Job Title: Teacher
Location: Standlake, Oxford
Salary: Teachers pay scale depending on experience + SEN & TLR2 allowances
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
The Mulberry Bush was founded more than seventy years ago, and we’re proud of our reputation for transforming the lives of all those affected by childhood trauma.
Our belief is that we offer something special and we hope that you will want to become an integral part of it. A career at the Mulberry Bush School will provide you with the opportunity to have a positive impact on the lives and futures of children facing extreme challenges.
This role is the perfect fit for an experienced primary school teacher who wants to bring creativity and passion to their work. The successful candidate will possess the dedication, resilience, empathy and commitment to work effectively in what can be a physically and emotionally demanding environment.
You will be encouraged to introduce your own ideas, energy and enthusiasm into our highly supportive environment, nurturing all aspects of pupil development, learning and growth. We view behaviour as communication, and we will support you to bring your experience, empathy and compassion to your work. We’ll value the skills and understanding that you’ll bring from a diverse professional and personal background, and you’ll be encouraged to share your interests and hobbies with our children.
Within this role you’ll also lead a subject of interest to you. The subject will be discussed at interview but we are particularly keen to hear from anyone with a specialism or interest in Writing.
As a non-maintained, therapeutic, residential school, working with vulnerable and emotionally troubled primary-aged children, we have been assessed consistently as good or better by Ofsted for the education we provide. Each class has up to eight pupils and is supported by a Senior Teaching Assistant and a Teaching Assistant. We have created highly effective development and education programmes to ensure that everyone here is suitably skilled and competent to meet the demands of our environment.
It’s vital that our children experience a diverse community with a range of role models and a rich cultural mix. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and communities, and we’d love you to join us on our journey.
We will offer you a wide range of benefits including:
- High level of support and supervision
- Award-winning training
- Enhanced parental pay benefits
- Staff wellbeing scheme
- Discounted leisure scheme membership
The Mulberry Bush School is an equal opportunities employer and is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children as its utmost priority and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal background check from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Deadline for applications – Friday 22 September
Interview date – Monday 2 October
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Classroom Teacher, Teacher, SEND, Secondary Teacher, SEND Teacher, SEND Primary Teacher, School Teacher, Early Years Teacher will also be considered for this role
