Science Teacher
Spring School
Kingston upon Thames
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- Salary:
- MPR/UPR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 9 September 2024
Job overview
Do you have a strong background in science education and a dedication to creating a nurturing, inclusive learning environment? If so, Spring School invites you to join our team as a Science Specialist Teacher.
At Spring School, we are committed to creating a place where autistic children aged 4–19 can learn, thrive, achieve, and belong. Our vision is centered on providing the best possible outcomes for our pupils, tailored to their unique needs, aspirations, and priorities. We aim to empower our students with a sense of competence and self-worth, fostering good mental health, well-being, and long-term life chances beyond school.
As a Class Teacher with a Science specialist focus, you will play a crucial role in helping our students reach their full learning potential. You will be instrumental in implementing our age-related curriculum, working closely with our pupils to achieve academic, personal, social, and independent targets.
Key responsibilities
- Ensure outstanding teaching and learning across the curriculum for pupils in your class
- To work with the other teachers on the curriculum development of Science and assessment across secondary phases with input to primary
- Ensure all pupils in your class make at least expected progress towards their targets and EHCP outcomes through effective teaching, learning and behaviour support.
Why join us?
- The role itself is very rewarding both through the freedom of creativity and seeing first hand, our learners develop and progress through their goals and aspirations.
- 11 weeks annual leave per academic year.
- Highly competitive salary reviewed annually.
- Excellent CPD including a wide-range of in house and external training courses.
- To collaborate and work with leading experts in the autism and learning disability field.
- Annual staff recognition awards.
- Cycle to work scheme up to £5000.
- Season ticket loans.
- A wide range of wellness programmes both in person and online including: virtual yoga & zumba classes, running club, art & cooking classes.
- Employee Assistance Programme, to help you balance your work, family, and personal life.
- Access to physiotherapy.
- On-site parking.
We are committed to investing in our people and their talent. We make sure every single person is clear about their role, and has the tools, knowledge and learning they need to perform well and make a difference.
For an informal discussion about this exciting position please contact Ben Lowe at blowe@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk.
Closing date: 9th September 2024
Interviews:
The Safeguarding responsibilities of the post as per the job description and personal specification.
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Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
About Spring School
- Spring School
- 15 Coombe Street, Kingston upon Thames
- KT2 7AB
- United Kingdom
It is an immense privilege to have been appointed the head of Spring School and to lead the development of this fantastic new provision for autistic pupils.
Spring School has been set up to address a growing need for more specialist education provision for autistic children and young people in Kingston. It is run by the Ambitious about Autism Schools Trust, who already have two successful special schools and a further education college, providing excellent education to hundreds of autistic children and young people across London and the Home Counties.
Spring School will build on the Trust’s innovative approach to autism education, which is called the Ambitious Approach. At its heart, the approach is centred around improving the quality of life of autistic young people while they are in education and ensuring this quality of life continues into adulthood.
We will equip young people with the academic qualifications and personal skills needed to thrive in school and beyond. We will offer pupils the best of both worlds: special needs provision combined with a curriculum that follows the national curriculum.
Working in partnership with young people, parents and carers and the whole community, we will develop a wonderful new learning environment where autistic young people can reach their academic potential, strive for independence and lead rich and fulfilling lives.
Andy Nowak, Head of Spring School
Spring School is a special school dedicated to educating autistic pupils aged 4–19.
Our vision is to create a school where autistic children can learn, thrive, achieve and belong. We will offer a model of best practice for autistic children with social communication needs who can learn under a broadly age-related curriculum. In practice, this means:
- Pupils will obtain the best possible outcomes in terms of academic and personal development, based on their needs, aspirations, and priorities and feel proud of what they learn and achieve
- Pupils will have a sense of competence and self-worth with good mental health, well-being, and long-term life chances beyond school.
- Pupils will be directly involved in decisions about their learning and future.
- Families will have the confidence that their children are in a safe environment and are being guided toward greater independence.
- Families will be provided with the tools they need to support their children beyond school and feel they are key members of the school community with their voices heard.
Spring School will give pupils the support and challenge they need to reach their full learning potential. The school will have academic, personal, social and independent targets to provide autistic pupils with ambitious aspirations. Pupils will work towards gaining academic and vocational qualifications, that will help them succeed in the world beyond school.
Partnership working is at the core of the school’s vision. Our school model is designed to offer the best of both special and mainstream education through close collaboration with local mainstream providers, including Chessington School. We will work in partnership with parents and carers, recognising the importance of co-production in supporting children’s learning and development.
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