SEN Secondary Teacher

About the role:

Work is underway to refurbish and prepare our new site in Cricklewood ready for our new school opening in Spring/Summer 2025 so we are looking for our first cohort of talented SEN Teachers.

As a Teacher at Mapesbury School you will be an integral part of our team who put the children and young people at the heart of everything we do. You will plan, assess and deliver outstanding teaching and learning using proven methods and approaches that enable all young people to learn, whilst ensuring that pastoral needs are also met. You will establish excellent relationships with parents and carers and inspire trust and confidence in pupils, colleagues, families and other professionals.

You will develop, implement, monitor and evaluate development plans for a range of key stages 3 and 4 subjects. Your lessons will be well-structured and engage, support and challenge all students and you will encourage staff to form links between maths and other areas of the curriculum. The role will see you working with other staff members to evaluate learning needs and objectives in line with students’ EHCPs.

About you:

Key roles and responsibilities:

• Plan, deliver and assess outstanding teaching and learning using proven methods and approaches that enable autistic young people to learn
• Be a class tutor, ensuring pastoral needs are met and establishing excellent relationships with parents and carers
• Teach a range of subjects across the curriculum and lead in a subject area
• The willingness to plan and deliver lessons which teaches essential and life skills
• Inspire trust and confidence in pupils, colleagues, parents and other professionals
• Build team commitment with colleagues and in the classroom
• Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school
• Engage in whole school activities as required by the Headteacher
• Adhere to all working protocols
• Plan and lead children in off-site enrichment activities
• Ensure you uphold all safeguarding procedures, including engaging in annual safeguarding training, including induction training

Person Specification:

• Proven ability that you are an excellent teacher with a lively and effective classroom teaching style, which engages and motivates young people
• An excellent knowledge of your specialist curriculum area curriculum and how it may be effectively taught, along with an ability and willingness to teach other areas of the curriculum.
• Previous experience of delivering your specialist subject area to at least GCSE level
• Experience of working with children with SEN, SEMH or ASC
• A commitment to engaging young people, with a willingness to bring new ideas to the curriculum for both in and out of the classroom
• QTS

Why work for us?

• a competitive salary and ongoing programme of CPD
• a comprehensive induction programme
• enhanced pension for qualified teachers
• a friendly, passionate team committed to getting the best outcomes for our young people

Benefits include:

• £500 refer a friend bonus
• OFSTED bonus
• life assurance
• cycle to work scheme, access to a staff perks and discounts platform
• birthday treats, long service and employee of the month awards
• employee assistance and counselling service, wellbeing support and advice

About us:

Mapesbury School, part of Kedleston Group, is an independent specialist day school in Brent – London, providing an engaging educational offer within a supportive or tailored learning environment for children aged 7 -17 with specific or a range of social, emotional and mental health needs, and additional needs such as ADHD, Autism, learning needs and specific learning difficulties. We look for people to join our staff team who have the creativity and enthusiasm needed to deliver the best outcomes for the children and young people.

Kedleston Group Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. You will be expected to engage in annual safeguarding training, be familiar with key policies and ensure you know the steps to take should you be made aware of a safeguarding or child protection concern. You will remain vigilant and act swiftly if you have concerns about a child and be an appropriate role model for both children and colleagues at all times.

The successful candidate is required to provide references and will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS check. We will ask you to complete a criminal self-declaration form, and we will conduct online searches for information that is publicly available. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you! Any unsolicited CV’s will be sent at the recruitment agency’s own risk and will be interpreted as ‘gifts’ and we have no liability to you for any fee or otherwise. We reserve the right to engage with candidates directly having not, in any way, entered into your terms and conditions for this vacancy. By submitting an unsolicited CV to us, or to any member of our staff, you accept these terms as the default position. If we require your assistance with any vacancy we will contact you.