What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications/Experience (Essential)
• Qualified teacher, recognized by the DFE.
• Mathematics degree, or evidence of teaching Mathematics as a main/ subsidiary subject.
• Experience of teaching Mathematics up to GCSE.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection including Keeping Children Safe in Education (Statutory Guidance)
Desirable
• Basic knowledge of the educational implications of physical disabilities.
• Experience of teaching Mathematics up to A Level.
Skills (Essential)
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of children and young people (including those using alternative communication systems*) and with professionals from a number of disciplines.
• Ability to assess pupils across the whole ability range and to plan individual programmes of work for numeracy development.
• Appreciation of and ability to promote the fundamental rights of children and young people, in particular their privacy, dignity, choices, independence and personal fulfilment.
What the school offers its staff
We have an exciting opportunity to teach the maths curriculum across our semi-formal and formal pathway and you will have overall responsibility for numeracy across the school.
You will make a tangible difference to the lives of students at our school, teaching across two of the three learning pathways in the secondary school. You will be a valued part of the whole school community, who work together closely to ensure we meet our students’ individual needs.
Valence School is a KCC Foundation day and residential special school for students aged 4 to 19 with physical disabilities, complex medical needs and associated communication and learning difficulties. We are part of the Kent Special Educational Needs Trust (KsENT).
Students at Valence behave impeccably and are highly motivated; we are looking for a maths teacher who can help our students navigate the world around them and achieve their full potential.
This post is suitable for an experienced teacher who would like to add an additional dimension to their practice, or an ambitious teacher looking to take on a new challenge. Previous experience of teaching SEND would be an advantage but not essential.
Visits to the school would be warmly welcomed.
Further details about the role
Please see the full application pack for Job Description
Please note, we can only consider applicants who have the right to work in the U.K. For details, please read information for applicants.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.