Aurora Ivy LaneSchool
We’re a growing specialist school in central Wakefield who provides education for young people aged 11 to 19 with complex care needs including behaviours that challenge and learning disabilities, often in association with autism spectrum conditions. We work hard to ensure students have a superb enriched educational experience inclusive of holistic and supportive environment, enabling them to flourish and develop in all aspects of life.
We are currently looking to recruit a number of experienced SEN Teachers.
The Role
As an excellent Class Teacher, your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally.
Class sizes are small (up to 8 students), highly supported by some great Teaching Assistants (typically 1:1) and complimented by a superb therapy team.
The role will give you the opportunity to showcase your creativity as you’ll support the planning and delivery of a very broad and balanced curriculum to enable our pupils to achieve their full potential in all areas.
To facilitate this, you’ll plan and deliver lessons across a number of subjects that support young people achieving accreditation, building self-esteem and confidence
You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our support staff and play a key role in their Professional Development Reviews.
Naturally, you will take responsibility for implementing school policies and practices, including those relating to safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Additionally, you will also be expected to carefully monitor the health, well-being and personal care of our pupils; informing Pastoral/Clinical/ SEND support teams and any other relevant professionals of any concerns.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the attachment at the bottom of this advert for a full job description.
Informal visits to the school are encouraged for prospective candidates and can be arranged by contacting
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and the role may close early if a suitable candidate is found.
Skills & Qualifications
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
*Qualified Teacher Status
*Experience in achieving outstanding outcomes
*Thorough working knowledge of the curriculum and how to adapt this for pupils with SEN
*Experience of working with young people with ASD
*Understanding of the Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures
*Ability to create and maintain strong nurturing relationships with young people
*Experience of managing a range of approaches to learning, to include the students with anxiety.
*Knowledge of strategies and visual teaching methods to engage reluctant learners.
*A flexible approach, a high level of creativity and the ability to adapt teaching to meet individual needs
Additional Information
How to Apply:
You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact Kirsty in the Recruitment Team at
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.