Teacher - Gilbert Ward Academy
Ref: SCH-PLT-0019Additional Information
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: AYR - All year round Hours per Week: 32.44 Weeks per Year: 52.000The Role
Opened in September 2023, Gilbert Ward Academy is designed to accommodate 80 students in a state-of-the-art facility, situated on the site of the former Princess Louise First School in Blyth. Our school offers a diverse and comprehensive curriculum, tailored to the specific needs and interests of each student, ensuring they thrive both academically and emotionally.
In this role, you will be responsible for teaching a subject area adapted to the unique needs of our students who require additional support. While our preference is for candidates trained in core subjects, we also welcome applications from other exceptional teachers. We believe in harnessing the skills, qualifications, and experiences of our educators and matching them to the needs within our school. This collaborative approach ensures that our students receive the highest quality education and support for their academic, social, and emotional development.
To be successful in this role, you will need to have:
- A DFE recognised teaching qualification and QTS
- An excellent understanding of SEND, especially SEMH and ASD
- A proven track record of raising attainment and progress of pupils with SEND
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
- A positive, flexible and creative approach to teaching and learning
- A willingness to participate in ongoing professional development and training
To learn more about Gilbert Ward Academy and Prosper Learning Trust, please visit https://www.gilbertwardacademy.co.uk/
Prosper Learning Trust was established in January 2018 with Newcastle Bridges School and Mary Astell Academy. Thomas Bewick School joined in 2019, Harry Watts opened in September 2020 and Gilbert Ward Academy opened in September 2023. We are striving to further build collaboration across the schools and grow as a Multi Academy Trust, whilst continuing to strengthen our relationships with schools outside the MAT for the benefit of our pupils.
The successful candidate will be deployed initially at Gilbert Ward Academy but will be expected to work at any Prosper Learning Trust site should the need arise.
The Trust is proud to say that we match the Real Living Wage and we also offer successful candidates:
· A friendly and supportive team of staff who are willing to share expertise and learn from one another
· Opportunities for career development and support with development through Trust wide CPD programmes
· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme and support from the Trust's Wellbeing Network Group
· Access to either Teacher's Pension or Local Government Pension Scheme
Full details can be found on https://www.prosperlearningtrust.co.uk/121/why-work-for-us
Please note:
All successful candidates will be required to complete an online pre-employment medical questionnaire.
We can only accept CV's when accompanied by a fully completed application form.
Benefits
| Other | |
|---|---|
| SEN1 | £2384 |
Qualifications
| Qualification Title | Grade | |
|---|---|---|
| Qualified Teacher Status |
Essential
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Skills
| Abilities, Skills and Knowledge | |
|---|---|
| Excellent Classroom Practitioner |
Essential
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| Personal Qualities | |
| Eagerness to learn, develop and engage with support and guidance |
Essential
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| Flexibility and positive attitude to change |
Essential
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| Self-aware and able to identify and ask for help and support when needed |
Essential
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| Ability to prioritise own well-being and therefore maintain emotional availability to support others |
Essential
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| Solutions focused and a ‘can do’ attitude when faced with challenge |
Essential
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| Always holds others in high regard |
Essential
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| Special Requirements | |
| Cleared to work with children |
Essential
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| Open to take part in out-of-school activities |
Essential
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| Eagerness to positively respond to professional development opportunities offered by the school |
Essential
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| Prepared to undertake ongoing professional development. |
Desirable
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| Desirable - Teachers | |
| Can teach other subjects or general subjects appropriate to the curriculum for pupils with complex needs |
Desirable
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| Teaching experience with the age range | |
| Has experience of teaching the primary curriculum stage to secondary age pupils |
Desirable
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| Qualifications | |
| Primary curriculum stage trained |
Desirable
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| Experience | |
| Further professional development |
Desirable
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| Has experience of teaching in a special school |
Desirable
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| Has experience of teaching other or general subjects to pupils with additional needs |
Desirable
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| Qualifications and Training | |
| Qualified teacher status (or pending). Potential NQTs welcome. |
Essential
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| Personal Attributes | |
| Commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people |
Essential
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| Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people with learning difficulties. |
Essential
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| Ability to manage change and prioritise competing deadlines |
Essential
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| Experience/Knowledge | |
| Has experience of teaching pupils with significant and/or complex special educational needs or disabilities (pupils with an EHCP) |
Essential
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| Relevant Skills | |
| Commitment to raising the academic and personal achievement of pupils |
Essential
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| Excellent understanding of how main subject and subsidiary subjects can be taught to pupils with complex needs |
Essential
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| Knowledge and understanding of pupils with a wide range of learning needs |
Essential
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| Clear vision of how the subjects can be delivered to enhance the curriculum |
Essential
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| Excellent verbal and written communication skills |
Essential
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| Clear understanding of and adherence to teacher standards |
Essential
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Safeguarding Information
Prosper Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, as well as vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to apply for Disclosure from the DBS.
The Trust actively promotes equality of opportunity with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and welcomes applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records. The Trust selects all candidates for employment based on their skills, qualifications and experience, in comparison against the person specification.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post. Please note that in all cases written references will be taken up and made available to interviewers before the final selection stage; even if you indicate otherwise.
Online vetting checks will be carried out for candidates who are shortlisted.
Prosper Learning Trust
Drayton Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE3 3RU
Barry Reed
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