What skills and experience we're looking for
Class Teacher in our Additionally Resourced Provision classroom – full time
Start date: Autumn term 2025
Burnt Ash Primary is recruiting a teacher to work in our Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP) classroom for children with severe and complex learning difficulties.
As a specialist SEND teacher, your role will be to:
• Create an inclusive and inspiring learning environment that supports the needs of children with complex needs
• Role model inclusive SEND pedagogy and practice
• Contribute to professional development
• To teach effectively in line with the school’s pedagogical principles and practices that support highly inclusive teaching and learning.
• Demonstrate the ability to nurture, support and challenge children, using strategies to secure high levels of engagement.
• Be a reflective practitioner willing to innovate and take risks.
• Contribute to a collaborative, collegiate culture, sharing knowledge and learning with others
What the school offers its staff
About us
Burnt Ash Primary is a friendly, inclusive school where staff are passionate about our vision: caring about achievement for all. Burnt Ash is an innovative and stimulating place to work.
Parents and carers speak highly of the school, they recognise the strong care and nurturing environment that we provide. Pupils at Burnt Ash are happy and thrive. The provision for SENd children at Burnt Ash is a highly regarded and an integral part of the school.
We pride ourselves on making learning irresistible and providing memorable experiences that nurture a love of learning and enable children to thrive. Children are highly engaged and demonstrate this through embedded positive learning behaviours. Our exciting curriculum is centred on a pedagogy of continuous provision and enquiry based learning, which allows our Burnt Ash Learners to grow.
The same ethos is evident in the ARP classrooms, where children are supported by skilled staff. Children develop their talents and build their independence.
What we offer:
• The opportunity to develop in an outstanding coaching school.
• Excellent professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Experience of supporting ECTs in their first two years and beyond.
• A supportive and knowledgeable Inclusion team.
• Forward thinking approach to feedback and marking.
• High quality, well resourced, enabling learning environments that put children at the centre of their learning.
• A culturally diverse school community.
• A positive commitment to staff well-being wider benefits including; workload reduction, preferential school places, free childcare, professional development.
• A sensible, balanced approach to ensuring that teachers’ time is used productively on things that matter.
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.