Send Teacher

Required September 2024

We are looking for a skilled SEND teacher with drive, enthusiasm and resilience to join our successful and supportive teaching team. This post will involve teaching children with a range of learning needs, including those with profound and multiple learning needs, on the wards. This is an opportunity for talented teachers with a minimum of two consecutive years’ experience in a special school to develop their teaching in a truly unique setting. We are looking to appoint individuals with a positive outlook and a proactive attitude.

‘Leaders and governors recognise the dedication of staff. They make sure their well-being is prioritised. Staff are extremely, and rightly, proud to work at the school. This is especially evident in their sense of pride in delivering an ambitious and well-considered education in and among the busyness of a hospital ward or during medical treatment’. OFSTED Nov 23

The role is varied and will include:

• collaborative working alongside a range of School and NHS staff
• highly adaptive, personalised teaching, planning and assessing
• teaching small groups or individuals based on the wards
• involvement in leading staff CPD

‘Teaching staff are highly trained in working in a hospital environment. This includes knowing how to adapt learning to meet a range of medical needs, as well as supporting those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Staff liaise with pupils’ healthcare professionals and with the pupils themselves. This ensures that learning is always a high priority.’ OFSTED Nov 23

We encourage interested applicants to read our website carefully. You will quickly see that you are applying to an extremely creative, successful school with a clear ethos of achievement, continuity and enjoyment for our truly exceptional pupils. Please consider what interests and skills you can bring to our curriculum offer outside of your subject area.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button. Any queries should be made by email to vacancy@gosh.camden.sch.uk. Please do not call the school directly.

We will not accept or respond to CVs or incomplete application forms.

Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 17 April 2024.
Interview date: Friday 3 May 2024.

Please note we cannot accommodate visits prior to applications, and we will only contact those candidates who are shortlisted for interview. Tours of the school will be offered as part of the interview process.

The Children’s Hospital School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults (please click on the link to our policy) and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check, pass a health check and have at least two supportive references (including the most recent employer).

We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.