Class Teacher with EYFS experience (Communication & Interaction needs)

Do you want to join a happy, collaborative and effective staff team committed to ensuring our children with SEN make real world progress? Westfield is a successful and stable primary special school, expanding (yet again) to meet demand for special school places. ECTs are very welcome.

Flexibility, humour and willingness to go the extra mile are essential for all staff to ensure a high standard of support for all of our pupils. This post offers either an early career or an experienced teacher the opportunity to develop their professional expertise. We are looking for someone who is:

• Able to demonstrate good safeguarding practice and a commitment to fostering children’s well-being and positive mental health
• Committed to working with children and families with SEND
• Experienced teaching pupils with SEND and enabling progress and able to explain and demonstrate this
• Knowledgeable of Autistic Spectrum Condition and supportive of children who display challenging behaviours related to these needs
• An intelligent and reflective practitioner seeking to extend their professional skills
• Flexible in their approach to school life and positive in outlook
• Well organised and calm with a systematic approach to learning
• Able to work as a member of a team, providing motivation and support to colleagues
• Able to work in partnership with families, external agencies and schools
• Able to teach within EYFS and KS1 of the national curriculum ensuring pupils make progress

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information.