Teacher in Charge of the Sensory Support Centre/Teacher of the Deaf – Hazelwick School, Crawley, West Sussex

HAZELWICK SCHOOL
Three Bridges, Crawley
West Sussex RH10 1SX

TEACHER IN CHARGE OF THE SENSORY SUPPORT CENTRE/TEACHER OF THE DEAF
TLR 2C (currently £8,279 per annum)

Join Hazelwick – a popular, highly-successful and happy community where our students enjoy learning and teachers enjoy teaching, where Ofsted judged us to be outstanding in all areas (October 2023).

Our shared vision is “for each and every student to achieve their maximum potential.”

Salary: 33,075 – 50,471 per annum
MPR/UPR including Fringe Area Allowance

Hazelwick is a high achieving and oversubscribed 11-18 mixed secondary school with 1500 students in Years 7 – 11 and 383 students in the 6th form.

As one of the highest performing schools in West Sussex, with a Progress 8 score of +0.30, (2024) we have an unwavering focus on enabling our students to achieve their maximum potential.

Hazelwick is an outstanding school. According to our recent outstanding Ofsted reports (2022 & 2023), Hazelwick is a school

• which is very successful, welcoming and ambitious
• which is kind and caring, with remarkably strong relationships between staff and pupils
• where you can see and feel the shared values of respect and responsibility in and out of lessons
• where there is a remarkable sense of community
• where staff have extremely high expectations
• where pupils behave impeccably
• where pupils from diverse backgrounds work extremely well together to achieve very high standards
• with confident learners who focus especially hard in lessons and use lesson time extremely well
• where pupils ‘thrive’ and ‘flourish’
• where pupils achieve exceptionally well in national examinations
• which is a safe and inspiring place to learn
• where the school motto ‘effort achieves’ pervades all aspects of school life
• where staff at all levels speak very highly of the support and professional development they receive
• where staff ‘love working’

The Sensory Support Centre (SSC) at Hazelwick School caters for D/deaf and Visually Impaired students. We aim to provide a personalised level of support to enable students to become independent learners and to promote the social inclusion within the school.

The staff team consists of the Teacher in Charge/Teacher of the Deaf and a dedicated team of Communication Support Assistants. All staff within the department have training to BSL Level 2,3 or 6. We provide a wireless FM system for each student to support the maximum use of residual hearing in the classroom.

For September 2025, we are looking for:

• an experienced teacher* who will strive to improve the quality of education and learning opportunities of students who are deaf or have a hearing loss
• a teacher who can enthuse, motivate and engage students and is committed to excellence and high student achievement
• a teacher who is able to teach KS3 and KS4
• a teacher with a passion for working with young people and a perseverance to make a difference to them and their future
• a teacher with a focus on their own professional development and a drive to work with us to become the best teacher they can be

*Our preferred applicant would be a ToD with the mandatory qualification (MQ).  However, any successful applicant without the qualification would be required to undergo training to gain the MQ.  This would be funded by Hazelwick School.

• Hazelwick School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and communicates a clear framework to employees. Safeguarding is a key aspect of every role and all staff must have read and be fully aware of the Child Protection Policy. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Visits to the school are welcome. Please email [email protected] to arrange a tour of the school or for further information about the post.