The School
Cardrew Court School is a new, Independent, SEMH special school in Redruth, Cornwall. We are looking for an excellent SEN teacher, who wants to focus their teaching in a fully inclusive, therapeutic environment, tailored to meet individual needs.
It is an exciting time for us, at the start of our school journey, therefore we are looking for a dynamic, adaptable practitioner, who wants to make a difference to the lives and outcomes of pupils with SEMH needs.
Pupils attending the school will have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outlining their Special Educational Needs – EHCP’s of commissioned places will include needs such as high anxiety, social and emotional mental health needs and autism. Many of these pupils will have found life in a mainstream school very challenging and will have experience of anxiety-based school refusal and/or of short-term placements in a range of alternative provisions.
Cardrew Court School provides these pupils with a permanent placement in a school that is able to personalise the curriculum and wider support offer to ensure that their specific special educational needs (education, health and care) are understood and met, enabling them to learn, apply and develop specific strategies to facilitate them in participating in learning and preparing for life beyond school.
Cardrew Court School offers a pupil centred curriculum that meets pupils at their stage and not simply their age. Curriculum overviews will apply the National Curriculum where at all possible, using this as an aspirational baseline, whilst also offering spiral curriculum pathways that allow for individual, small step success the moment a pupil starts at the school.
Cardrew Court School provides personalised accreditation pathways supporting pupils who may have spiky learning profiles to make academic progress as well as benefit from the therapeutically informed programmes.
The Application
Please see the available on our website for more details of this exciting post.
Prospective candidates are very welcome to arrange a telephone conversation with the Headteacher. To do so please email office@cardrewcourt.org or call 01209 912126.
The closing date for applications is midday on Friday 9th of May 2025. Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd of May 2025.
Start date: September 2025
Application form is available to download from our school website. Please send your completed forms to the school for the attention of Honorata Austin haustin@cardrewcourt.org
Applications should address the items included on the person specification and only candidates who meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted.
We welcome applications from ECT candidates.
The Interview Process
Candidates who are shortlisted for the position will be contacted by telephone call and this will be followed up with an e-mail.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024, as part of the shortlisting process, the school may carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates
All interviews will be face to face and will explore the candidate’s suitability for the position.
Applications will be scrutinised and discrepancies or anomalies in work related history, experience and qualifications will be discussed at the interview stage.
Successful candidates will be required to achieve a full enhanced DBS disclosure and 2 satisfactory references.
Job title: Cardrew Court School SEN Teacher
Salary: Teachers MPS /UPS - Depending on Skills and Experience
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Permanent
Reporting to: Headteacher / Senior Leadership Team
PURPOSE OF THE POST:
To further develop the Education and SEN provision for pupils at Cardew Court School. This will include working closely with the Headteacher, SLT, other class teachers and a wide range of other multi-disciplinary professionals.
At Cardrew Court School we will support and educate pupils presenting with a wide range of additional learning needs within the SEMH needs category, these needs will include but not limited to Autism, Anxiety speech, language and communication and sensory needs.
This post is a pivotal role within the school community where you will demonstrate a commitment to the school’s ethos, by working effectively across the curriculum and in partnership with the Nurture Team to deliver high standards of teaching and learning.
Reports to: Headteacher
Disclosure Level: Enhanced
Working Time & Salary:
As set out in the Conditions of Service for Teachers as presented in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document published by the DfE and Cardrew Court School Pay Policy; appointed on main professional scale in accordance with experience. After one year in post an SEN allowance may be awarded subject to demonstrating and evidencing good to outstanding teaching, planning and differentiation, alongside progression and outcomes for all pupils.