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Are you ready for a rewarding career working with young people with SEND?
Beechcliffe Keighley has consistently been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted for over 10 years and is now part of the esteemed Carlton Academy Trust where every school is rated as Good or Outstanding. Established in 2019, Carlton Academy Trust emerged from the outstanding success of Carlton Bolling, an inner-city Bradford secondary school. Today, we proudly oversee three secondary schools, three primary schools, and three special schools, collectively educating nearly 5000 students and employing almost 1,000 members of staff.
We are an over-subscribed school which meets the needs of 174 pupils who have severe or profound multiple learning difficulties and autism spectrum disorder. Many of our pupils have additional complex health, medical and or sensory needs.
Our school ethos is ‘ to provide opportunities within a broad and balanced, therapeutic curriculum so that each child can achieve success’, and we do this through a variety of lessons and activities both in school and in the wider community. As well as structured teaching in the classroom, we have amazing facilities on site that include a hydrotherapy pool, a life skills room, specialist music, ICT and food technology rooms, a multi-sensory rebound area, and fully equipped sensory rooms. We promote outdoor learning through our forest school and in our sensory and wildlife gardens, at our allotment and within the local environment. Our pupils gain work experience at a local community café and attend courses at college, and we run both day and residential visits including participation in the Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme.
None of this could happen without our team of dedicated special needs teaching assistants, who play a vital part in ensuring we can offer these opportunities to our pupils, as well as keeping them safe and supporting their wellbeing. You will need to be flexible, adaptable and willing to work with pupils with a range of complex needs and challenging behaviours. The work can be physically and emotionally demanding, so it is essential that you are emotionally resilient, and physically able to meet the demands of the post. This is a busy hands-on role: you will be participating in lessons, activities and visits so you can support our youngsters every step of the way, but it’s as rewarding as it is challenging, and we will make sure you are fully trained to carry out the role with confidence. We want our staff to fulfil their potential too, so you will have opportunities to progress your career at Beechcliffe. As your knowledge and experience grows you will be well prepared should you choose to apply for one of our more senior specialised roles when they arise.
Employee welfare is extremely important to us, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive employee benefits package through the ‘ Carlton Cares’ programme, designed to support colleagues physical, mental and financial wellbeing. These benefits include a fully funded Health Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme, in addition to salary sacrifice and employee discount schemes.
We hope you are excited by this opportunity and if you think you have got what it takes, we would love to hear from applicants who share our values and ambition to deliver excellence for all to our students.
If you would like to apply for this position, please visit the Carlton Academy Trust website by following the link below and completing an application form. Alternatively, please complete an Equalities Monitoring form and Application Form on TES.
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Closing date for applications: Monday 10th March – 10am
Please note: Beechcliffe Keighley is committed to safeguarding children and young people and all posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, appropriate references, and 6-month probationary period. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK will be required.
You must be fluent in English – The Immigration Act 2016 introduced a requirement for public authorities from October 2016 to ensure that workers in customer facing roles speak fluent English. This is a statutory requirement.
School will close for the half-term break on Friday 14th February and will re-open on Monday 24 February.
The Trust has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and subscribe to the DBS update service. Carlton AcademyTrust is an equal opportunities employer.