Send Class Teacher - Hill Top School

The Governing Body seek to appoint to the following post at Hill Top School:

SEND Class teacher - Fixed Term 01st September 2024 to 31st August 2025

Required:

The Governors of Dryden and Hill Top Learning Federation seek to appoint a vibrant, enthusiastic and successful teacher to join our well established, experienced, supportive and dedicated staff team. You will have responsibility for a class within the main body of school, delivering a highly adapted National Curriculum. As with all posts in school, you must have the flexibility to work anywhere in the school. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward thinking Federation.

You will be an excellent classroom practitioner with a commitment to meeting the needs of young people with learning difficulties and deliver a full range of subjects to these pupils. Candidates should be able to rise to challenges and have a calm, creative and flexible approach to their practice.

We are looking for a successful and enthusiastic teacher who has a commitment to ensuring pupils and students make the very best progress.

We need you to be:

• Committed, creative and enthusiastic
• An excellent classroom practitioner
• Skills and knowledge in all areas of Independent Living
• Able to lead work with other staff
• Able to demonstrate good organisational skills and abilities to meet deadlines
• Able to work as part of a team (at all levels)

Hill Top School is a secondary special school, it provides education for pupils with moderate learning difficulties aged 11-19 and with the autism centre a range of pupils with moderate to severe learning difficulties and autistic spectrum disorder.

Applicants would benefit from experience of and/or have a genuine interest in working with young people who have a range of learning difficulties and disabilities.

Hill Top School is committed to the protection and safety of all pupils and students and will implement a rigorous recruitment process. The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS check at the enhanced level.

Visits are warmly welcomed.

Please email anitabell@gateshead.gov.uk for an informal discussion and/or an appointment.

If you are interested in applying for this post you will need to apply online at www.gateshead.gov.uk.

Details of the position will also be advertised on the school website.

Closing Date: 15.04.2024 (noon)
Interviews: Week commencing – 26.04.2024