Description Churchill Special Free School, Haverhill, Suffolk CB9 0LD MPR 1-6 (£31,650-£43,607) plus SEN Allowance 33.25 hours per week Permanent Reference: 6892 Required from April 2025 Humanities Teacher with Form Tutor Responsibilities and subject lead (RE, Geography and History). “Excellent location in beautiful Suffolk, bordering Essex and Cambridgeshire. Within easy reach of Cambridge City”. We are a special school with a unique environment which caters for 70 pupils aged between 8 and 18 working at age related expectations or just below. Our pupils have language and communication difficulties and high functioning autism. Pupils at Churchill school are at the centre of everything we do. We have high expectations for both behaviour and achievement and see that every learner has a unique personality and talents to be developed. Our learners access a GCSE curriculum from year 9 onwards. Geography is one of the GCSE subjects in our GCSE curriculum offer. Class sizes are either 11 or 12 pupils with a teacher and two teaching assistants. We recently had our ungraded Ofsted Inspection in October 2024, and we are very proud to have been judged to have taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection, which was in 2019 where the school was graded outstanding. Pupils love our school. “Pupils love their school as this is a place where they can be themselves. Pupils build important social skills and make friends. Adults support pupils to celebrate their neurodiversity and recognise the shared similarities they have with others, regardless of background”. One pupil echoed many others by saying ‘this is a school that any pupil in the world would want to go to’ (Ofsted 2024). Please click on the link to read our report: https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/25/139732 We wish to appoint a highly effective teacher who is inspiring and passionate about teaching Humanities and eager to make a difference. We can offer you the opportunity to work as part of a hardworking and highly motivated team focused on raising standards and providing an exciting, challenging and relevant curriculum which ensures our pupils make excellent progress and outcomes. We are focused on preparing our pupils for life beyond Churchill academically, socially and independently and have a very high-quality personal development curriculum where pupils are able to access a wide range of enrichment experiences. We are part of the Unity Schools Partnership Trust, which has about 35 schools across the counties, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. Working for the trust comes with many benefits such as : an electric vehicle leasing scheme a cycle to work scheme discounted gym membership free eye test vouchers free flu vouchers access to Telus (Wellbeing support APP) a 2-week October half term. We would love to hear from you if you are: a talented, creative and inspiring Humanities teacher experienced in teaching pupils in Key Stage 2, 3 or 4 with evidence of at least good progress a well organised team player with good interpersonal skills motivated, positive, hardworking and have a ‘can do’ approach committed to inclusive practice. To find out more Please read the Job Description (pdf) and USP Candidate Information Pack (pdf) Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. If you would like to visit the school, then please contact our office on 01440 760338 or email adminchurchillschool.co.uk How to apply Applications are welcomed from those who have worked within mainstream and wish to develop a specialism through appropriate training. Please apply via the following link: https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/265896SJD Closing date: 1pm, 14 February 2025. Interview date: week commencing 24 February 2025. Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site. In line with safer recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs. Failure to complete an application form satisfactorily may result in not being shortlisted for the post. Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required. We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups. Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.