EYFS & Primary Teacher - Campus

DESIGNATION OF POST: EYFS & Primary Teacher (0.66) - Chippenham Campus SN15

DAYS: Wednesday / Thursday & Friday - 2.5 days EYFS / 0.5 days Primary (based at our Chippenham Campus)

GRADE
: MPS/UPS + SEN point 1 or 2 - depending on skills and experience - ECT's welcome

RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Learning, Head of Campus, Assistant Head Teacher

RESPONSIBLE FOR: Teaching Assistants

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES: Curriculum Team Responsibility

Silverwood school is an inspirational and forward thinking maintained special school in the heart of Wiltshire spread across three campuses. Our school is dedicated to supporting pupils aged 4-19 years with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Our mission is to enhance opportunities, enjoyment and empower every pupil to reach their full potential. Our vision is ambitious ‘Building Community;
Inspiring Learning’, to create a truly integrated and inclusive system of outstanding education for all young people with SEND needs.

We are proud to be a Values Based Education (VBE) school and place our shared values at the heart of everything we do. Our values are principles that guide all our actions, decisions and relationships. At Silverwood School, we have chosen cooperation, courage, honesty, perseverance, respect and kindness as our six shared values. VBE goes beyond learning what our values mean;

it encompasses living and experiencing our values every day.

Joining our team means becoming part of a passionate, driven and skilled group of professionals who pride themselves in creating an environment where innovation and leadership are central to improving education.

To promote the aims and objectives of the school as laid down by the Governing Body.

To promote the development of the Equal Opportunities Policy throughout all aspects of school life.

To ensure provision of an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for pupils studying in the curriculum area, in accordance with the aims of the school and the curricular policies of the school.

To monitor and support the overall progress and development of pupils.

To foster pupil enjoyment and satisfaction in the study of Curriculum Team responsibility.

To provide excellent learning opportunities for all pupils.

To register classes taught at the commencement of morning and afternoon sessions.

To work with colleagues to formulate aims and objectives which have coherence and relevance to the needs of pupils and to the aims and objectives of the school.

To ensure that the planning of activities reflect the needs of the pupils and the aims and objectives of the school.

To cater for pupil with specific educational needs and to provide adaptation to the curriculum to support pupils needs.

To assist in the implementation of Inclusion Support systems so that effective learning takes place.

To implement the process of assessment, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainments of pupils through Evidence for Learning and other Schools systems.

To maintain an up-to-date professional knowledge of developments within a range of subjects, periodically reviewing methods of teaching and programmes of work.

To participate in arrangements for further training and professional development as a teacher in accordance with the school’s Performance Management procedures.

To attend all appropriate professional meetings as defined by the school’s Directed Time.

To provide work for the class affected by your absence when this is by prior arrangement.

To co-operate and participate with the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) in administration, activities and management.

To maintain an appropriate and stimulating work environment that meets the sensory and communication needs of the pupils.

To implement, in a professional manner, agreed school policies.

To safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils and take steps to prevent any child from suffering ill treatment or neglect in accordance with the school’s Child Protection Policy. Be familiar with and adhere to the Child Protection procedures adopted within the school and report to the DSL or DDSL with any concerns.

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