SEN Class Teacher

Class Teacher

40 hours per week, 40 weeks per year

Qualified Teacher salary range: £30,055 - £41,446 per annum

We have an exciting opportunity for a Class Teacher to join the team at our new Ashdown Garden School, in Forest Row.The school is aiming to open in 2026 and is based near the Emerson College site near the beautiful Ashdown Forest and the village of Forest Row.

In this role you will be ensuring the pupils of Ashdown Garden School engage in learning and achieve by providing practical, experiential and therapeutic education through careful planning of the structure, methodology and delivery of the learning experience.

You will apply your knowledge about learning and the modes of learning to plan and deliver aspects of the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum within the assessment framework of the National Curriculum in addition to their subject area.

You will ensure that students develop basic skills in numeracy, literacy, ICT and core learning skills, together with social skills and will provide opportunities for students to practice and develop these skills, assessing their progress in accordance with the school’s assessment schedule and curriculum policy.

You will have:

• Qualified Teacher Status,
• experience of the National Curriculum framework of assessment,
• excellent communication and organisational skills
• a practical approach to engaging pupils.
• experience of working with children with learning difficulties and/or learning disabilities.
• Experience within specialist education and the Steiner Waldorf Curriculum is desirable.

Working at Ruskin Mill Trust is incredibly rewarding; we offer competitive salaries and holiday allowances, an auto-enrolment pension scheme with a salary sacrifice option, a health cash plan and employee assistance programme via Medicash.

In addition, staff receive valuable training opportunities including an in-depth interactive induction to enable our new team members to experience our Practical Skills Therapeutic Education (PSTE) curriculum and also opportunities for further training and academic research including our own MSc in Practical Skills Therapeutic Education.

Full details of our benefits can be viewed on www.rmt.org/careers

Ashdown Garden School, located nearby the ancient area of Ashdown Forest, is a specialist school for SEND children between the ages of 7–16 years, offering a range of practical land and craft learning activities. Ashdown Garden School is part of Ruskin Mill Trust.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure as well as a medical check, references, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.