Little Wings – Classroom Teacher and Department Lead (Studley Green) - Chiltern Wood School
Location: Buckinghamshire
Overview
We are currently recruiting for a class teacher and department leader to join our Little Wings department at our lovely Studley Green site– working with children with severe and complex learning difficulties, including those with Autism Spectrum Condition. We welcome applications from those who have previously taught in mainstream schools and those looking to take the next step in their career.
Term time only
Salary Type: MPS/UPS
Salary details: £31,650 - £49,082
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 32.5
Closing date: 22/04/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: 24/04/2025
About us
Chiltern Wood School is a Special School currently supporting over 200 students ranging from ages 3 to 19 years. We are currently based over three sites, and this role is based at our newest site, Studley Green. This currently consists of three classes and will be extended to four classes in September 2026. This old primary school site has recently been renovated to meet the needs of our complex cohort, including therapeutic spaces: swing room, sensory room and soft play. Each classroom benefits from their own outside area, as well as a shared adventure playground.
Website: https://www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk/
About the role
Therapeutic interventions are fully immersed into class timetables and our key focus areas are communication, regulation and learning for life. We benefit from both our own and consultant occupational therapists and speech and language therapists. Our therapeutic team and other external professionals work closely with our teaching teams.
This is an exciting opening for someone who is hoping to progress their career and take on an additional responsibility with our youngest cohort aged 4 to 7. The department leader will be responsible for the development of teaching and learning within the department and line managing the teachers. The successful candidate will also be responsible for organising staffing across the classes alongside the admin team.
About you
As Class Teacher the successful candidate will work directly with children with complex learning, social and sensory needs. In addition, will have a strong desire to work with a challenging and rewarding group of pupils, and understand how to build positive relationships with pupils, their families and supporting professionals. Communication, regulation and life skills are at the core of our curriculum.
Other information
We strongly encourage all potential candidates to come and tour the school and speak to a member of the leadership team for more information. Please also see the job description for more details. We look forward to welcoming a new department leader to our extended leadership team. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications
Closing Date: Tuesday 22nd April 9am
Interviews: Thursday 24th April
Please visit www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk to apply via My New Term.
Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full vetting checks, including a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level, online searches and satisfactory references.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
