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IT Teacher

Location: Aurora Eccles School, Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ

Salary: £28,000 - £42,131 (M1 – UPS2)

Hours: 40 hours per week

Aurora Eccles School:

We’re currently looking for an IT Teacher to provide outstanding teaching and leadership to their class teams. The successful candidate will support to embed the vision, direction and culture that inspires staff teams to work together to provide the highest standards of education and care.

Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Eccles School in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for students aged 11 to 16 years primarily with communication and interaction difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning.

With small classes, a maximum of 10 students and a minimum of 3 staff per class you can focus on the needs of each student. There is a full clinical team onsite to support at all times and you will have the support of an experienced and stable SLT.

As an IT Teacher; your role will be to provide high quality, challenging and differentiated educational activities and experiences through the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum which you will have the flexibility to adapt, to enable our pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas of learning.

• Contribute to the development of teaching ICT skills across the curriculum
• Plan, teach, and assess ICT and computing lessons across our age, ability and need range: pre-entry up to GCSE.
• Support our students to become digitally literate
• Collaborate with both our PSHRE and e-Learning leaders to ensure e-Safety requirements and goals are well met
• Support our eLearning and EdTech leader in the delivery of his development plan, including peer support and training
• To facilitate this, you’ll plan and deliver lessons according to current best practice and the school’s policies and be responsible for the day to day running of the class and other relevant aspects of the running of the school.
• You will be supporting students to a range of outcomes up to and including higher grade GCSEs.
• You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews.
• Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Additionally; you will also be expected to carefully monitoring the health, well-being and personal care of our pupils; informing care/medical/behavioural support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.

Skills and Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher status
• Experience of teaching pupils with SEN and working from EHCP documents
• Thorough working knowledge of the curriculum and how to adapt this for pupils with SEND.
• Experience of working with young people with SEND
• Understanding of the safeguarding principles and child protection procedures
• Ability to create and maintain strong, nurturing relationships with young people.
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to learning.
• Knowledge of strategies and teaching methods to engage harder to reach students.
• A flexible approach, a high level of creativity, and the ability to adapt teaching to meet individual needs.

Due to the rural location of the school, candidates are strongly advised to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle.

Benefits and Additional Information

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Teachers' Pension
• Free lunches
• Free onsite parking
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Family Swim
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to Apply:

You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact Liz on 07918 585258 / [email protected]

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.