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Teacher Special School - Horizon Service

The Harbour School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 8RA

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• Job start date

  6 January 2025

• Closing date

  6 December 2024 at 8am

• Date listed

  21 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time: 0.6 contract, 19.5hrs per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,650 - £49,084
• Actual salary: £18,990 - £29,450
• Pay scale: MPR1-6, UPR1-3
• Additional allowances:

  SEN Allowance

What skills and experience we're looking for

Skills and Abilities:

- Qualified teacher status

- Evidence & ability to deliver the curriculum area(s) as outlined in the job description

- Evidence of working effectively with children and young people with SEMH needs

- Evidence of recent innovative curriculum development in respect of students with SEMH needs

- Ability to effectively involve children and young people in decisions about their future

- Ability to effectively involve parents/carers in decisions relating to their children

- Effective curriculum development and the ability to make judgements on the quality of teaching and students’ work

- Effective use of ICT to enhance learning

- Well developed organisational skills

- Ability to write clear and precise reports

- To plan and deliver appropriate curriculum

Knowledge:

- A sound understanding of issues facing those with SEMH needs, including risk factors relating to substance misuse, offending behaviour, self-esteem, social skills, risk taking behaviour and/or medical.

- A sound understanding of effective approaches to teaching and learning for students with SEMH needs.

- A working knowledge of the flexible arrangements within the National Curriculum framework

- Some knowledge of recent legislation related to permanently excluded, vulnerable, challenging and medical young persons

What the school offers its staff

• 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.  

• Cycle to work scheme

• Referral bonus scheme

• Sick Pay

• Company pension

• On site parking

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.

The Harbour School is looking for an enthusiastic individual to work as a teacher within the Horizon Service. This may involve teaching students at a variety of locations including their homes, community centres, centres and Schools. You will be asked to teach students in small groups online, particularly KS2 (Primary maths and English) and KS4 (Entry Level English and maths) only.

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.

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
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-harbour-school-po2-8ra (opens in new tab)

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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