in a rural location, providing us with a very special environment for our community to use and enjoy.

The academy provides exemplary education and care for students with Cognition and Learning needs, Autism Spectrum Condition, and Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. We currently have 55 students on roll, and by 2027, Bloxham Grove Academy will have 100 students on roll between the ages of 7 to 18 across Key Stages 2, 3, 4 and 5.

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