Summary

School name
Valence School
Address
Westerham Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN
School type
Special school, ages 4 to 19
Education phase
Not applicable
Age range
4 to 19
Size
132 pupils enrolled
Website address
http://www.valenceschool.com (opens in new tab)

About Valence School

We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.

Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.

We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools. In 2008 Valence became a specialist Sports College and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.

The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services to local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.

The School always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.

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.

Location and map

Westerham Road, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN

Current jobs

Senior Teaching Assistant (Class Coordinator)

Role
Teaching assistant
Full-time equivalent salary
£20,828.00 Annually (Actual) 33.5 hours per week term time (£13.69 per hour) : Term Time only
Working pattern
  • Part time

    • Student Support Assistant

    Role
    Other support
    Full-time equivalent salary
    £13.50 Hourly Full time, 40 hours per week (£24,528 actual p.a.)
    Working pattern
  • Part time, full time

    • Care Support Assistant (Residential)

    Role
    Other support
    Full-time equivalent salary
    £9,811.00 - £14,717.00 Annually (Actual) £13.50 per hour : Term Time : 16-24 hours per week : Monday to Thursday : 18:00-22:00 or 15:30-21:30
    Working pattern
  • Part time

    • Student Support Assistant BANK

    Role
    Other support
    Full-time equivalent salary
    £12.60 - £13.50 Hourly Part Time or Full Time
    Working pattern
  • Part time, full time

    • One-to-One Student Support Assistant

    Role
    Teaching assistant
    Full-time equivalent salary
    £18,600.00 Annually (Actual) 32.5 hours per week Term Time Only
    Working pattern
  • Part time

    • Finance Manager

    Role
    Administration hr data and finance
    Full-time equivalent salary
    £38,304.00 Annually (FTE) 37 hours per week : Permanent : All Year Round
    Working pattern
  • Full time

    • Healthcare Assistant (One-to-One)

    Role
    Other support
    Full-time equivalent salary
    £14.25 Hourly 13 hours per week Term Time Only £8,415 gross p,a,
    Working pattern
  • Part time

    • Senior Speech & Language Therapist

    Role
    Teacher
    Full-time equivalent salary
    £24.45 per hour (Matched to NHS Band 7) : Term Time : 30 hours per week : £1,000 'golden hello' payment (pro-rata)
    Working pattern
  • Part time

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