SEN Class Teacher

SEN Class Teacher – Hedgeway

Location: Pilning, Bristol, BS35 4JN 

Salary: £32,916 - £49,232 (M1 – UPS2)*

Hours: 40 hours per week

Contract: Full time - permanent 

Aurora Hedgeway is a dynamic and inspiring provision for children and young people aged 7-19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.

The Aurora Group

The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. 

We are currently looking for an experienced Full Time Teacher for our Aurora Hedgeway School. The school supports young people aged 7 - 19 with a primary or secondary diagnosis of Autism and related social and communication needs.

We offer life skills and a wide range of GCSE/ Functional Skills/BTEC accreditations alongside a functional skills/entry level pathway.  Behaviours across the school are excellent.

We are particularly looking for a general class teacher with experience teaching entry level/GCSE in Computing, who can inspire and engage learners while helping them achieve their full potential.

The Role

We are looking for an inspirational and engaging Class Teacher, to deliver high quality teaching and learning to children and young people with autism and complex needs such as ADHD, OCD and PDA, who may present with challenging behaviours associated with their autism. Some pupils may have multiple learning difficulties.

Your role will be to provide high quality teaching that will enable pupils to make progress not just academically but socially and emotionally. You must be creative and have high expectations. An understanding of ASC would is essential to support the planning and delivery of a 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 that support young people achieving accreditation on a variety of academic pathways. You will be able to support the young people to be independent and resilient learners both in and outside of the classroom.

You’ll supervise and provide support and guidance to our Teaching Assistants and Higher Level Teaching Assistants 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 monitoring 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 link below for our full job description:

Job Description: SEN Class Teacher

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 creativity and the ability to adapt teaching to meet individual needs
• Experience of managing a small team of teaching assistants.

🌟What’s on Offer at Aurora?

We believe in supporting you as much as we support the children and young people in our care. Here’s a snapshot of the fantastic benefits waiting for you:

📚 Grow with Us – Training & Development

Learning never stops at Aurora! We offer a wide range of training programmes and career development opportunities to help you build your skills and reach your goals.

💸 Save Money on Everyday Essentials

With the rising cost of living, our Perkbox app helps you stretch your money further:

• Discounts on groceries, phone plans, internet, dining out, gym memberships & more
• Access to our Cycle to Work and Car Scheme

💰 Competitive Pay & Reward

We regularly benchmark our pay and benefits to stay ahead of the curve. You’ll enjoy:

• Enhanced Annual Leave
• Company Sick Pay
• Enhanced Pension
• Life Assurance

🩺 24/7 GP Access – For You & Your Household

Need a doctor? No problem. Book a phone or video appointment anytime, day or night. This service covers everyone in your household.

🦷 UK Health Cash Plan

Cover everyday healthcare costs like dental and optician bills. You and your children are included in the scheme, and you can upgrade to add your partner too!

🧠 Employee Assistance Programme

Your wellbeing matters. Get confidential support on a wide range of issues, including:

• Freephone counselling (available 24/7)
• Online tools and resources

👯‍♀️ Refer a Friend – Earn £1,000!

Know someone who’d be a great fit? Refer them and get rewarded!
(*Terms apply)

How to apply?

Please complete an online application form in full, remembering to include all employment and education details.  If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Adele in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at Adele.richard@theauroragroup.co.uk

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.