Awarded Ofsted Outstanding in January 2022, Sybil Elgar School offers educational support for children and young people on the autism spectrum between the ages of 4-22. We strive to provide the most suitable support required by our students to assist them with their learning and educational needs, across our sites in both Southall and Acton. Working with children and young adults with special educational needs comes with its challenges and opportunities and our valued staff join us knowing that to have made a positive impact on a young person’s learning development is priceless.
Who we are looking for:
Are you an English and Drama teacher who would love a challenge? Are you looking for a post that will be exciting, professionally demanding, stimulating and rewarding in (usually) equal measures?
Do you have a sense of humour? Are you naturally resilient and a team player who can work collaboratively in a multi professional team? And, most importantly are you a highly skilled creative teacher who can ensure every pupil makes good progress from individual starting points.
If you have genuine passion and enthusiasm for making a difference and can deliver engaging lessons across the curriculum we want to hear from you.
You will:
• Be responsible for high quality autism specific education and development of a class / group of autistic children and young people.
• To have the potential to develop skills in order to work with pupils with complex needs in addition to autism spectrum disorder, such as ADHD, OCD and PDA
• To be responsible for planning implementing and delivering a personalised curriculum to individual children and groups that is relevant and motivating for each child.
• Ensure the quality of teaching and learning meets statutory requirements
• Ensure continuity across the year groups from EYS - 22 working collaboratively with FE partners, contributing and driving joint planning including residential outward- bound experiences.
Additional Responsibilities:
• Provide the highest standard of support, assisting children in achieving their maximum potential through the implementation of the SPELL framework
• Plan, develop and deliver a broad and balanced curriculum
• Devise and implement an individualised educational programme / Individual Education Plan (IEP) in liaison with a multidisciplinary team.
• To assume responsibility for classroom management including the environment, staff and children
• Develop a provision of the highest possible quality of education including the aligning with the schools Quality of Life Curriculum and maintain a supportive atmosphere, ensuring the safety, protection and wellbeing of each child
• Manage and develop curricular areas and monitor teaching standards for these areas
• Assist in the development of the Curriculum
• Report on and discuss children’s attainment, achievement and progress with parents and any other bodies that have statutory functions
• Be responsible for monitoring, assessing, reporting, recording and evaluation of learning experiences
• Manage a designated budget as required
• To adhere to all organisational policies and procedures
Hours of work:
The school is in session for 195 days inclusive of INSET days and comprehensive training schedule, which takes place outside of pupil contact time. Normal hours may be varied to meet the changing needs of the school. There may be occasions when additional hours are necessary to meet specific or special requirements.
The Sybil Elgar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
