English Teacher Bedford, England
Job description
KWS School:
KWS is an independent specialist day school providing high-quality, therapeutic and child-centred education to boys and girls from 11 to 18 years of age in Bedford and Milton Keynes. Our children come from a wide range of backgrounds but all have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH), and many will also have other Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) such as Autism, ADHD, and communication difficulties. Many will have suffered significant trauma and adverse childhood experiences and may have social care involvement.
We are part of a strong, supportive network, which is committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment where everyone is valued and encouraged to reach their full potential, regardless of their starting points or barriers to learning. Aspirations for both students and staff are incredibly high.
The work we do is both varied and challenging and, as a trauma and attachment informed organisation, all staff are provided with extensive therapeutic training and support. Our closely triangulated approach places the child at the centre of decision making, ensuring that education and therapy professionals, parents/carers, local authority teams and, most importantly, our students can work together to secure outstanding outcomes for all.
We place as much importance on academic and vocational excellence as we do on personal growth, resilience, self-regulation, and personal and character development.
Job title: ENGLISH TEACHER
Responsible to: Deputy Head
Location: KWS Educational, Bedford
Hours: Various between the hours of 8-4 pm, with contact hours being between 9-2
With allowance for 1 team meeting fortnightly, 8am and 1 weekly meeting,
8am
Flexible working can be discussed outside of the contact hours with children.
Salary range: £28,000 - £36,000 subject to experience and qualifications pro rata dependent on hours worked.
Job Purpose:
To deliver high quality teaching for a class as described in the Teachers’ Standards
To lead the teaching of your subject, in order to secure high quality teaching and learning and the effective use of resources to bring about improved standards of achievement for all pupils.
To prepare pupils for public examinations.
Core Requirements of the Post:
1. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES, TASKS & DUTIES: a. Develop, implement, monitor and maintain teaching policies and practices which reflect the school’s commitment to high achievement within the limitations of the students’ abilities and which are consistent with school strategies and policies. b. Uses own initiative to assess and evaluate pupils’ needs and leads the delivery of learning activities by application of specific skills, knowledge and experience with and of pupils and area of curriculum. c. Takes responsibility for planning challenging teaching and learning objectives. Evaluates and adjusts work plans as appropriate to meet pupils’ needs d. Selects and prepare appropriate resources to lead learning activities that stretch and challenge pupils. e. Monitors, evaluates, records and provides reports on pupils’ responses and progress within agreed strategies. f. Works in partnership with other adults involved in the education process and liaises with
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external professionals and parents/carers in relation to specific areas of responsibility; including taking the initiative to establish links where necessary. g. Attends and contributes to meetings with other staff, external professionals, and parents regarding pupils. h. Contributes to the school improvement plan by taking lead responsibility for specific areas of work or policy development that are appropriate to the teacher’s skills, knowledge and experience as identified by the Senior Management Team. i . Organise and lead school visits and other activities outside of the classroom under an agreed system of supervision. j. Follows all school policies and procedures, in particular: School’s Health and Safety Policy,
Safeguarding Policy, Behaviour Management Policy, and Data Protection Policy k. Participates as required in the school’s performance management and supervision systems and take part in appropriate training and development activities l. Makes appropriate use of ICT and adhere to policies relating to it, within their work in line with the school’s systems of working xiii. Contributes to the overall ethos, work and aims of the school. m. Liaise with the DSL and Deputy DSL regarding all Safeguarding Matters and to keep up to date with Safeguarding policy and procedure. n. Attend face to face training, and online training as directed; this may be outside of your working hours. o. Contribute to the daily cleaning and tidying of all areas of the school, and to participate in whole school deep cleans at the end of each term. p. Work across all sites as prescribed by line managers when required. q. Prepare pupils in order that they may undertake public examinations in order to promote good progress and outcomes by pupils
2. CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
- Monitors and is responsive to pupil learning and behaviour at all times; requires forward thinking and the use of fresh ideas to encourage pupils to learn.
- Monitors and is responsive to pupils’ personal needs and communication which will require creativity and innovation when reviewing lesson plans in light of changing circumstances.
- Communicates effectively with teachers, other professionals and parents whenever the need arises and recognises the need to communicate.
- On the basis of their knowledge and understanding of pupils, needs and responses to learning, contributes actively to the planning and review of the differentiated curriculum and individual education plans/individual behaviour plans by recommending changes in targets or provision to the teacher.
- Provides advisory support and contributes to the professional development of colleagues in relation to their specialist area of expertise.
- Participates in the design of classroom and school displays.
3. CONTACTS & RELATIONSHIPS
- Plan and teach well-structured lessons within the area of the curriculum - daily.
Enables pupils’ access to the planned curriculum and meets personal and social needs – daily.Takes part in school meetings as required. Supervises the work of colleagues on a daily basis to allocate and monitor workload and share any concerns and problems regarding personnel issues.
