Teacher - Special School
The Harbour School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 8RAThis job expired on 2 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Jan 2024 or ASAP
Closing date
2 October 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 September 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 2, Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time Teacher Contract
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR (£30,000 - £41,333)
Additional allowances
SEN allowance (£2,539)
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will empower pupils to achieve the desired results and encourage them to see the importance of learning as a foundation to a successful journey in life.
You’ll work together with the senior leadership team to provide pupils with the very best learning opportunities and support required to overcome barriers to their learning.
You’ll plan, teach and assess lessons in line with curriculum objectives.
You'll ensure a healthy and positive culture of learning to meet their needs so they can progress towards a happy life that they can enjoy.
What the school offers its staff
The Harbour School is a special school for learners with Social, Emotional and/or Mental Health (SEMH) Needs and/or Medical Needs. The school operates from multiple sites situated across Portsmouth with provision extending beyond these physical locations.
As a trust, our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”. We put this into practice by ensuring:
- All decisions are made in the best interests of staff, students and families.
- High support, high challenge and evidence informed in everything we do.
- We work collaboratively and make team, not individual, decisions.
- We acknowledge our mistakes and use them to learn and improve.
- We are always open to learning and seeking new ideas.
Further details about the role
As part of Delta, Education Trust, The Harbour School’s vision is “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”.This means we really care whether pupils love or hate their learning, so we work hard to create a space where they learn together to become knowledgeable, self-aware, independent and happy people who make a positive difference, wherever life takes them.
Following the most recent Ofsted inspection, each and every member of the team are working together to make the changes we need.
We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals to make a real difference to children’s lives in This career defining opportunity.
The choices you make with the pupils and the creativity you bring to the classroom will give the children the opportunities they deserve and contribute to the journey from RI back to Good, within the supportive framework of the wider Delta Education Trust, a small but growing Trust.
You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative team that, no matter what the challenge may be, are ready to face it head on and are committed to seeing it through.
Learning can look different for everyone; learning is continuous and enabled by the broad curriculum, therapeutic interventions, and the environment the school and staffing team create. It’s only through your leadership and partnership working that we will create that environment together to ensure the pupils progress towards a happy life that they can enjoy.
If successfully shortlisted the HR Department will also be conducting an individual online search including social media platforms of your ‘name, education and employment’, to demonstrate due diligence following the updated ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022' guidance. The search will not form part of the actual shortlisting process and any concerns arising from the search will be discussed directly with you.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required for this post prior to commencement. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
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About The Harbour School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 19
- School size
- 101 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Harbour School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@deltaeducationtrust.com
The Harbour School is a special school for learners with Social, Emotional and/or Mental Health (SEMH) Needs and/or Medical Needs. The school operates from multiple sites situated across Portsmouth with provision extending beyond these physical locations.
As a trust, our ethos is encompassed in our vision “Learning together in pursuit of happiness”.
Arranging a visit to The Harbour School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@deltaeducationtrust.com.
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