Specialist Resource Teacher: Autism and Neurodevelopmental Difficulties
Required from: April 2025 (or sooner if possible)
Type: Full-time permanent position
Salary: Main/Upper Teaching Scale + ALN Allowance
Closing Date: Monday January 6th 2025
At Aberconwy, we are developing additional learning provision for secondary age pupils with autism and associated neurodevelopmental difficulties. We opened two resourced classes of 8 pupils in September 2020, and expanded to include two further classes for September 2022. This specialist provision is for learners with autism who do not have a learning disability but are experiencing significant difficulty accessing the mainstream curriculum in its entirety. Conwy Local Authority hopes that this will be the first step in developing high-quality, specialist provision across all key stages of education, with a clear remit for inclusion into mainstream education wherever possible and enabling pupils to have access to a full and varied curriculum. The provision helps support learners to develop the skills and confidence for transition out of school and on to further education opportunities in line with their aspirations and interests.
We are therefore looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, and committed teacher to fill this post. Applicants should have extensive experience and knowledge of working with secondary age pupils with autism and associated neurodevelopmental difficulties, ideally in a mainstream school setting.
In return, we offer you:
1. A strong commitment to professional development;
2. A school with high aspirations and a genuine opportunity to make a difference;
3. An opportunity to help shape teaching and learning and our alternative curriculum;
4. A dedicated and supportive team of professional staff and governors;
5. Strong links with other local schools for partnership working and support;
6. A strong community spirit;
7. A vibrant and interesting place to work.
About Ysgol Aberconwy:
This is an exciting time to join Ysgol Aberconwy, a mixed 11-to-18 comprehensive school of over 900 pupils. Set in its own extensive campus on the banks of the beautiful River Conwy, the school is situated in the medieval town of Conwy on the North Wales coast adjacent to the Snowdonia National Park. As a PFI School, we are exceptionally well resourced and maintained, and we have developed a significant reputation locally for the quality of our pastoral care as well as our academic success. Numbers in the school will have risen by 30% over the last five years in September, and we have developed specialist resource centres to support children with dyslexia, autism, and other learning needs.
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