What skills and experience we're looking for
Main purpose
• Lead group of students on half termly rota
• Around 8 students
• Supported by teaching assistant(s)
• Fostering a positive and inclusive learning environment that meets diverse needs of our students
• Support students in developing:
• Teamwork
• Independence
• Communication skills
• Hospitality skills
• Confidence
• Experience in a cafe type setting
• Cooking skills and knowledge
• Work from and adapt scheme of learning to best support learners
• Promote aninclusive classroom
• Maintain open and effective communication with students, parents and colleagues
• Manage orders for ingredients for the café
• Plan and lead well-structured sessions bring about positive outcomes.
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• Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of students
• Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge students
• Promote good progress and outcomes by students
• Implement the school’s policies, practices and procedures, so as to support the school’s values and vision
• Provide cover, in the planned or unforeseen circumstance that you are unable to teach
• Promote the safety and wellbeing of students
• Maintain good order and discipline among students, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment.
• Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues
• Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school
• Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality
• Understand and act within the statutory frameworks setting out their professional duties and responsibilities.
• Direct and supervise support staff assigned
What the school offers its staff
The Abbey can offer:
• Amazing students who want to learn
• A brand new, state of the art, English classroom
• Excellent IT facilities in a modern school fit for 21st century teaching
• A range of CPD opportunities to support professional development inside and outside the classroom.
• A range of evidence-informed strategies to support teaching and learning inside the classroom.
• A consistent approach to behaviour which ensures learning is not disrupted.
• A welcoming and supportive staff community
• Opportunities to collaborate across a range of mainstream and specialist provision schools within the Weydon MAT.
• External leadership/NPQ opportunities, including supporting masters’ applications and aspiring senior leader’s development programme
• On site car parking
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
Commitment to safeguarding
The Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS, Children’s Barred List and Right to work in the UK checks are required for all posts. further details including relevant policies are available on the school website: