What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a dedicated, committed and ambitious teacher who would like to make a tangible difference to the life chances of students who are currently facing significant barriers to accessing the ordinary available curriculum offer at KPHS. We are in an exciting time in our journey as a school and are currently developing and growing our own internal alternative provision known as our Personal Pathways Provision (PPP). The reason that the name is so important is it explains the vision for the provision: to provide a personalised curriculum offer with the ambition to re-engage and reintegrate students with our ordinary available provision and the school as a whole. The ambition for these students is also to reduce their number of fixed term suspensions and ultimately prevent them from being permanently excluded. The barriers that these students face will mean that they are likely to have SEMH and will therefore be on the SEND K register. The school has inclusion at the heart of its values and sees this group of students as an important part of its school community. As we stay here at Kingsway "you don't just attend, you belong". This statement is never truer than if you are finding things tough and you need our support and guidance to get you back on track.
The successful candidates will not be on their own in this endeavour. They will be supported by staff from our additional needs team including senior leaders, specialist TA, SEND practitioners, behaviour mentors, and a PPP lead who will guide and organise the provision and student timetables/integrations. This will mean that you will be able to concentrate on the main things of forming positive and trusting relationships with our students while delivering a curriculum to small groups of students so that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills to re-engage.
Finally with this role being based in a mainstream school means there will be wider opportunities to become involved in delivering and supporting intervention within the core subject(s) in the mainstream. This will be a fantastic opportunity to gain additional skills, variance, and rest bite within your working week. We will support the successful candidates to personally and professionally develop inline with one our foundational beliefs in investing in and supporting our staff.
We look forward to hearing from you
What the school offers its staff
We offer a comprehensive package, including membership of our outstanding Teachers’ Pension Scheme; our ‘Employee Benefits Program which provides a range of options including:
• Our Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Free access to Employee Assistance Programme, offering guidance, support, and counselling on a range of subjects with a 24/7 phoneline and wellbeing app.
• Access to the Altus-Your Trust membership deal, providing discounts to memberships and joining fees on all Your Trust fitness centres across Rochdale.
• Access to the Highfield Hospital private “MyWay” healthcare membership plan, from £19.99 per month.
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.