Class Teacher

ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL

Watergate Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW

Tel: (01983) 524634   E-mail: recruitment@stgeorges.iow.sch.uk

Headteacher:  Mrs Steff Gleeson, BA Hons PGCE

Required for September 2023

St. George’s School is a unique provision for SEN as a secondary school for students with severe and complex needs.

CLASSROOM TEACHERS 1.0 FTE (ECT/MPS/UPS + SEN POINT – PERMANENT POST)

The successful candidate will need to be:

• Student focused holding safeguarding at the centre of their practice.

• A dynamic, enthusiastic, and inspirational teacher who can work creatively to enhance the education of students with a range of physical, sensory, and learning difficulties as they journey through to adulthood.

• Committed to the education of the whole child with a willingness to be adaptable and go the extra mile for each individual.

• Committed to working with class teams and the wider school community.

•Resilient, proactive, resourceful, and energetic.

We can offer:

• Wonderful students.

• The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committed, and skilled staff team.

• A creative learning environment, timetable, and curriculum.

• A wide range of training opportunities for career development.

We look forward to hearing from experienced, recently qualified and those willing to broaden their experience. 

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant.

Please contact Donna Kelly at the school for further details and an application pack.

Application forms are also available to download from the school website at

www.stgeorges-school.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE: Not all school staff are employed directly by the Isle of Wight Council, you can ask on application who the employer for this role will be.

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island here.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the Unacceptable Behaviour Policy, Employee Code of Conduct and Behaviours Framework. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees.

The Isle of Wight Council is an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community. In addition to this, we are also a Disability Confident Employer. Along with a number of other areas of commitments, this means that providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

This role falls within the strategic partnership between the Isle of Wight Council and Hampshire County Council. The employer will be the Isle of Wight Council and employment is on Isle of Wight terms and conditions. Hampshire County Council has delivered, on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council, all of its children’s services functions and will continue to do so until 2023. The original five-year partnership arrangement under direction of the Secretary of State finished in 2018 but has been extended voluntarily by both local authorities for a further five years.

The management reporting line for this role is ultimately through Hampshire County Council Children’s Services Director/Assistant Director and managers who take operational responsibility for children’s services.

This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.