- 5. WORK ENVIRONMENT –Externally provides information about pupils’ progress, strategies and issues eg therapists,
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nurses, specialist teachers and implements joint recommendations. Shares and discusses pupils’ progress and needs and family needs with parents and 3 recommends strategies/courses of action as required. Feeder schools – to discuss the transfer of pupil data.
4. DECISIONS – discretion and consequencesRecognises when it is necessary to implement agreed de-escalation strategies to minimise risk of pupils’ behaviour becoming disruptive or dangerous.
Takes action to meet pupils’ needs as they arise to avoid undue stress.
Communicates information effectively to teachers, other professionals and parents whenever the need arises.
Recognise and take action when necessary to make adjustments to planned activities in order to enable a pupil to access the curriculum fully and make progress.
Responds to on-the-spot incidents requiring immediate attention/decisions on/off school premises and/or without direct contact with a senior member of staff.
Make decisions regarding staffing issues relevant to the supervisory responsibilities of the teaching assistant team.
- Need to implement activities in lessons as planned also working to other deadlines eg marking papers. Also need to implement actions in relation to specialist area of expertise as required.
Work may be subject to some change and interruption eg unplanned absences of staff and children, unexpected visits by parents and professionals and also when supervisory duties are called for.
- Involves mainly sitting with pupils but may have sustained periods of physical activity, involving bending, crouching, lifting, walking and running eg PE lessons, when meeting pupils’ personal care needs, physical interventions with pupils, moving children with physical disabilities, following approved procedures.
- Majority of work takes place in classroom environment, may be involved in outside activities eg supervision of playground, sports field activities, off-site educational activities in all weather conditions as required. May also involve visits in the home where directed.
- Risk of verbal abuse and physical harm from a minority of pupils who can become aggressive
- Risk of injury from handling pupils who may become aggressive.
- Risk of exposure to bodily fluids when assisting first aid and with their personal hygiene issues.
- Risk of infection when dealing with unwell pupils
- May also involve visits in the home – following recognised procedures.
6. KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Knowledge of relevant training strategies eg literacy, numeracy, etc
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Time management and organisational skills
- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills equivalent to Level 2 in English and Maths
- Teaching qualification at level 5 and above, preferably at QTS
- Ability to organise, lead and motivate a team
- Ability to self-evaluate learning needs and actively seek learning opportunities
- Ability to relate well to children and adults
- Relevant knowledge of basic first aid
- Leadership skills
- Effective use of ICT to produce appropriate resources to support learning
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- In depth knowledge of national curriculum in specialist area
- Knowledge of normal child development and children’s personal development needs
- Knowledge of the implications of common disabilities in children for school and families of pupils
- Knowledge of strategies which promote good behaviour and discipline
- Knowledge of developmental progression in the emotional curriculum
- Ability to participate fully in planned physical interventions.
- Experience of working in a relevant discipline in a learning environment
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of participating fully in planned intervention programmes for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
To carry out other reasonable requests from the Deputy Head Teacher and to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
About the Company: (Established 2006)
KWS Educational Services Limited is a private, non-profit making organisation managed by the
Future 4 Kidz Charity. Its purpose is to provide full and part-time education and learning opportunities to young people aged between 11 and 19 who are unable to sustain a full-time place in a mainstream school for a variety of reasons.
KWS operates across 2 sites in Bedford and Milton Keynes delivering a variety of full national curriculum and vocational subjects.
KWS offers an alternative curriculum leading to AQA Unit Awards, Entry Level Qualifications,
L1/L2 Qualifications, GCSEs, B-TEC and City and Guilds.
KWS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share in this commitment. Applicants will be subjected to enhanced DBS clearance and reference checks. KWS managed by the Future 4 Kidz Charity. is an Equals Opportunities
Employer.
The Client Group:
Approximately 90% of our young people have Statements for Special Educational Needs including emotional and behavioural difficulties. However, they often represent the normal ability range and they are often very able students. The majority have frequently been subjected to many education and care moves, resulting in ill effects on their learning and conduct. Many have been excluded from mainstream schooling and/or are in the justice system. KWS works to restore their own self-esteem as well as confidence and self-motivation in their learning, to enable them to gain national qualifications and to move to positive destinations.
KWS Educational Bedford
Ofsted 822/6015
Company Number 06267136
Charity Number 1133197
Job Structure:
Head Teacher
Deputy Head and DSL
Subject teachers
HLTA Staff
Other support staff
KWS Educational Bedford
Ofsted 822/6015
Company Number 06267136
Charity Number 1133197
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £28,000.00-£36,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Bedford, MK41 9TJ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Experience:
- Teaching: 2 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- QTS (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 01/04/2023
Expected start date: 11/04/2023
