SEN Primary Teacher

Full Job Description

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four?*

OFG are taking part in the 4 day working week trial! 

Job Title:          SEN Primary Teacher 

Location:          Colne Grange School - Uxbridge

Salary:              Up to £45,000.00 per annum, dependent on experience - Plus a Welcome bonus of £2000**

Hours:               38.5 hours per week; Full Time

Contract:           Permanent, Term Time only

Must be UK based. This role does not offer sponsorship

Are you a SEN Teacher committed to improving the lives of pupils and young people?

We are looking for a SEN Teacher to join our fantastic team at Colne Grange School in Uxbridge. As a SEN Teacher you will take a creative approach to teaching pupils according to their educational needs, ensuring delivery of the school curriculum in a way that maximises pupils achievement and ability to develop.

This is a great opportunity for a SEN Teacher who wants to spend less time on paperwork and more time developing creative learning opportunities for pupils with varied and complex needs. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.

Quality is always top of our agenda and we pride ourselves on the quality of what we do. We are looking for a SEN Teacher who shares our vision to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

A passion and experience of working within a SEN/ASC environment is essential. During the interview process we will invite you to come into school, meet the team and our pupils and take a tour around the school. 

Qualification requirements: QTS or Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills and Nationally recognised degree.  You will be calm, engaging, resilient, and have an innovative style of teaching, motivated by helping every child to reach their potential.

About us

Colne Grange School is a new specialist ASD provision. We have an exciting opportunity for a SEN Teacher to join our team due to growth and a new extension to our school. As part of the Hillingdon Manor group of schools and the Outcomes First Group, Colne Grange will offer day provision to pupils with Autism from the ages of 3 to 11 years old.

Colne Grange will provide specialist education for c35 pupils, aged between 4-11 years. Colne Grange deploys a wide range of teaching strategies to engage and develop the progress of learners, who present with a range of learning difficulties and styles. Our pupils are taught in smaller class sizes and work towards an Equals Semi-Formal Curriculum and National Curriculum expectations where appropriate.

Options Autism the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Options Autism?

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support. 

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

*4 day working week is trialling in a number of our schools, it is dependent on location and isn't guaranteed. 

**Welcome Bonus is payable as £1000 upon successful completion of Probation (month 6) and a further £1000 following successful completion of 12 months of continuous employment, 

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