Full Time, Permanent SEN Teacher

Full Time, Permanent SEN Teacher

February 2024

M1-6 pay scale, plus special needs allowance

Sandgate is special school for children and young people between the ages of 3-19 years.

We are a split site school and currently have a £6.5m new build in progress on our upper school site. We take pride in fostering a positive and dynamic learning environment for students with severe learning difficulties

Our school has a large catchment area and accepts students with severe, profound and complex needs. Our students are diverse in terms of their abilities, interests, strengths and sense of humour and therefore, our staff team have a range of experience.

Our growth as a school shows that we are very forward thinking and enjoy working with partners to ensure that we are meeting the growing needs of our students in school and county wide.

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of young people with severe learning difficulties? Are you dedicated to providing an inclusive and supportive learning environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Sandgate offers staff a range of benefits as well as being an integral member of a reputable and trail blazing school, you will have access to:

• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Mentoring from colleagues within your team
• Variety of students working within a vast array of curriculums and styles of learning to diversify your educational knowledge
• An internal HR and Pay advisory service
• Employee benefits including self-referral for occupational health support including mental health and physical health as well as physiotherapy
• Cycle to work scheme
• Vouchers and discounts for supermarkets, cinema tickets, high street and online retailers as well as much more
• A great pension scheme with high employer contributions

Prospective candidates are welcome to arrange to visit the school prior to submitting an application.

You will deliver on:

• QTS
• At least 5 years of experience working with SEN students, particularly those with an ASC diagnosis
• Passion for education, commitment and reliability
• Incredible patience
• Planning for a safe learning environment
• Providing engaging educational content for student learning
• Experience implementing a wide variety of learning styles with a proven record of success
• Ability to proactively and positively manage severe and complex behavioural challenges
• Experience in recording student information (academic and behavioural) using a range of software programmes
• Experience in working collaboratively within a team, and managing teaching assistants

The closing date for applications is 9.00am on 11th December 2023

Candidates who have been shortlisted will be informed the following week. Interviews will be held on the week commencing Monday 18th December with a view to start on 19th February 2024.

Start date of February 19th 2024

Sandgate School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Appointment will be subject to (1) satisfactory health checks, (2) references, (3) an Enhanced DBS check and (4) satisfactory completion of a staff suitability declaration form and (5) a self-declaration form will be required from all shortlisted candidates. Online searches are recommended by Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022. The recruitment team will carry out the online search and this is part of due diligence and carried out on any shortlisted candidates. Searches are to be done in line with GDPR UK/ DPA 2018 as a regulatory requirement.  The school is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Those wishing to apply:

• should complete an application pack which can be found either on our school website http://www.sandgateschool.org.uk/information/job-vacancies/ or by emailing cbroom@sandgateschool.org.uk
• Application forms are also available at: https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/eLibrary/Content/Internet/535/615/6919/42597171052.pdf
• you should email the completed form to: cbroom@sandgateschool.org.uk

You may alternatively wish to print out and complete your application form by hand and post this directly to school, to address: Sandgate School, Sandylands Road, Kendal, LA9 6JG Please label your envelope clearly with: Teacher APPLICATION PACK

Join us on our journey of growth and success in creating an amazing learning environment for young people with severe learning difficulties!