Silverwood School is a new maintained co-educational special school for pupils aged 4 to 19 years. We formed in September of 2020 with campuses in Chippenham, Trowbridge and Rowde: former schools of St Nicholas School, Larkrise School and Rowdeford School.
We have an ambitious vision to create a truly integrated and inclusive system of outstanding education for all young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Wiltshire. Wiltshire are investing in a £33 million new build at one site to create state of the art centre for SEND education, health, and care and training focusing predominantly on pupils with complex SEND.
Our inclusive system of excellence will seek to re-balance and improve educational provision for all children and young people with SEND, including those currently in mainstream schools and resource bases or in other alternative provision. Offering local, community-based SEND provision across a wide area from its new inception. It will also deliver high quality training and expertise to a wide range of SEND settings across the county.
If you are a creative and resilient Teacher with a passion for SEND education and are looking for a new challenge and to be part of something new and exciting, we would very much like to hear from you.
Permanent
KS2/3 Teacher (AS Complex) 1.0FTE
Required to start January 2022.
NQT / MPS / UPS all welcome to apply
SEND allowance paid – dependent on experience
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, inspirational, highly motivated, resourceful and enthusiastic Teacher to join our lovely school, to provide an irresistible invitation to learn. We need a practitioner who is skillful in designing and organising differentiated learning:
- Do you appreciate and celebrate learning wherever it takes place?
- Can you motivate a child who finds social interaction a challenge?
- Can you always calmly respond to a child’s needs?
- Can you celebrate all learning – the small, but huge steps of progress?
- Are you ready to take a risk and believe in a child?
You will need to have an excellent understanding of child development and experience of teaching pupils with SEN. You will need to be a willing and inquisitive learner yourself and have the ability to work as a team within your own class and within the Silverwood School community. The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role within the curriculum team.
Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed by prior arrangement.
Completed applications should be returned by 12noon on 18th October 21. Interviews T.B.C.
Please note that this appointment is subject to enhanced DBS, medical and reference checks. Silverwood School is committed to Equal Opportunities and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils.
Silverwood School is an amalgamation of 3 special schools in Wiltshire. The three campuses of Silverwood School are known as Chippenham Campus (formerly St. Nicholas School), Rowde Campus (formally Rowdeford School) and Trowbridge Campus (Formally Larkrise School) it also incorporates Popular College in Chippenham.
Silverwood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.