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Primary Teacher Complex ASD & Additional Needs

Bradfields Academy

Medway

  • £30,000 - £41,333 per year
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  • Expired
Salary:
MPS 1-6 (£30,000 - £41,333) + SEN 2 £5,009
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2025
Apply by:
11 October 2024

Job overview

Contract:           Permanent Full Time

Salary:                MPS 1-6 (£30,000 - £41,333) + SEN 2 £5,009

Location:            Bradfields Specialist SEN Academy Medway Towns, Kent

Start Date:         January 2025

Fortis Trust is seeking to appoint a talented, creative and innovative thinker to join the EYFS & Primary team at Bradfields Academy who will be instrumental in further developing our primary provision.

Candidates should have a clear understanding about effective teaching, raising and sustaining achievement in EYFS/KS1 and the care and support of complex young individuals with a range of SEND. They should have a vision and drive to deliver meaningful and personalised curricula, which provide stretch and challenge enabling all students to achieve.

Interested applicants should be a good communicator; able to engage effectively with young children and their parents/carers on a daily basis. Ideally, they will have experience of working with non-verbal students and be familiar with alternative forms of communication, sensory processing issues, and a clear understanding of behaviour as a learning need.

The Trust is looking for a quality teacher willing to join our excellent and happy team of staff to further Bradfields as a well-known and respected Special Academy. We would welcome interest from both ECTs and experienced teachers. The successful candidate will be provided with individualised professional support and induction; including accessing further professional qualifications as required.

Applicants are encouraged to arrange a visit to our academy to meet the students and staff team who form part of the outstanding provision across the academy.

Please visit our website: www.bradfieldsacademy.co.uk 

Staff at Bradfields have access to the Fortis Trust package of benefits, which includes a wide range of professional development opportunities, and wellbeing support. Staff can also join the cycle to work scheme and have full access to our Employee Assistance Programme and all its benefits. As a Mindful Employer organisation, we also encourage staff to take part in regular ‘wellbeing days’ during the year.

The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record check via the DBS system (for Children & Vulnerable Adults).

We are an equal opportunities employer.

Interested candidates are welcome to arrange a visit by contacting Louise Tombs by email louise.tombs@fortistrust.co.uk

Interested candidates should complete an application form located on the academy website, www.bradfieldsacademy.co.uk

Closing Date:  Friday 11th October 2024

Bradfields Academy reserves the right to close the application window early should a successful candidate present themselves before the closing date.

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About Bradfields Academy

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Bradfields Academy is an innovative and forward-looking specialist SEND provision which provides education for students who experience a co-morbidity of complex learning disabilities and difficulties [CLDD] including speech, language, emotional, sensory, physical and autistic spectrum disabilities. It aims to be a leading centre of excellence in the Special Education Sector where students can thrive and fully develop their cognitive, social and emotional skills in order to take a full, active and responsible role in their local community and beyond as Global Citizens and Ambassadors for students with disabilities.

Our educational programme, which is cited as being excellent, has resulted in year-on-year improvements in exam passes and rates of progress that warranted OFSTED outstanding judgements for achievement [2022 and 2017]. Our pastoral programme is extensive and impacts student well-being, resilience and self-esteem.

Mission, Values and Aims

Bradfields Academy aims to be a leading centre of excellence in the Special Education Sector where students can thrive and fully develop their cognitive, social and emotional skills in order to take a full, active and responsible role in their local community and beyond as Global Citizens and Ambassadors for students with disabilities.

Our Mission

Striving for excellence where all within our community flourish

Our Ethos and Values

  • Aspiration and Success
  • Collaboration and Inclusivity
  • Respect and Resilience


Our Aims

  • Develop the confidence to be curious, imaginative and take calculated risks.
  • Develop recreational and work‑related skills that extend beyond the academy.
  • Develop a sustainable sense of personal pride and self‑worth.
  • Guide and prepare students for each new phase of their life.

Wellbeing Vision Statement

At Bradfields Academy, for all individuals to thrive, learn and achieve, they must feel happy, safe and supported. We strive to achieve a culture that: promotes a healthy lifestyle; cares for each other; celebrates successes and provides the ability to work through difficulties, and extend this into our wider communities. Within our academy, we develop character strengths and promote the resilience needed to make the most of the life that lies ahead.

Exam Results

Our examination results continue to show that irrespective of need and diagnosis, all students, when provided with appropriate support and challenge can achieve accreditation. Furthermore, we are evidencing increasing numbers of students achieving qualifications, in certain subjects, that are in line with those achieved by their peers in mainstream settings.

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