About this role
Position: SEMH Teacher KS3 Teacher (Low ability)
Salary: M1 - M6 (UPS considered) plus SEN point
School: Sutton House Academy
Required: January 2027
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Sutton House Academy is an SEMH school in Southend on Sea dedicated to pupils across all Key Stages with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Some pupils have associated difficulties and can express severe and complex social and behavioural needs. A background and interest in working with SEMH children and young people is essential.
The Role
- To prepare and deliver at least consistently good lessons that are well matched to the needs of learners.
- To set and mark work.
- To create a learning culture that enables students to become effective, enthusiastic and independent learners.
- To take responsibility for tracking, collating and monitoring data to support teaching and learning.
- To undertake routine evaluation of own practice and consistently seek to develop and use the most effective teaching strategies.
- To plan teaching to build on students’ capabilities and prior knowledge and ensure they are well prepared for all forms of assessment.
- To adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all students, using differentiation appropriately, implementing approaches which enable students to be taught effectively.
- To promote at least good progress and outcomes by students.
- To demonstrate that as a result of their teaching, students achieve well relative to their prior attainment, making progress as good as or better than similar students’ nationally.
- To demonstrate consistent and effective use of information about prior attainment to set and communicate challenging targets and expectations for students.
- To contribute towards establishing Assessment for Learning and evaluating progress through the use of agreed assessment tools.
- To use assessment as part of their teaching to diagnose students’ needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvement and plan future teaching.
- To make records and prepare reports on the personal and social need of students and participate in meetings, as required.
Salary and Benefits
M1 - M6 plus SEN point
Sutton House Academy is part of the Fortis Trust which is a Multi Academy Trust committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils attending the Academy. As the duties of this post involves regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidate will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service, medical clearance and satisfactory references. We will also carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online.
Applications submitted on the application form will only be considered. Please take care to complete the application form in full as incomplete applications will not be considered.
CLOSING DATE
Friday 30th November 10.00am