1 Full Time Teacher - Maternity Leave Cover required for approximately 10 months to start 28th April 2025
Longwill School for the Deaf
Birmingham
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS1 - UPS3 + SEN1 or SEN2
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 28th April 2025 until approximately 13th February 2026
- Apply by:
- 27 January 2025
Job overview
1 Maternity Leave Cover for a Full Time Teacher of the D/deaf Post
MPS/UPS + SEN 1/2 (Dependent on QTOD Status)
£31,650 - £49,084 + £2,679/£5,284
(Temporary for approximately 10 months)
Starting 28th April 2025
Head Teacher - Mrs Alison Carter
Longwill Primary School for Deaf Children, Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham B31 1LD
Telephone: 0121 475 3923 Email: enquiry@longwill.bham.sch.uk
Our outstanding innovative and welcoming primary special school caters for children between the ages of 2 – 11 years old who are D/deaf and require a sign bilingual education. We are currently funded for 65 places. The school has a national reputation as a centre of excellence in Deaf Education. We seek to appoint an excellent Teacher of the D/deaf committed to providing high quality learning opportunities, so that D/deaf children can reach their potential within our bilingual setting.
Longwill is a small, friendly special school which offers an excellent education to D/deaf pupils from throughout the West Midlands and surrounding areas.
We are looking for a practitioner who:
· Is a qualified Teacher
· Is either a QToD or has the commitment to train to be a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf.
· Has high expectations for pupils and is an excellent communicator.
· Thinks creatively to create diverse and unique learning experiences
· Is self- motivated and a lifelong learner.
· Is able to lead a classroom team effectively.
· Has the ability to communicate in British Sign Language Minimum Level 1 and is committed to developing their signing skills to at least Level 2, or beyond.
We can offer you:
· An innovative and exciting special school environment, committed to providing the best opportunities for D/deaf children and staff.
· The opportunity to work in a school which prioritises the continued professional development of its staff
· Delightful and hardworking D/deaf sign bilingual children.
· A supportive environment with dedicated and highly skilled staff.
A commitment to CPD is essential.
Applications are welcome from Teachers who are both Qualified Teachers of the Deaf and those who are either currently training or would wish to in the future.
Informal visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange on 0121 475 3923
Closing Date for Applications: Monday 27th January 2025 at 9.00 am
Further information and an application pack is available on the school website Vacancies TOD | longwill Please note that we are unable to accept CV’s.
Interviews to be held week commencing 10th February 2025.
Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work in the UK.
An online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
Attached documents
About Longwill School for the Deaf
- Longwill School for the Deaf
- Bell Hill, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B31 1LD
- United Kingdom
Longwill Primary Special School for Deaf Children
Longwill is currently a 65 place Special School for profoundly Deaf children aged from 2-11 years old who come from across the West Midlands Region.
The Learning Environment
- Longwill is a sign-bilingual, bi-cultural learning environment, which strives to support and develop the communication needs and abilities of its members so that the pupils are equipped to function effectively within both the Hearing and the Deaf world.
- We educate our pupils as independent free thinkers, ready for 21st century life, capable of embracing the technology of tomorrow, who are adaptable, self reliant, resourceful and tolerant of change and who can contribute to the wider community.
- Pupils are taught within small groups by Teachers of the Deaf.
- 11 Deaf staff act as positive cultural and linguistic role models, teaching BSL and supporting learning in the classroom. Both languages (English and BSL) are equally valued and promoted.
- The Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) are woven into the curriculum to ensure the emotional wellbeing of all pupils. We have three Learning Mentors on our staff.
- We teach English through a variety of means, using BSL, Sign Supported English, Signed English, as well as communicating orally where appropriate.
- We employ a digital team to ensure that Longwill continues to lead the way in using digital media to enhance deaf education.
- We work closely with Speech and Language Therapists, our Educational Audiologist and a range of professional to support positive outcomes for Deaf children.
Initiatives
- The school is part of the Birmingham Special Schools Co-operative Trust. It has an outward facing approach and recognises the benefits of strong partnership working.
- We teach BSL courses in school and encourage a wider community of schools to know BSL.
- All Teachers of the Deaf engage in Action Research and collaborate closely with universities in developing and improving ways to teach Deaf pupils.
- Longwill teaches Thinking and Learning skills especially through the use of Building Learning Power.
- ‘Visual Phonics by Hand’- was developed at Longwill to support phonic skills for Deaf pupils, who are visual learners.
- The school holds the Gold Rights Respecting Schools Award (UNCRC) and is proud of our achievement in creating a school where pupil voice is strong and pupils are confident contributors to making the world a better place.
Please visit through our website www.longwill.bham.sch.uk
Headteacher- Mrs Alison Carter
Longwill School, Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham B31 1LD
Email – a.carter@longwill.bham.sch.uk
Telephone – 0121 475 3923
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