Creative Arts Teacher - Ravenshall School

Required - October 2022 or sooner, Ravenshall School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Teacher to work in our “Exceptional Special School” (Ofsted, 2019)

This Outstanding special school caters for pupils aged 4 – 19 who have learning difficulties and a wide range of medical and complex needs. Many of our pupils also have communication difficulties. 

Our curriculum incorporates a broad, rich, and meaningful approach with highly personalised holistic teaching and learning.

We want our learners at Ravenshall to be:

• Effective emotional and social communicators
• As independent and creative as possible
• Healthy in body and mind
• Able to form healthy and safe relationships
• Skilled in numeracy and literacy
• Happy, engaged and included members of their community
• Confident and committed to lifelong learning.

Our pupils are enthusiastic and love coming to school. They expect a lot from their teachers!

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching Creative Arts in addition to core subjects. Applications are welcome from specialists in curriculum areas including dance, drama, music or art and have a willingness to learn and develop knowledge and expertise in the other areas of the creative arts curriculum. They will have a passion for Special Educational Needs and a creative, inspirational approach to developing and delivering an engaging and personalised curriculum.  They will also need to be able to keep up physically with the demands of working within a special school where pupils have wide ranging complex needs.

Applications will be particularly welcome from teachers who have a mainstream background as well as Special Education, as we offer high quality in-house support and CPD for successful candidates joining our forward facing school.  

This is an exciting opportunity for a colleague to extend and develop their CPD in new and innovative ways.

We look forward to hearing from you if you are:

• An excellent practitioner, able to set and achieve high standards and expectations of learning and teaching
• Have a good understanding of engagement strategies to support positive behaviour for learning approaches
• Highly motivated and a team player with drive and vision
• An excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills
• An exemplary classroom manager, able to supportively lead a great team of Teaching Assistants

In return we can offer:

• A school which values and invests in all our staff by providing a range of bespoke CPD opportunities to enable you to meet all our pupil needs
• A well-resourced and enjoyable working environment which cares for and values every staff member
• A supportive and collaborative leadership team who welcome new ideas and innovation
• A school committed to raising standards which has children and young people at the heart of our maxim “All Different, All Equal, All Important”

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff are subject to an enhanced DBS check. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

Visits to the school are essential. Please contact the school on 01924 456811 to arrange an appointment.

Applications should be returned to recruitment@ravenshall.org for the attention of Mr R Robinson, Headteacher.

Interviews will be held week commencing 11th July