KS3/4 Maths Teacher
Location: Effingham, Surrey
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £33,075 - £47,031 per year (M1 - UPS1 Fringe) PLUS £5000 Welcome Bonus for Qualified teacher*
Hours: 40 hours per week
Aurora Poppyfield School
We’re looking to recruit a KS3/4 Maths Teacher to join our team at Poppyfield School. The successful candidate will be delivering high quality teaching and learning to our students. Our autistic students are aged between 11 – 16, they have associated behavioural and communication difficulties. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.
Poppyfield is part of the Aurora group, they share their Principal with Redehall school.
To see more about the work that Poppyfield does please follow this link -
What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply?
* You want to make a difference in the lives of our students and their families.
* You want to contribute to our broad and creative curriculum offer.
* You want to work with an inspiring student population.
* You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed multi-disciplinary team.
* You have a strong commitment to student and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same strong values.
* You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.
Key Duties:
You will be accountable to the school leadership teams to provide the following roles and responsibilities.
* To contribute to the delivery and development of the curriculum, having regard to the educational, physical and social needs of the students within a learning environment.
* To work collaboratively with other members of staff as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* To maintain and use short, medium and long term plans in delivering the curriculum.
* To set, monitor and review personalised targets that will optimise learning for each individual.
* To monitor, assess, review and report on the progress and work of students to parents, team members, senior staff, examination and funding bodies through reports and identified meetings as directed and as is required through school policies and procedures.
* To develop lesson plans analysing and self-reflecting on the outcomes.
* To attend and contribute to all relevant meetings and maintain good lines of communication with other staff.
* To contribute to the review of EHC plans, PEP and LAC reviews.
* To provide clear structures for lessons maintaining pace, motivation and challenge.
* To take account of wider curriculum developments.
* To maintain an overall awareness of current issues in the field of autism in order to be able to plan for effective teaching and learning.
* To work in a non-confrontational way to ensure individual needs are met.
* To appropriately manage challenging behaviours within the school policy and procedures.
* To lead and manage a tutor group, taking on the responsibility of liaising with parents and external agencies.
Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Poppyfield school when required. Please see the link below for our full :
Skills and Qualifications
* Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.
* Experience of working in a special school environment and in particular with pupils with ASC and SEND
* Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to pupils with a wide range of needs.
* Further qualifications in SEND desirable
* Working knowledge of ASC/SEMH students with complex needs.
* Evidence of sound knowledge of the national curriculum.
* Knowledge, understanding and experience of autism and associated co-morbid conditions and how these can affect learning.
* Curriculum development and implementation for pupils with SEND and in particular autism.
What’s on offer?
Training and Development - Within Aurora, we strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people we support. We offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all our employees to improve your skills and further your career.
Save money on your bills!!- With the cost of living rising we have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further.
Competitive Pay and Reward - Every year we compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Enhanced Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
UK Health Cash Plan - This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.
Employee Assistance Programme - Your health and wellbeing is very important to us and we have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.
Refer a friend for £1,000- We’ll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)
*Welcome bonus is payable in 2 parts - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service
How to apply :
Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details. For more information on this position please contact liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be paused or taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled or we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.