Class Teacher - Woodlands School

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Class Teacher
Woodlands School

Salary : £32,217 - £48,516 per year
Hours: 35 per week

Woodlands School is a Special School in Currie, South-West Edinburgh, providing personalised education for secondary-aged learners with a wide range of learning disabilities. The school is set in an attractive campus, in a beautiful, wooded area named Roley’s Wood, which we share with Currie Community High School.

Our school has a roll of 80 learners and our classes have a maximum of 8 learners, but most are smaller to better meet individual needs.

Our accommodation provides a tailored learning environment for our learners. Our school emblem is an acorn which symbolises our nurturing and achieving environment, allowing our young people to grow into strong individuals with a sense of belonging.

Our learners benefit from a breadth of opportunities covering all areas of the curriculum and we have a strong focus on making learning accessible using a variety of strategies, techniques and motivators.

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic general class teacher, primary or secondary trained to work in our school for learners with additional support needs.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for teaching classes of up to eight learners. Key responsibilities are:- Developing and implementing engaging and accessible lessons Planning flexible programmes of learning which meet the specific needs of all learners. Working closely with colleagues and support staff to create an inclusive and supportive learning environment.

For further information on the school please visit our website at https://woodlandssite.wpcomstaging.com/or to discuss this post please contact Head Teacher, Rhoda MacDougall on 0131449 3447.

Salaries will be in accordance with the Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Teaching Staff in School Education.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.  Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

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