Cover Teacher
Qualified Teacher Salary: £30,055 - £41,446
40 Hours per week, 40 weeks per year
Brantwood Specialist School is an exciting and innovative provision which offers full time education to children who have significant/complex social, emotional or educational difficulties. At Brantwood Specialist School students will learn through a dynamic outdoor land and craft-based curriculum, which includes practical skills; textiles, green woodwork, pottery, cooking and blacksmithing with a significant period of time involved in growing biodynamic produce in the school gardens and looking after the farm animals.
In this role you will be a Cover Teacher ensuring the pupils of Brantwood Specialist School engage in learning and achieve by providing practical, experiential and therapeutic education through careful planning of the structure, methodology and delivery of the learning experience.
You will apply your knowledge about learning and the modes of learning to plan and deliver aspects of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum within the assessment framework of the National Curriculum in addition to their subject area.
You will ensure that students develop basic skills in numeracy, literacy, ICT and core learning skills, together with social skills and will provide opportunities for students to practice and develop these skills, assessing their progress in accordance with the school's assessment schedule and curriculum policy
To be considered, you will have:
* Qualified Teacher Status,
* Experience of the National Curriculum framework of assessment,
* Excellent communication and organisational skills
* A practical approach to engaging pupils.
* Experience of working with children with learning difficulties and/or learning disabilities.
* Experience within specialist education and the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum are also desirable.
A completed application is required for consideration of this role, please visit
Brantwood Specialist School is located on the outskirts of Sheffield. In addition to the main campus it includes a smallholding and a theatre/performing arts space. The curriculum at Brantwood includes clay work, jewellery making, felting and weaving, forge work and green woodwork. Brantwood Specialist School is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.
Established in 1984, Ruskin Mill Trust is an educational charity that operates in England, Scotland and Wales.
We offer exciting outdoor learning environments, utilising practical land and craft activities to support the development of work and life skills in young people with autistic spectrum conditions and other learning differences. Our research-led method, Practical Skills Therapeutic Education, is inspired by the work of Rudolf Steiner, John Ruskin and William Morris. Working with hand, head, heart and place, Ruskin Mill Trust helps individuals to re-imagine their potential.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.
Working at Brantwood Specialist School is rewarding and in return, we offer competitive salaries and an auto-enrolment pension scheme with salary sacrifice options. In addition, staff receive:
* An in-depth interactive induction programme to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.
* Health cash plan & Employee Assistance Programme via Medicash
* Full detail of all our benefits can be viewed on
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,055.00-£41,446.00 per year
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Cycle to work scheme
* Discounted or free food
* Health & wellbeing programme
Work Location: In person