Key Stage 3 Lead Teacher

Tes is supporting the appointment of a Key Stage 3 Lead Teacher to join a School based in Hillingdon.

Salary: Up to £51,200 per annum (DoE) 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week; Monday to Friday 

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

As part of their continued growth, they now have a fantastic opportunity for a Key Stage 3 Lead Teacher to join their close-knit team at the School in Uxbridge.

If you are looking to join a dedicated team in a school that will welcome your ideas and forward-thinking to create a positive learning environment for young people, they would like to hear from you.

About the role

The school require an experienced and qualified teacher who has the ability to make a significant contribution to their school. This role is based in their Secondary Site, teaching Key Stage 3 classes consisting of pupils aged between 11 and 13, but they are happy to accept applications from candidates with QTS status, whether their experience is in Primary or Secondary Teaching. 

You will take a creative approach to teaching pupils according to their educational needs, ensuring delivery of the school curriculum in a way that maximises pupils’ achievement and ability to develop. The pupils may display some challenging behaviour due to their different needs, so staff are required to have experience.

Within this role, you will teach pupils in a fun and engaging way. You will also work with the support staff within the classroom to ensure that each pupil is getting the support they require, but also to ensure the smooth running of sessions and allow each pupil to have a positive learning environment. You will provide feedback to SLT, parents and carers.

Key Duties:

• Responsible for KS3 Department, providing direct line management for all of the Key Stage 3 classes in the school. Responsible for working closely with SLT to review progress and outcomes for pupils
• Responsible for working closely with SLT to review Quality of Education and monitoring the implementation of the specialist curriculum within the Key Stage
• Responsible for overseeing pastoral and positive behaviour strategies & systems to improve engagement of learning 
• Responsible for working collaboratively with the clinical team to ensure appropriate provision is in place to meet communication and sensory needs of the pupils within Key Stage 3
• Responsible for monitoring attendance in lessons of pupils
• Responsible for monitoring home school communications within the Key Stage. 
• Responsible for escalating information to SLT to ensure appropriate management is in place for any pastoral or educational matters that arise within the department. 

For this role, you should:

• Have previous experience teaching in an SEN school or extensive experience working with pupils with complex additional needs.
• Have experience teaching and be able to plan fun and engaging sessions.
• Have a UK QTS or QTLS – this is an essential qualification for the role

About the school

At the school, they provide specialist education for 185 pupils, aged between 3.5 and 19. Located across two sites. Their Secondary School supports around 125 pupils. Their pupils are taught in smaller class sizes and all pupils work towards a variety of qualifications dependent on their needs and ability.

Why join?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to they, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through their Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, they place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in their services at the heart of everything they do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

All applicants need to have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for the role.

By applying to this job advertisement, you are providing consent for the Tes Recruitment team to propose and discuss your application with the employer.

Tes Recruitment Services (UK) represent Schools and Academies across the globe, supporting them to secure a great teacher/leader for every role. 

To learn more about this role please email managedrecruit@tes.com for an information pack that includes school name, role specifics and context. 

Please include REF: LC2095967 in the email subject line. Please note that we are unable to accept CVs sent to us via email so please use the stated application route.