PE Teacher

PE Teacher

Location: Caterham, Surrey

Contract: Full-time/ Part time - Permanent

Salary: £33,075 - £50,471 per year (M1 - UPS3 Fringe) Plus £5,000 Welcome bonus For Qualified Teacher*

Hours: 40 hours per week

Caterham Education Centre (and other Surrey sites)

Part of the Aurora Group, Caterham Education Centre (CEC), in Caterham Surrey are currently looking to recruit a PE Teacher. CEC is a 30-place secondary/post 16 learning centre supporting young people aged 11 – 16 who have difficulties with communication and social interaction, typically associated with Autism, ADHD, and associated SEN. 

CEC is linked to Aurora Redehall School, they share the same Principal and Head of School, however each site has its own Assistant Head and team of Teachers and TAs. There is also a full therapy team on site to support staff and students. Although the sites operate separately, students and staff do cross between sites. 

What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply? 

• You want to make a difference in the lives of our students and their families.
• You want to contribute to our broad and creative curriculum offer.
• You want to work with an inspiring student population.
• You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed multi-disciplinary team.
• You have a strong commitment to student and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same strong values.
• You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.

Key Duties

You will be accountable to the school leadership teams to provide the following roles and responsibilities. Below is a small part of the responsibilities that you will hold,

• To contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the students within a learning environment.
• To monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of students to parents, team members, senior staff, examination and funding bodies through reports and identified meetings as directed and as is required through school policies and procedures.
• To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes.
• To attend and contribute to all relevant meetings and maintain good lines of communication with other staff.
• To contribute to the review of EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews.
• To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
• To liaise effectively with parents/carers.
• To assist in the development of the curriculum offer.
• To manage a delegated budget as required.
• To work in a non-confrontational way to ensure individual needs are met.
• To appropriately manage challenging behaviours within the school policy and procedures.

As part of the Aurora Surrey Schools, there will be a requirement for cross site working between sites in Caterham and Effingham. Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of CEC when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description - Teacher

Skills and Qualifications

Qualifications

Essential 

• PGCE, Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.

Desirable 

• Postgraduate diploma in Autism
• Experience of working in a special school environment and in particular with pupils with autism.
• Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to pupils with a wide range of needs.

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of students with complex needs and SEND.
• Evidence of sound knowledge of the national curriculum.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of autism and associated co-morbid conditions and how these can affect learning.
• Curriculum development and implementation for pupils with SEND.

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Proven ability to work on own initiative, be well organised, prioritise effectively and achieve results against deadlines.
• Ability to engage pupils in positive enabling relationships

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Competitive Pension
• * Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service 
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.