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Special Education Needs Teacher

Special Education Needs Teacher

Stanley Infant & Junior School

Falkland Islands

Salary:
Salary up to £42,885 for teachers with 5+ years experience
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
16 May 2024

Job overview

Please contact Penny Kontopyrghou Senior Business Director when you apply or if you have any questions about the school or the location email penny.kontopyrghou@hays.com with your CV.


Our well established Primary School is seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, creative and experienced Primary Special Educational Needs Teacher to start in August 2024. Applicants for the post will have up-to-date knowledge and be experienced practitioners. The successful applicant will join a dedicated and dynamic team and will work in our 320 pupil school, situated in the capital, Stanley. 

We are seeking to recruit a Primary Special Educational Needs Teacher who:

• is focused on helping children achieve high levels of progress in a happy and effective

learning environment

• is a graduate with qualified teacher status (appropriate age range) who has completed

their ECF induction and preferably has at least 1 years' successful teaching experience

post ECF

• has experience in more than one key stage in the primary age range

• can demonstrate a thorough recent knowledge of working with pupils with a range of

specific learning needs and behavioural barriers 

• is committed to differentiation and SEND inclusive practice 

• can support the SENCo in managing the effective deployment of support staff

• can work successfully with children who exhibit challenging behaviour

• can effectively monitor, assess, record and report on pupils’ progress 

• can work within and contribute to coaching and mentoring environment

• has good interpersonal skills and works well in teams 

• possesses secure IT skills and has good IWB knowledge

• is able to contribute to the development of extra curriculum opportunities


We will provide:

• A stimulating and supportive working environment with enthusiastic children who are

keen to learn

• salary up to £42,885

• Eligibility for a 25% gratuity payable upon satisfactory completion of the contract

• Favourable income tax rates

• Airfare for post holder and dependants at the beginning and end of contract, as well as

return airfares after every full year of the contract

• smaller class sizes

• a relocation grant

• affordable utilities and accommodation to rent

• free general medical care and prescriptions

• free education locally for dependent children to GCSE level and possible

allowance for overseas studies thereafter

• fixed term contract of either 2, 3 or 4 years

• detailed information about life in the Falkland Islands

To apply

Please email

your up to date CV and a supporting statement if you have one to penny.kontopyrghou@hays.com

Applicants can download an application form and apply via this page.

Interviews will be held via video conference on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th May 2024. More details about an interview task will be provided to shortlisted teachers.

School Website: https://www.primary.ac.fk/ 

Our recruitment video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7nHrEOqkbE 


The closing date for this position is Wednesday 15th May 2024.

Attached documents

About Stanley Infant & Junior School

The Falkland Islands are a unique and dramatically beautiful environment set in the South Atlantic Ocean. Great value is placed on education by Government, parents, students and the community as a whole.  Primary and secondary education follows the English National Curriculum, from Early Years Foundation Stage to the end of Key Stage 4 (including SATs and GCSEs).  The curriculum is enhanced to take advantage of the locality.

Unique wildlife, negligible pollution, low crime rates, the absence of traffic jams, a varied social calendar and the close proximity of South America and Antarctica characterise this community.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in our care.  All applicants must agree to a criminal records check being completed.

School contact:

e-mail: secretary@primary.ac.fk

Website: http://www.primary.ac.fk


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