RIDGE VIEW SCHOOL: KS2 Teacher - Full-time

Start Date: Sep 2016

Do you want to be inspirational in your teaching? Ridge View values teachers who demonstrate a daring and innovative approach to their teaching. Our pupils who have diverse and complex special needs must have teachers who are prepared to “go the extra mile”. Your efforts will be rewarded ten-fold by the sense of achievement you will feel when you see pupil’s sheer joy of learning.

Ridge View is ambitious in its approach to school improvement and staff trust the decisive leadership of the school. We take a considered approach to all innovations and this efficient approach ensures the curriculum offer for our pupils is flexible and adaptable leading to pupils making good and outstanding progress.

The staff are self-motivated and develop a resourceful and wide reaching approach to their professional development, enabling them with the support of the leadership of the school to take decisive purposeful action to fulfil their professional ambitions.

We will appoint the candidate who best fits our school culture and ethos and the shortlisting and interview process has been designed to enable candidates to demonstrate the values we promote.

Vacancy: Key stage 2 class teacher for a group of approximately 10 pupils with Autism and severe learning difficulties required for September 2016.

Salary: Main scale post. Individual discussion at interview.

Closing Date: 11/07/2016 at 08:00

Interviews: tbc

Information about the school:

Ridge View is the District Special School for Tonbridge and Malling. Our pupils have a range of severe and profound learning difficulties. There are approximately 110 pupils on role, age range 2-19 including Oakridge Assessment Nursery for pupils aged 2-4 and Main school for pupils aged 4-19.

In our recent Ofsted inspection the school was judged to be Outstanding. The key to an outstanding judgement is outstanding teaching and learning, which is our primary focus.

“Teaching is typically outstanding. Teachers manage their class teams very efficiently. As a result, all adults contribute effectively to supporting pupils’ learning. Staff manage pupils’ complex behaviour exceptionally well.

There is a structured approach to developing and maintaining high quality teaching. Information such as pupils’ progress, assessment, planning and the outcomes of lesson observations all contribute to giving leaders a complete picture of teachers’ work. Individuals who require additional help are then supported through a training, coaching and mentoring programme”.

Our next challenge is to work with architects and contractors to achieve out dream school building which is due for completion in September 2017.

Viewing is highly recommended and a tour of the school will be arranged as part of the interview process.

Ridge View is the District PSCN Special School for Tonbridge and Malling.Our pupils have a range of severe and profound learning difficulties. 109 pupils on role, age range 2-19 including Oakridge Assessment Nursery for pupils aged 2-4 and Main school for pupils aged 4-19.

At Ridge View we create a happy learning environment where “Enjoyment is at the heart of all we achieve” and this encapsulates the type of learning we promote within our school community.

In our recent Ofsted inspection the school was judged to be Outstanding. The key to an outstanding judgement is outstanding teaching and learning and as the recent inspection noted it is our primary focus.

“The expectations of senior leaders are explicit and unforgiving. They accept nothing but the best and expect all staff to share this aspiration. They are unrelenting in their pursuit of outstanding classroom practice.”

“Teachers and teaching assistants monitor pupils’ work constantly. They are skilled at knowing when to intervene with support and prompts and when to stand back and let pupils persevere to solve things for themselves.”

“Teaching assistants are managed very efficiently. They know their exact roles in supporting learning. They also have good knowledge of the pupils with whom they work and so they are able to recognise changes in behaviour and they have the skills to respond effectively.”

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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