Teacher

Start Date: 6th January 2025 – 18th July 2025
The post will initially be a fixed-term role due to budget constraints

‘Creating Life Changing Opportunities’

For applicants without SEND experience, we do provide a LEAPS course (designed to support mainstream teachers to make the step into a specialist setting) as well as full mentoring to support your development of skills and experience in this area.

If you would like to have an informal chat with our Head of School Mrs Kara Smallman or arrange a visit to the school, please don’t hesitate to call on 01900 517632 or alternately email the School Business Manager, Mrs Carly Wallace Lawman c.wallacelawman@caa.cumbria.sch.uk 

We are currently looking to recruit a Class Teacher for a fixed-term full-time teaching role.

Cumbria Academy for Autism is a small school with big ambitions!

This all-through school is a specialist provision for ASC pupils and provides education for boys and girls aged between 4 and 19 years who have a primary need and diagnosis of Autism and who may be suffering social, emotional and behavioural problems in mainstream Education.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our provision and play a key role in the development and learning of our students. We are part of The Eden Academy Trust; this is a Trust solely for specialist schools such as us, and we firmly believe together we can achieve more. The successful candidate will benefit from the specialist knowledge, network and support of the trust.

You will become part of a team that specialises in delivering a curriculum designed to meet the specific individual needs of the class and give our students the best possible educational outcomes.  

At Cumbria Academy for Autism our students benefit from our pupil focussed, bespoke creative curriculum, we are looking for the next member of our teaching team to enhance their learning experience.

Main Roles and Responsibilities:
•    Plan, deliver and assess outstanding teaching and learning using proven methods and approaches that enable ASC young people to learn
•    Be a class tutor, ensuring pastoral needs are met and establishing excellent relationships with parents and carers
•    Engage and motivate pupils
•    Inspire trust and confidence in pupils, colleagues, parents and other professionals
•    Build team commitment with colleagues and in the classroom
•    Promote the wider aspirations and values of the school
•    Engage in whole school activities as required by the Head of School
•    Adhere to all working protocols as agreed and published in the Cumbria Academy for Autism handbook
•    Plan and lead children in off-site enrichment activities
•    Ensure you uphold all safeguarding procedures, including engaging in annual safeguarding training, including induction training

The main responsibility of this post is to provide high quality teaching and learning for an allocated class within the Cumbria Academy for Autism.  Classes will be mixed year groups and based on ability not age.

In return for your hard work and commitment to the role Cumbria Academy for Autism will offer:
•    Competitive salary
•    Teacher Pension Scheme
•    The opportunity to join a supportive and developing team to meet the needs of the pupils.
•    The support to progress and develop your career advancement and opportunities.
•    A fun and caring environment to work within

Cumbria Academy for Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff to act in the best interests of our pupils at all times.

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For an application pack, please contact recruitment@caa.cumbria.sch.uk 

Closing date: Monday 4th November 2024 at 9am

Propsed interview date: Monday 11th November 2024

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils and staff, and of preventing extremism.  All staff are expected to share this commitment. Any offer of employment for this post will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and satisfactory references. 

Cumbria Academy for Autism is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our community ethos.