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Salary: MPS (Outer London Scale) + SEN (£2,539)
Location: St Philips School, Chessington, Surrey, KT9 2HR
Contract: Full-time and Permanent
St Philip’s School is a special school and offers places to 185 pupils aged 9 to 19 with a wide range of ability levels and additional needs including complex autism.
The School is located on a spacious green site in Chessington, in the Royal Borough of Kingston and has extensive indoor and outdoor sports facilities, vocational facilities and a dedicated pupil support team offering a range of therapies.
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional teacher who will be able to deliver music to key stage 2, 3 and 4 pupils within our popular and successful specialist setting.
Applications are invited from hard-working, experienced, committed, and motivated practitioners from special or mainstream backgrounds. Some experience of Special Educational Needs will be an advantage, but not essential. However, a keen interest in developing your professional knowledge and understanding of young people who have moderate learning difficulties and ASD or other complex needs, is essential!
This role will require the successful candidate to work with pupils who have a range of sensory and physical needs identified in their EHCP.
The successful candidate will:
v help to prepare activities for the pupils’ educational and developmental needs.
v promote appropriate behaviour in line with the school’s behaviour policy.
v support the school ethos by promoting a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment.
v promote the inclusion of all pupils.
v be aware of, and comply with, all school policies and procedures; particularly relating to child protection, first aid, health, safety and security, confidentiality, data protection, reporting any concerns to the relevant person.
Applications are welcomed from primary or secondary practitioners with KS3 and/or KS4 experience.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience, and knowledge we are looking for.
Your application form will be scored according to each of the requirements laid out in the person specification for this role. Please demonstrate in your statement how your experience, skills and knowledge match the criteria that are required for the role.
Please note that CV applications cannot be considered.
Applications close: Friday 1st November 2024
Interview: w/c Monday 11th November 2024
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.