Teacher of Inclusion

We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner, with primary or secondary experience, to work with a small group of our KS3 students with Special Educational Needs, supporting their access to the core curriculum, by providing short and longer-term alternative provision, to support their return to the wider KS3 mainstream curriculum.  

Working with the SEND, Inclusion and wider teaching team at Ark Victoria Academy, the right candidate will lead excellent provision for some of our most vulnerable students, working alongside subjects providing interventions, but also delivering an adapted KS3 curriculum for English and Maths within ‘The Ark’ our specialist in-house provision, to support students with special educational needs to make progress and to flourish. You will be a skilled practitioner, with a good understanding of curriculum and pedagogy. You will work closely with the SEND team to ensure the curriculum at KS3 prepares students well for KS4.  

You will be a fantastic motivator and will inspire students to achieve and flourish. You will be aligned to Ark Victoria’s ambition for all and demonstrate high expectations for pupils. The postholder will benefit from teaching in small, targeted groups, and with the support of SEN Teaching Assistants, have additional protected time to plan and design curriculum and prepare resources, alongside significant support through additional CPD & training. 

Our values and virtues mean a great deal to us and underpin all that we do, and so it is important that you champion Ark Victoria’s pledge of being Ambitious, Resilient and Kind as well as living by the Ark ethos and six pillars that enable us to achieve our mission. 

The successful candidate will: 

Ark Victoria Academy provides pupils with an excellent education through an ambitious curriculum, personal development and character programme, and an extensive student experience and extra-curricular offer. Although we are a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they flourish and leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.

Our school values and virtue pathways are crucial to our culture and ethos, they are also part of the way we work and learn together and have been instrumental to us on our school improvement journey. Our values of Ambition, Resilience and Kindness permeate our curriculum, our culture, school and our learning community.

It is for these reasons that Ark Victoria Academy was judged to be significantly improved in all areas from the 2019 ‘Good’ inspection, by Ofsted, in October 2024: ‘This is a school which lives out its values in full for the benefit of children in Nursery to the pupils in Year 11…pupils thrive at all stages of Ark Victoria Academy…as the school knows its pupils very well, they are very well supported to engage with the school’s ambitious curriculum’. The full report (September 2024) can be found here: https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50262921  

We prioritise staff development with a strong emphasis on securing expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our pupils and staff.

Diversity and inclusion:

We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. 

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.

Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.