Overview and Responsibilities

SEN Class Teacher

Location: Pilning, Bristol

Salary: £31,650 - £47,338 (M1 – UPS2)*

Hours: 40 hours per week

Contract: Full time - permanent

We are a dynamic and inspiring provision for children and young people aged 7-19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.

About Us

We are an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

We are currently looking for an experienced Full Time Teacher for our school. The school supports young people aged 7 - 19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.

We offer life skills and a wide range of GCSE/ Functional Skills/BTEC accreditations alongside a functional skills/entry level pathway. Behaviours across the school are excellent.

Experience of teaching Maths, English, or computing (other subjects may be considered) at KS3/KS4 and/or experience of delivering GCSE, entry level and functional skills maths and English, or any other accreditation is essential.

The Role

We are looking for an inspirational and engaging Secondary Class Teacher, to deliver high quality teaching and learning to children and young people with autism and complex needs such as ADHD, OCD and PDA, who may present with challenging behaviours associated with their autism. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.

Your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally. You must be creative and have high expectations. An understanding of ASC is essential to support the planning and delivery of a broad and balanced curriculum to enable our pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas.

To facilitate this, you’ll plan and deliver lessons that support young people achieving accreditation on a variety of academic pathways. You will be able to support the young people to be independent and resilient learners both in and outside of the classroom.

You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews.

Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Additionally, you will also be expected to carefully monitor the health, well-being and personal care of our pupils; informing Pastoral/clinical/ SEND support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.