Lead Teacher Key

The Keys and educational settings throughout the city, Coventry

Contract Type:
Term Time Only

Salary Range: TMS/UPS + TLR and additional allowances (e.g. SEN/TLR) for relevant experience

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair:
  We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop:
  We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower:
  We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate:
  We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable:
  We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect:
  We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

The Keys Service provides a mainstream intervention for primary-aged pupils who are struggling to meet the behavioural expectations of their school. Pupils are identified as requiring support with their social, emotional and mental health and require individualised intervention to enable successful reintegration back to their mainstream school.

The Keys provide short-term, intensive support in small group classes with all staff working very closely with the mainstream school, families, services and pupils to enable successful reintegration.

We offer a broad and balanced creative curriculum which is adapted to ensure that the children experience successful outcomes; heavily based around nurture, safety and individualised learning to identify and support barriers to learning and help to close gaps.

We work towards children successfully returning to their mainstream school following a personalised re-integration programme planned by Key and school staff, parents and pupils.

You will work as part of a service within the social, emotional, mental health and learning team (SEMH & Learning), part of Coventry's highly respected SEND Support Service.

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create an inclusive workplace culture that is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

To lead and develop provision for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs as part of the Keys Service, ensuring that all learners receive effective support to overcome barriers to learning, identify individual needs, improve emotional wellbeing, achieve positive outcomes, and reintegrate and access their mainstream school effectively. Working closely with schools, families and partner agencies, you will play a key role in supporting pupils, providing expert guidance and modelling effective strategies that promote positive outcomes.

The Teacher in Charge will provide strategic leadership, create and promote a nurturing environment, direct intervention, staff training, and collaborative working with families and external agencies under the guidance of the Intervention Manager.

This is a rewarding opportunity for an innovative practitioner who is dedicated to raising aspirations, removing barriers to learning and ensuring every child has the opportunity to succeed.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

We are seeking an excellent, dedicated and creative practitioner. You will be resilient and empathetic, have a consistent approach to pupil management…