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Welcome to Wyvern Academy! We are a vibrant and successful special school in Weymouth for pupils with severe, profound and complex learning difficulties, including autism. The school benefits from a spacious, purpose-made building and caters for up to 89 wonderful pupils aged 2 to 19 years.
Our school is one of four educational establishments situated on an educational campus close to the stunning Jurassic Coast, a place of renowned natural beauty in the county of Dorset. We are a unique and exceptional single academy trust catering for early years, primary, secondary and sixth form. We have a large staff team of highly skilled, dedicated and experienced staff.
Who we're looking for
We are looking for an inspirational individual who understands the importance of a bespoke curriculum and an individualised pathway. If you are flexible and creative with the energy and drive to support children to make and celebrate small but vital steps of progress, we would like to hear from you.
We welcome applications from all teachers with QTS. Ideally you will have experience of teaching children with special needs however if you have a genuine interest in a career within special education, please apply including your areas of expertise in your application. We also welcome ECT applications. Applications can be made online through the website. