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Aspire Academy

Post: Class Teacher

Location: Aspire Academy Bexley, South Gipsy Road, Welling. Kent. DA16 1JB

Grade: Qualified Teachers Scale (MPS / UPS / Post Threshold)

Status: Permanent

Closing Date: Monday 22 May 2023

Interviews: TBA

Are you a class teacher looking for a fulfilling job supporting local children with social, emotional and mental health needs? Do you want to join a dedicated team of skilled and compassionate staff? Apply to join Aspire Academy now.

We are looking for a class teacher to join our team of professional, skilled and compassionate staff to work with a small class of SEN students and the wider school community.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• delivering high-quality programmes to our learners
• contributing to the improvement of pupils’ participation in learning and Academy life
• supporting the creation of a calm and productive working environment

We are looking for a committed candidate with these qualifications:

• previous experience as a classroom teacher (QTS)
• a desire to work with local children who have social, emotional and mental health needs.
• demonstrable experience in securing successful academic outcomes.
• demonstrable experience in managing challenging behaviour.
• sufficient command of spoken English as defined under the Code of Practice on English language requirements for public sector workers.

Please see the attached Job Description for further details.

What benefits can you expect:

• The development of our employees at ASpire Academy is paramount. To support this, we offer these benefits:
• MPS/UPS + SEN allowance (outer London)
• Teachers national pension
• Full induction programme
• Team Teach positive behaviour training: Positive Approaches to Challenging Behaviour ©
• Weekly CPD training
• Employee Assistant Programme with 24 hour counselling and support available
• Free parking on site
• Advantages of belonging to a multi-academy Trust (e.g. best practice sharing, Tusker car leasing scheme etc.)

For further information and an informal conversation about the roles please contact co-headteachers Heather Hopkins or Julie Arkwright, on 0208 304 1320. Visits to the school encouraged.

Please email completed applications to:

[email protected] or [email protected]

About the school

Aspire Academy is a SEMH primary school located in Welling. It caters for up to 64 pupils with an EHCP for social, emotional and mental health difficulties. Aspire Academy provides holistic education for our pupils incorporating high quality therapeutic and academic support. We pride ourselves in ensuring our pupils get not only a high-quality academic experience but also opportunities to participate in a range of extra-curricular opportunities including school trips, school residential, sports matches and tournaments. Trips this year have included: London theatre trip, cinemas, nature reserves and Duxford air museum. We have school sports teams who participate in many matches and tournaments against local schools and a school choir who participate in the Young Voices concert at the O2.

We are therefore seeking an experienced practitioner with a background in primary teaching and supporting children with complex SEN to take up the post of teacher delivering high quality education to our learners.

You may be already working in a special school or in a mainstream setting but keen to work in specialist provision.

You would be joining a skilled team of teaching and support staff in providing high quality learning for our students.

This is an opportunity for an experienced and skilled practitioner to make a real difference to children’s lives. A proven interest in managing challenging behaviour alongside evidence of securing successful academic outcomes are essential requirements.

If you have enthusiasm, commitment and a desire to work with some of the most vulnerable and complex young people in our community, we will welcome your application. High aspirations and a relentless approach towards excellence are the key skills we are looking for along with evidence of previous outstanding classroom teaching. A willingness to be involved in developing extra-curricular activities and the wider curriculum would be an advantage.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks.

The school is committed to equality and diversity in employment practice and service delivery.