The Trustees are looking to recruit to the post of
Qualified / Unqualified SEN TEACHER: Interactive Base
New Bridge School
Teachers’ pay scale + SEN allowance (£2,679 pa)
Unqualified Teachers’ pay scale + SEN allowance (£2,679 pa)
Commencing ASAP (Subject to teacher notice)
Applications would be welcome from Unqualified teachers who can show evidence of meeting the Job Specifications
We have an opportunity for an ambitious, passionate deliverer to take on the role of Class teacher in our Interactive Base. Build your meaningful future with us and take your career to the next level.
* Site: New Bridge School, Hollinwood, Oldham.
* Department: Main Body
Role Highlights :
* Enable pupils with complex needs to reach aspirational destinations.
* Lead your class team in our outstanding setting.
* Model exceptional curriculum practice.
* Develop your own career with progression opportunities.
If you’re the kind of person that is committed to improving the lives of children, by having the ability to build good working relationships, utilising organisational skills, being flexible and innovative, and enjoy working with a range of different stakeholders, then you are the person to support our children and lead our staff. We pride ourselves on being the New Bridge ‘community’, a vocational destination, not just a job.
Part of the wider New Bridge Multi Academy Trust (MAT), New Bridge School is a generic special needs school for pupils and students between the ages of 11 and 19 across three sites within Oldham.
The school has an Outstanding rated provision which caters for 380 pupils with a wide range of SEND, from moderate learning difficulties to profound and multiple learning difficulties, including severe and complex learning difficulties. The school is popular with families both in Oldham and the surrounding boroughs and our numbers are increasing year on year. We are excited about being able to expand our teaching roles and create new vacancies to meet the needs of our new pupils. The school also caters for a wide range of pupils including those with physical disabilities, multisensory impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments and autism spectrum conditions. All pupils have an EHC plan. In order to cater to the needs of the range of pupils the school has developed a range of different provisions, including our Key Stage 3 main body, Autism Base, Interactive Base and KS4 Pathways
The Trustees are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated practitioner to join our dynamic, growing and committed staff team in the following area:
Post: Interactive Base Teacher
The Interactive Base (IB) provides an appropriate learning environment for learners with complex learning difficulties and disabilities (CLDD). The aim of the IB is to provide a stimulating, engaging and sensory curriculum that is both broad and balanced. The IB groups offer a base for their learners which provides routine, consistent specialist staffing and encourages independence and communication. The pupils within the IB are grouped in classes which may go across age groups and
sometimes Key Stages to best meet their needs.
All pupils in IB have individual care plans which detail interventions required for their care and ability to engage fully with all aspects of school life. They may require support with feeding and swallowing, speech and language programmes which can include assistive technologies, physiotherapy programmes, behaviour interventions, personal care and assisting with medical needs. The curriculum is designed to meet these complex needs and is developed so that all pupils have full access to all the school’s facilities. These pupils are working towards a destination of taking part in their community and are likely to require lifelong support to do so. The class teachers in these settings focus largely on EHCP outcomes and deliver the majority of subjects to pupils. Enrichment subjects like PE, Music and Art are delivered by a specialist teacher. The class groups in the Interactive Base range between 9-11 pupils and have a much higher staff to pupil ratio. We are looking for a class teacher for a group in this provision.
With this post, we would be interested in applicants with experience of supporting children or young people with Complex Special Educational Needs within the primary or secondary sector.
The successful candidates will:
* Be excellent practitioners with the commitment and motivation to inspire pupils’ learning and development.
* Have experience of teaching young people with Autism or Special Educational Needs within the primary or secondary sector or have a specific interest in developing their teaching skills in a special school setting.
* Have high expectations of young people, and a commitment to raising standards of attainment to ensure that they can achieve their full educational potential.
* Have experience of enhancement of pupil progress gains and raising attainment and achievement levels of all students
* Be able to demonstrate a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation through imaginative and differentiated lessons which meet individual needs.
* Have experience of current assessment practice and the use of data and pupil progress tracking to ensure that all groups of learners achieve.
* Possess the emotional and physical resilience necessary when working with young people with a range of complex needs.
* Be able to build positive relationships with the class group, ensuring consistency and continuity on a daily basis.
* Have the ability to foster good relationships with other staff, pupils, parents and the wider community.
* Be hard working, organised and proactive in their professional development.
* Be a team player who can work effectively with all members of the New Bridge team.
The posts will be based initially at New Bridge Lower School in Hollinwood, however, all staff are employed by the MAT and are expected to work at any site within the New Bridge Group.
We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.
This post will be subject to a number of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. It will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here.
For successful candidates, an online search will be carried out as part of our due-diligence in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Salary: Teachers’ Pay Scale + SEN - £2,679 per annum
Unqualified Teachers’ Pay Scale + SEN - £2,679 per annum
Hours of work: 1.0 FTE
Based: Initially at New Bridge School, Roman Road, Hollinwood
Commencing: ASAP (Subject to teacher notice)
Status: Permanent
Closing Date: F riday 7th February 2025 (9am)
Shortlisting: week commencing 10th February
Interviews: week commencing 24th February
School information : Deborah Birch-Hall dhall@newbridgegroup.org
Completed application forms via email to: recruitment@newbridgegroup.org