Art Teacher
Cavendish Education Limited
Ascot
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + Fringe + SEN allowance
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 15 May 2024
Job overview
We are looking for a highly skilled, passionate and inspiring Art teacher (QTS Preferred) to work within our excellent school for students with high-functioning ASD.
Our dedicated team provides a supportive network both onsite and with the wider Cavendish Education Group to ensure all our staff feel encouraged and motivated to develop and give their best.
You will be part of a community of committed, welcoming staff standing by and upholding its mission in creating and maintaining a supportive and thriving learning environment to ‘Build confidence for life’ for our students. Heathermount is a day school, owned by Cavendish, set in 14 acres of beautiful grounds in Ascot, Berkshire.
We provide a high-quality education for students aged 5-18 who have a primary diagnosis of Autism. All our students have an Educational Health & Care Plan. We are a well-resourced school with small classes (max 8) with students supported by a team of educational and therapeutic staff who work in unison to achieve the best outcome for our learners.
About Us
Heathermount School is always on the lookout for inspirational and influential staff who want to make a difference to our students’ lives and to help them succeed. In order to help our staff have the best possible experience and achieve a proper work-life balance, we have put into place a range of measures to benefit both our teaching and students services colleagues.
These include:
- Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
- Excellent promotion opportunities
- A constant dialogue about workload and how to manage it most effectively. We have regular workload audits, and frequent campaigns to tackle unnecessary work and identify quick wins including best in class resources and systems.
- Rapid and effective support with any student behavioural issues arising
- Manageable and flexible lesson planning expectations
- Clear communications and manageable deadlines. We only ask staff to do what is necessary and avoid complication and confusion.
- Additional time for leadership responsibilities
- High levels of administrative support for all teachers
- Ongoing celebration of staff excellence
- Employee assistance and counselling service, wellbeing support and advice
We place high emphasis on staff wellbeing at Heathermount. This helps colleagues to be happier and more effective in their work. Staff are regularly consulted about their wellbeing and the outcomes of these consultations have a direct and rapid impact upon the school's approach to supporting staff wellbeing.
Why work for us:
- A chance for you to be creative and have an impact on the learning of our students.
- To work alongside a friendly and passionate team of professionals.
- We provide a comprehensive CPD programme to aid you in developing your career further.
- To work in a setting that has achieved Advanced Autism Accreditation in July 2021.
- The chance to work in a school that received a “Good” Ofsted inspection in Feb 2019 and who aspire to achieve outstanding in the future.
- A competitive salary and contributions to your pension.
Benefits included:
- Performance related bonus
- Life Insurance cover @2 x your basic salary
- Subsidised lunches
- Employee assistance and well-being support and advice
- Free onsite parking
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
Please do not hesitate to call the school for an informal chat or come and visit us and meet our inspiring, wonderful young people and our hard working, talented staff. We welcome interest from colleagues from both mainstream and special or alternative provisions.
Please contact us for further information, on 01344 875101 or by email to admin@heathermount.co.uk.
Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and their families has a role to play. Heathermount School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and carry out their safeguarding responsibilities as per the job description and personal specification for their role.
Any successful applicant will be required to undergo the child protection screening appropriate to the post, including an enhanced disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service), Barred List check, online searches, and a minimum of 2 references from previous employers.
For more information about the DBS please see: https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
We evaluate applications on receipt and may contact suitable candidates for interview before the closing date. Please note, the role will close as soon as a successful candidate is appointed so early application is recommended.
Closing Date: 15/05/2024
Interview date: W/C 20/05/2024
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About Cavendish Education Limited
- Cavendish Education Limited
- 5th Floor South, 14 Waterloo Place
- London
- SW1Y 4AR
- United Kingdom
Cavendish Education is a family of independent day and boarding schools and colleges for students between the ages of five and 21.
As a group, we are transforming the common perception of specialist education and throughout our schools, we challenge what it means to be neurodiverse by supporting our students to excel in ways they never thought possible.
We believe we are unparalleled in our approach, which sits between mainstream and traditional special school education. Our curriculum supports and nurtures students with a diagnosis of high functioning autism and associated communication and language needs, as well as those with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, and dyscalculia.
At the heart of Cavendish Education is a commitment to enabling all our students to thrive – when they are with us and after they leave us. All the activities on our curriculum aim to instill four core attributes; we believe these are key contributors to student wellbeing and success.
- Confidence,
- Competence,
- Creativity,
- Character.
Seeing potential in every student
The ability to think differently is celebrated and encouraged at our schools and colleges. Seeing extraordinary ability in every single one of our students, we unlock and nurture their potential.
The holistic and differentiated academic curriculums in our schools and colleges are designed to ignite the imaginations of students with unique learning profiles and nurture their innate talents and abilities. A range of enrichment activities, such as sport, technology, the arts, outdoor education, and life skills, further enables our students to grow.
In the ethos of Cavendish Education, each of our schools and colleges has developed its own character, facilities, and strengths. Together, our schools and staff are committed to allowing every student to shine while they are with us and to achieve success in education or employment when they leave us.
CavendishWORKS is our most ambitious project yet and it has a single, world-changing aim: to secure long-term, meaningful employment for all our students when they leave us.
Traditionally, many schools and employers consider a student’s academic attainment as the primary indicator of their future success. For this reason, young people with unique learning profiles often face barriers in adulthood, including difficulties in securing employment.
The percentage of neurodiverse adults in meaningful jobs is woefully low at a time when some employers are struggling to recruit. This seems, in part, due to a lack of confidence shown by employers. By providing awareness, and dispelling myths around neurodiversity, CavendishWORKS is challenging the status quo.
We are very proud of all our students and their many achievements. They show that with the right support, those who think differently can make vital contributions to our world while leading happy and successful lives.
Our history
Our founder, Aatif Hassan, was inspired by his own life experiences to establish Cavendish Education.
Having been through the education system with dyslexia, he understands the need to give those who are neurologically diverse the tools to create successful and meaningful lives. Aatif himself went on to achieve a successful career, both in business and as an officer in the Army before founding Cavendish Education in 2013.
Cavendish Education is driven by Aatif ‘s dedication to nurturing those young people who think differently, enabling them to lead happy and productive lives. It is his desire to change the perception of what it means to be neurologically diverse through the achievements of Cavendish Education’s students and the quality of its curriculums.
"Our pupils go on to do some amazing things in all walks of life. They show discipline, concentration and commitment..." Aatif Hassan, Founder
Cavendish Education is committed to safeguarding and child protection and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service. We aim to be a fair employer and are committed to equal opportunities. We do not discriminate against employees on the basis of gender, ethnic origin, disability or age.
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