**Highshore School**
Camberwell
New
**Salary**:
Main Scale M3-M6 (Inner London) Plus SEN point. UPS available
**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent
**Start date**:
ASAP or Spring Term 2025
17 October 2024
**Job overview**:
**VACANCY for SEND Teacher at Highshore School**:
**Required ASAP**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Highshore School for teachers of Special Educational Needs.
Highshore is a mixed 11-19 school for pupils with complex mixed needs. We have 170 pupils on roll who have a variety of needs including Down's syndrome, Autism, ADHD and complex medical needs. Many have significant learning difficulties. The majority of our pupils have speech and language difficulties. A growing number of pupils need support with activities of daily living. We use Makaton signing in many of our classes to facilitate communication. We are a happy and creative school.
- Be a confident, passionate teacher preferably with SEN experience
- Have a strong interest and enthusiasm in developing as a teacher in this setting
- Be a teacher with experience of working with pupils working below the Year 1 curriculum
- Be a person who loves working with children and can offer skills that will help our pupils make excellent progress
**We offer**:
- Children who are enthusiastic, well behaved and eager to learn
- Tailor-made training opportunities and career development to enable rapid progression
- Professional, friendly and supportive staff
- The chance to work in a well-resourced school that is within close proximity to central London
- Strong school leadership
- Share the school's values
- Be an excellent practitioner who can provide evidence of good or outstanding teaching
- Have high expectations of all children
- Be committed to professional development
- Be dedicated and able to motive and engage pupils
**Closing Date 17/10/24 at 12 noon
- Interviews to be held on W/C 21st October 2024**:
For further information about this post and arrangements for visits can be made by contacting
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or 0207 708 6790.
**Attached documents**:
- Privacy Notice for Job Applicants.docx
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TEACHER Job Descripton and Person Spec -.pdf
180.77KB
School prospectus
3.71MB
Vision
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**About **Highshore School**:
**Highshore School**
- Farmers Road, Camberwell
London
SE5 0TW
United Kingdom
+44 20 7708 6790
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Highshore is a complex mixed needs special secondary (age range 11 - 19) school situated in Camberwell, in the London Borough of Southwark. We have 156 pupils on roll. Every pupil has an Education Health Care Plan.
At Highshore School we enable our pupils to gain the skills, confidence and opportunities needed to progress to employment, meaningful voluntary opportunities and training. Our pupils tell us that they want to make a contribution to society. We are a central London school and expect our pupils to be active citizens.
All of our pupils have severe or moderate learning disabilities (SLD/MLD) and come from a mix of Southwark Primary and Special schools. Our school is oversubscribed. In addition to our teaching staff one full time and one part-time Speech and Language therapist, one day a week Occupational therapy, Family worker and a Full-time work experience coordinator. We also have strong links with CAMHS, the School Nursing Service and with the Early Help team.
Our pupils have a range of needs, including: Complex medical needs, Downs Syndrome, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Speech, Language and Communication difficulties, ADHD and Physical disabilities
Key Stages 3 and 4:
Key Stage 5
Our Sixth form programme includes one day a week college link and for many pupils one day a week work experience placement. The focus of the sixth form is allowing our pupils to gain as much independence skills as possible. Travel training forms part of our programme for those pupils who are not independent travellers. Highshore has a Specialist dyslexia team who support pupils both in and out of class.
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