January 2025 start * Maternity Cover * Temp to contract option * Year 9 Teacher * Preference is a Primary Trained or Primary Experience * SEN setting * Ofsted 24 rated “GOOD (in all areas) * Full Time or (Potential Part Time) * Salary Subject to experience and Qualifications * Qualified M1 £31,650 – UPS 3 £49,084 * SEN Allowance The school The School is a special school catering for 180 secondary age students with learning difficulties and other complex needs such as autism and speech, language and communication needs. We are situated in a very pleasant location with good transport links. We are a friendly team and offer good opportunities for training and development. Do you want our students, of secondary age with primary learning needs, to become excellent learners? The Valley School provides an exciting and challenging learning environment for about 160 students who need our support because of their learning difficulties, autism or speech, language and communication needs. Aged 11-16, these amazing young people need the skills of outstanding practitioners to enable them to make progress, learn to believe in their own futures and to become independent and confident members of the community. We are looking for the right person to join our Interventions Team. Learning is developed in an integrated and thematic model, as in a primary school. You will work closely with families and other professionals to understand the needs of our pupils and to ensure they are able to learn effectively. Your skills as a teacher will be highly valued and will equip you well for this context, as our pupils are working well below their chronological age and thrive in the close relationship fostered in a primary model. If you want to work hard, get back more than you give, explore how life choices and life chances can make a huge difference to some amazing young people, then this is the school for you. Can you answer "YES" to all of these questions? Are you an experienced and passionate teacher of students with learning differences? Has your experience been gained within mainstream or special schools, in the primary or secondary sector? Do you believe that students are at the core of all decision making? Are you hard-working and resilient? Are you creative and solution driven? Do you have the skills to make and maintain strong relationships? Do you like a challenge? The Role * Are you looking to make a positive impact on young people's lives? * The School provides an exciting and challenging learning environment for about 190 pupils who need our support because of their learning difficulties, autism or speech, language and communication needs. Aged 11-16, these amazing young people need the skills of outstanding practitioners to enable them to make progress, learn to believe in their own futures and to become independent and confident members of the community. * As a teacher, your role is to engage positively with a students and to support them to engage successfully in their learning. * If you want to work hard, get back more than you give, explore how an imaginative curriculum can open up life choices and life chances and make a huge difference to some amazing young people, then this is the school for you. Can you answer “YES” to all of these questions? * Do you believe that students are at the core of all decision making? * Are you hard-working and resilient? * Are you creative and solution driven? * Do you have the skills to make and maintain strong relationships? * Do you like a challenge? * Please take some time to look at our website – it tells you a lot about us. * An interest in Humanities would be desirable but not essential. Why work for Class Education Personal and Friendly service with a dedicated consultant that listens to your needs Excellent pay rates paid PAYE not via costly umbrella schemes which means you earn more Online hassle-free registration procedure Latest job opportunities emailed directly to you. We have exceptional working relationships with our schools Excellent range of school settings to work in from State to Independent schools Generous referral bonus scheme How to apply If you would like more information on this position or other positions, then please contact Class Education today for a friendly and confidential conversation