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Birkbeck School
THE HAWKSWOOD GROUP
One year Fixed Term proceeding to permanent for the right candidate
Full time English Teacher
Closing date: 1st April 2025
Shortlisting date: 3rd April 2025
Interview date: w/b 22nd April 2025
Salary: M16 plus SEND point
Appointment within these scales will be dependent on experience.
Please send completed application forms to
Birkbeck School is a new short term specialist provision for young people who are either at risk of exclusion or have been permanently excluded from their mainstream school. This provision will be part of the Hawkswood group of schools which provides alternative provision to children temporarily out of school. We will be offering a shortterm behavioural and educational intervention for children aged 1116 who are struggling with regulating their behaviour in mainstream school as well as a small number of pupils who have been permanently excluded. Some of our pupils will have an EHCP for additional needs such as SEMH.
Across the Hawkswood group we work hard to build resilience social skills and mental wellbeing to enable pupils to return to mainstream school. Our pupils are often able to learn well but require calm encouraging and enabling adult support.
Our class sizes are small with a supporting adult in every class. We work with various multi agency support including Speech and Language CAMHs and an Educational Psychologist. Together we work as a team to provide intensive care and support.
What we are looking for:
- Do you want to make a difference where it most counts
- Do you believe that every young person has the potential to succeed with the right help and support
- Do you believe in the power of education to change lives
We are keen to appoint teachers who understand the importance of high quality teaching and learning with a personalised approach to meet individual needs. It would also be advantageous to be able to teach more than one subject.
Dont worry if you dont have PRU or special school experience: very few of us did before we came here the drive and desire to learn is however absolutely essential.
What we can offer you:
- You will be part of a wider group of schools with a strong sense of moral purpose and ethical practice
- A commitment to trauma informed approaches and restorative and relational practice.
- A supportive wider staff team
- CPD opportunities and a commitment to developing professional practice.
- A commitment from Leadership to promote and support innovation.
- A school which has high aspirations and expects high standards of pupil conduct both in school and in the local community.
Please see the JD and person specification. For further information call Liz Rattue onfor an informal discussion about the position. Visits are also welcomed.
As part of KCSIE 2024 all applicants will be subject on online searches.Applicants must be able to form and maintain appropriate professional relationships and boundaries with children young people and other vulnerable adults. Applicants should have the ability to understand the difficulties and pressures associated with caring for children/vulnerable adults and demonstrate appropriate coping mechanisms.
As a thriving and diverse school we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity to being fair and inclusive and to being a place where all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in The Hawkswood Groups workforce.These include people from Black Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds disabled people and LGBTQI people.
The Hawkswood Group is committed to promoting the safeguarding of children. Please note that this position requires as enhanced DBS and safeguarding checks will be carried out prior to appointment.
Equal Opportunities
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: Promoting equality of opportunity Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who selfidentify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to our recruitment and selection policy
How to apply
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Employment Type
Full-Time
