ASC Teacher
Kingsdown School
Swindon
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS PLUS SEN point 1 £2,105
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 30 January 2018
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and inspirational teacher to join the SEND team and to lead and further develop the school’s already highly commended provision for SEND students.
This role will play an integral part in the SEND provision with teaching within our ASC Centre. The ASC Centre is a mainstream unit for selected pupils with Autism. The centre opened in September 2003 and we have 15 students within this specialist environment. It is a purpose built building with excellent facilities, resources as well as having a superb reputation in the area for the provision it provides for nurturing the students to develop academically and socially.
The successful candidate will be able to communicate effectively and appropriately with staff, pupils and parents and to manage the learning and teaching of individual pupils.
Kingsdown School are part of a Multi Academy Trust and joined the River Learning Trust on the 1st September 2017. The successful applicant will join the School as a River Learning Trust employee.
Please contact recruitment@kingsdownschool.co.uk for an application pack or telephone the HR Department on 01793 837087 or visit www.kingsdownschool.co.uk Applications will only be accepted on a Kingsdown School application form with a covering letter by email or post. Please do not submit your details via any external website as these will not be received by the school.
If you have not heard from us shortly after the closing date please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Closing date for completed applications is Tuesday 30th January at 08:00am.
Interview date - to be confirmed.
No agencies please. CVs will not be accepted.
Kingsdown School is a mixed 11-16 Academy situated on the eastern outskirts of Swindon. The most recent OFSTED inspection commented “Leaders provide a curriculum that is broad and balanced. A notable strength of the school is its care for pupils facing particular difficulties, the work the school does to support pupils’ personal development and well-being is good”.
Kingsdown School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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About Kingsdown School
- Kingsdown School
- Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon
- Wiltshire
- SN2 7SH
- United Kingdom
Kingsdown is a mixed 11–16 Secondary School located in Stratton St Margaret, Swindon. It offers a vibrant learning environment, one in which its students take great pride in both their learning, their behaviour and their individual aspirations. Our teachers combine a high level of academic expertise with excellent teaching skills and a real and deep concern for the wellbeing of each and every student. Taken together, these allow us to recruit and retain the very best colleagues.
Our vision for Kingsdown School is to become “a School of Excellence bursting with Pride and Ambition”. To achieve this our Mission Statement is that we “Champion each and every student”.
Three Strategic Priorities underpin our school improvement work. These are that we will:
- Know our students
- Teach our students well
- Have high expectations in all we do
As leaders of Kingsdown School we share an unshakable belief in all our students and in all our staff. And unanimously, we believe in the importance and power of the highest quality education to which everyone has the right and which we are determined to deliver.
The principles of both our School and the RLT are a commitment to:
- Excellence – striving for the best possible educational experience
- Everyone learning – creating and taking every opportunity to enhance lives
- Respectful relationships – acting with care, integrity and fairness in all we do
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