Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn is a local authority maintained special school in Swansea. We are situated on two sites, our Primary and Secondary Campus in Clase and our Post 16 Campus in Penlan.

The school currently provides for 164 pupils aged between 3 and 19 years. Our pupils have a wide range of severe, complex and specific additional learning needs, including Autism and communication difficulties.

Our curriculum shares the four purposes of the Curriculum for Wales and promotes our CARES core values and Thrive philosophy. At Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn every pupil is valued as an individual and receives a bespoke set of learning experiences to advance their unique individual education plan. Learning opportunities and experiences are exciting, appropriate and wherever possible related to real life context to enable our pupils to develop valuable life skills and reach their potential.

We pride ourselves on the high standards of achievement and excellent behaviour of our pupils. Our pupils are supported by a high level of staff to pupil ratio, a unique and relevant staffing structure, and a highly trained team of specialist staff who are well versed and experienced in all aspects of additional learning needs provision. We

provide targeted interventions and specific support, across the curriculum for pupils’ academic, personal, health and wellbeing development. We have a residential unit that enables us to provide 24 hour curriculum learning opportunities for our older pupils to develop independent living skills.

Community is at the heart of our core values and is central to the ethos of life at Pen-y-Bryn. We work with over a hundred external partners and we actively encourage our parents, pupils, governors, partners and community, internally, locally, regionally,nationally and internationally to collaborate to enable the best possible learning experiences for our wonderful pupils.

First and foremost, our pupils are at the heart of all that we do at Pen y Bryn.

We have a long-standing commitment to provide all of our pupils with the very best learning experiences, as well as empowering them to make important decisions about future developments within our school. We continue to work within the guiding principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

We are an outstanding school with many examples of sector leading practice. Above all, we pride ourselves on providing very high quality provision and standards for pupil (and staff) wellbeing. Our CARES core values and THRIVE philosophy ensure that our pupils feel safe, secure and are in good health, before they can attend to high quality learning. We have had a direct input into the development of the Curriculum for Wales and we are well on the way to its full implementation.

All of our pupils understand that the purpose of their learning is to:

• Be Ambitious – ready to learn and try my best
• Be Confident – healthy mind, healthy body, healthy relationships
• Be Creative – working together to create and achieve
• Be Ethical – doing the right thing

Our curriculum is one specifically designed to meet the individual needs of our pupils.

We focus heavily on Communication, Digital Competency, Literacy, Numeracy, Wellbeing, and life skills. Our governors and staff are committed to ensuring that we are a caring, thriving community where everyone is a learner and all learners exceed the expectations society holds for them.

If you're searching for your next teaching post, why not contact us now? You'll be working at a great school and be part of a friendly, helpful team. We're always interested to hear from enthusiastic, committed teachers - send us your CV now via our School Talent Pool and say what sort of role you're looking for.