Valley School
Whitehaven Road
Bramhall
Stockport
SK7 1EN
0161 439 7343
headteacher@valley.stockport.sch.uk
Post: Teacher required with effect from April 2025
Salary: Teacher Main Scale + 1 SEN point
Contract: Permanent and full time
The Headteacher and Governors of Valley School wish to appoint a dynamic and creative teacher with the desire and flair to work in this very specialised area of education working alongside our skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team.
We would consider offering:
2 SEN points for a suitably qualified and highly competent candidate who has worked in comparative settings.
UPS for an exceptional candidate with evidence of significant impact at upper pay scale.
The post
We are looking to recruit a permanent teacher, who in the first instance, will work with a small group of children with complex learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge. Many will have a diagnosis of autism.
Applications are welcomed from colleagues in special and mainstream schools who have experience of working with pupils with complex needs. We offer an excellent induction programme and are committed to continuing professional development.
About the school
Valley School caters for primary aged pupils with very complex learning difficulties. In addition, many pupils have physical disabilities and/or complex health needs. The school has a specialist nursery provision and an on-site NHS nurse.
The appointed candidate will join a very successful school with an inclusive ethos, a family-centred approach and a strong commitment to ongoing improvement. We are an outstanding school with high expectations of teaching and learning from 9.00 - 3.30.
The post may be suitable for ECTs with a significant level of experience of working with pupils with SEND comparative to those that attend Valley.
Our turnover of teachers is very low. This post has become available following the promotion of one of our colleagues to a leadership position.
You are encouraged to contact the school by telephone for further information.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to visit the school prior to interview.
Additional information
Valley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. We follow safer recruitment procedures and all posts will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
This post is subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and 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.
Applications to be returned via email: headteacher@valley.stockport.sch.uk
Closing date: Friday 17th January 2025
Tour of school for shortlisted candidates: 22nd January 2025 at 8.45
Interviews: 28th January 2025 (morning)
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