Job profile

Salary: Main Scale/UPS with SEN allowance
Start dates: 1st September 2024 with the potential for earlier start dates

Our Trust proudly oversees two exceptional special schools, each providing an enriching learning environment. We are currently seeking passionate individuals to join our dedicated team in various teaching roles at both schools. If you are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of students with diverse needs, we invite you to explore rewarding opportunities within our Trust.

JFK Special School:

• Caters for children with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC), profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and specific learning difficulties (SLD).
  

  

• Has a strong values-driven approach to education, ensuring it is a fantastic place to work and learn.
• Provides a stimulating environment where children can be safe and enjoy learning with a dedicated staff team.  Staff are our most important resource and we invest heavily in coaching and CPD based on individual needs.
  

Connaught Free School: 

• Connaught welcomes young people with a primary diagnosis of autism and coexisting conditions.
• Provides a stimulating environment where children can be safe and enjoy learning with a dedicated team of staff.  Staff are our most important resource and we invest heavily in CPD based on individual needs
• Ensures that all our young people receive individual and personalised learning and support.

• Will provide up to 26 pupil places at a temporary site in Upton Cross Primary School in Newham. When opened at its new, permanent site on Royal Road, the school will have a capacity of 105 pupils.
  

There will be options for career progression at JFK, Connaught and our partner schools in the Learning in Harmony Trust in the future for successful applicants. 

As part of Learning in Harmony Trust (www.lihtrust.uk)  you will be joining a friendly, enthusiastic and well-qualified staff team in a highly stimulating and rewarding environment.  In addition, we offer a range of non-contractual benefits to our staff including a cycle-to-work scheme, access to premium wellbeing services and Perkbox membership as well as participating in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

If you have the appropriate experience and ambition and you are passionate about outcomes for pupils with SEND, then please contact Nithra Subramaniam (Headteacher of Connaught Special School) or Jim Robinson (Headteacher of JFK Special School) on 0208 534 8544 / info@jfk.lihtrust.uk if you would like further information or to arrange a school visit

Closing date: Monday 19th February 2024

Interview date: Monday 4th March 2024

Find out more about us by visiting our websites:

www.jfkspecialschool.lihtrust.uk

www.connaught.lihtrust.uk

Safeguarding Statement:

Learning in Harmony Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safer recruitment practice and the successful applicant will need a satisfactory enhanced DBS certificate and supportive references.

Our aim is to foster a culture of inclusivity that celebrates differences, promotes understanding, and ensures that no one is discriminated against in any way. By embracing diversity, we believe we can tap into the unique perspectives and talents of our employees, creating a more innovative and creative workforce that can better meet the needs of our pupils.