SEN Teacher

Description

Cardrew Court School is a new Independent SEMH special school in Redruth Cornwall. We are looking for an excellent SEN teacher who wants to focus their teaching in a fully inclusive therapeutic environment tailored to meet individual needs.

It is an exciting time for us at the start of our school journey therefore we are looking for a dynamic adaptable practitioner who wants to make a difference to the lives and outcomes of pupils with SEMH needs.

Pupils attending the school will have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outlining their Special Educational Needs EHCPs of commissioned places will include needs such as high anxiety social and emotional mental health needs and autism. Many of these pupils will have found life in a mainstream school very challenging and will have experience of anxietybased school refusal and / or of shortterm placements in a range of alternative provisions.

Cardrew Court School provides these pupils with a permanent placement in a school that is able to personalise the curriculum and wider support offer to ensure that their specific special educational needs (education health and care) are understood and met enabling them to learn apply and develop specific strategies to facilitate them in participating in learning and preparing for life beyond school.

Cardrew Court School offers a pupil centred curriculum that meets pupils at their stage and not simply their age. Curriculum overviews will apply the National Curriculum where at all possible using this as an aspirational baseline whilst also offering spiral curriculum pathways that allow for individual small step success the moment a pupil starts at the school.

Cardrew Court School provides personalised accreditation pathways supporting pupils who may have spiky learning profiles to make academic progress as well as benefit from the therapeutically informed programmes.

Job title : Cardrew Court School SEN Teacher

Salary : Teachers MPS / UPS Depending on Skills and Experience

Hours : Full Time

Contract type : Permanent

Reporting to : Headteacher / Senior Leadership Team

Main purpose

Duties and responsibilities

PURPOSE OF THE POST :

To further develop the Education and SEN provision for pupils at Cardew Court School. This will include working closely with the Headteacher SLT other class teachers and a wide range of other multidisciplinary professionals.

At Cardrew Court School we will support and educate pupils presenting with a wide range of additional learning needs within the SEMH needs category these needs will include but not limited to Autism Anxiety speech language and communication and sensory needs.

This post is a pivotal role within the school community where you will demonstrate a commitment to the schools ethos by working effectively across the curriculum and in partnership with the Nurture Team to deliver high standards of teaching and learning.

Reports to : Headteacher

Disclosure Level : Enhanced

The Application :

Please see the job description which is available on our website for more details of this exciting post.

Prospective candidates are very welcome to arrange a telephone conversation with the Headteacher. To do so please email or call.

The closing date for applications is midday on Friday 9th of May 2025. Interviews will be held on Thursday 22nd of May 2025.

Start date : September 2025

Please send your completed forms to the school for the attention of Honorata Austin

Applications should address the items included on the person specification and only candidates who meet the essential criteria will be shortlisted. We welcome applications from ECT candidates.

The Interview Process :

Candidates who are shortlisted for the position will be contacted by telephone call and this will be followed up with an email.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 as part of the shortlisting process the school may carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates

All interviews will be face to face and will explore the candidates suitability for the position.

Applications will be scrutinised and discrepancies or anomalies in work related history experience and qualifications will be discussed at the interview stage.

Successful candidates will be required to achieve a full enhanced DBS disclosure and 2 satisfactory references.

Link to apply is not a Cornwall Council vacancy therefore please contact the organisation direct for further information.

Organisation address : Cardrew Court School Cardrew Industrial Estate Cardrew Way Redruth TR15 1SS

Contact detail : Mrs Honorata Austin

Email : Website :

Key Skills

Change Management,Airport Security,Bid Management,Biomedical,Arbitration

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1