What skills and experience we're looking for

As a specialist SEND teacher, your role will be to:

• Create an inclusive and inspiring learning environment that supports the needs of children with complex needs

• Demonstrate the ability to support children with their sensory processing needs including regulation strategies

• Role model inclusive SEND pedagogy and practice

• Contribute to professional development

• To teach effectively in line with the school’s pedagogical principles and practices that support highly inclusive teaching and learning.

• Demonstrate the ability to nurture, support and challenge children, using strategies to secure high levels of engagement.

• Be a reflective practitioner willing to innovate and take risks.

• Contribute to a collaborative, collegiate culture, sharing knowledge and learning with others

What the school offers its staff

• The opportunity to develop in an outstanding coaching school.

• Excellent professional development and career progression opportunities.

• Experience of supporting ECTs in their first two years and beyond.

• A supportive and knowledgeable Inclusion team.

• Forward thinking approach to feedback and marking.

• High quality, well resourced, enabling learning environments that put children at the centre of their learning.

• A culturally diverse school community.

• A positive commitment to staff well-being wider benefits including; workload reduction, preferential school places, free childcare, professional development.

• A sensible, balanced approach to ensuring that teachers’ time is used productively on things that matter.

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.