Lead English Teacher

Lead English Teacher Required in Leyland, Lancashire

Location: Midge Hall, near Leyland, Lancashire

Salary: M1 - UPS2 plus Expert payment of £1,500 per annum in addition to current salary

Hours: 40 hours per week - Term Time Only

The Academy Group

This Academy Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. This School is part of the group and is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH).

Lead Teacher - English, Literacy, Phonics & Careers Education Information, Advice & Guidance (CEIAG)

Key duties in addition to standard SEN Teaching role:

• Lead, organise, and coordinate English within the whole school.
• Manage and lead relevant approaches and subject information including assessment of progress in English, literacy, phonics
• Ensure literacy and phonics interventions are co-ordinated, delivered and tracked
• Develop English as a specialist and successful dimension of the academic curriculum offer; reflected by improved progress and outcomes for all pupils.
• Provide training to staff as and when required
• Provide relevant progress and teaching/learning quality information to SLT as required
• Act as Careers Officer ensuring compliance with the Gatsby Benchmarks

Qualifications:

• PGCE, QTS, Cert Ed or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.
• Relevant knowledge and experience of pupils with SEN, SLD/PMLD and ASD
• Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
• Experience of managing a range of approaches to behaviour, including managing behaviours that challenge

Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate

• Experience of successfully delivering a differentiated curriculum to students with a wide range of needs.
• Experience of working in a therapeutic environment

What's on offer?

• Training and Development

The SLT strongly believe that learning and development should not be limited to just the children and young people they support. They offer wide range of programmes and opportunities to all their employees to improve your skills and further your career.

• Save money on your bills!!

With the cost of living rising this group have a fantastic benefit through Perkbox to help with cutting costs and help make your money go further. Perkbox is a free app for you to use on the go wherever you are. You can get deals and discounts to save money on things like your weekly food bill, phone plans, internet, eating out, gym memberships, insurance and more. You can also use Perkbox for their cycle to work scheme and car scheme.

• Competitive Pay and Reward

Every year they compare the market rates of pay and rewards to insure they are comparable or better to other similar organisations. We also offer Enhanced Annual Leave, Company Sick Pay, Pension and Life Assurance.

• UK Health Cash Plan

This plan can help cover your day to day healthcare expenditure such as optician and dental bills. You and your children are covered on this plan and you can also choose to upgrade and add a partner to enjoy the benefits with you.

• Employee Assistance Programme

Your health and wellbeing is very important to the group and they have support available on a wide variety of issues, helping you with online tools, information and via a freephone counselling service available 24/7.

• Refer a friend for £1,000

We'll reward you for recommending friends and family to come and join the company (*terms apply)

If this sounds ideal or you would like to know more, please don't hesitate and apply now. Alternatively call Paul Hirchfield on 01293 527416 to discuss the opportunity further.