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SEN Teacher – Aurora Ivy Lane School
Essential Criteria: PGCE, Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent teaching qualification and evidence of in-service training.
Location: Wakefield
Contract Type: Full-time
Hours: 40 hours per week
Salary: £32,916 - £47,472 per annum (M1 – UPS1)
Closing date: Monday 9th February at 5pm
Aurora Ivy Lane School
We’re a specialist school providing education for young people aged 11 to 19 with complex care needs including behaviours that challenge and learning disabilities, often in association with autism spectrum conditions. We work hard to ensure students have a holistic and supportive environment, enabling them to flourish and develop in all aspects of life.
Based in Wakefield; we are currently looking to recruit an experienced SEN Teacher.
The Role
As our Class Teacher, your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally.
Class sizes are small (up to 8 students), highly supported by some great Teaching Assistants (typically 1:1) and complimented by a superb therapy team.
The role will give you the opportunity to showcase your creativity as you’ll support the planning and delivery of a very broad and balanced curriculum to enable our pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas.
To facilitate this, you’ll plan and deliver lessons across a number of subjects that support young people achieving accreditation, building self-esteem and confidence
You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our support staff and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews.
Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Additionally, you will also be expected to carefully monitor the health, well-being and personal care of our pupils; informing Pastoral/Clinical/ SEND support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
1. Qualified Teacher Status
2. Experience in achieving outstanding outcomes
3. Thorough working knowledge of the curriculum and how to adapt this for pupils with SEN
4. Experience of working with young people with ASD
5. Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
6. Ability to create and maintain strong nurturing relationships with young people
7. Experience of managing a range of approaches to learning, to include the students with anxiety.
8. Knowledge of strategies and visual teaching methods to engage reluctant learners.
9. A flexible approach, a high level of creativity and the ability to adapt teaching to meet individual needs
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on Offer at Aurora?
We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:
📚 Grow with Us – Training & Development
Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.
💸 Save Money on Everyday Essentials
With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further:
10. Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more
11. Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme
📱 Access to Wagestream – a financial wellbeing app that helps you track earnings, save, get expert money advice, and even access part of your pay early when needed
💰 Competitive Pay & Reward
We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You’ll enjoy:
12. Enhanced Annual Leave
13. Company Sick Pay
14. Enhanced Pension
15. Life Assurance
🩺 24/7 GP Access – For You & Your Household
Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.
🦷 UK Health Cash Plan
Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!
🧠 Employee Assistance Programme
Your wellbeing matters. Get confidential support on a wide range of issues, including:
16. Freephone counselling (available 24/7)
17. Online tools and resources
👯♀️ Refer a Friend – Earn £1,000!
Know someone who’d be a great fit? Refer them and get rewarded!
(*Terms apply)
You will have a chance to work with a supportive team whose common goal is to empower and support wherever is required.
How to Apply:
You can apply online by completing our online application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Safeguarding Statement
Ivy Lane 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.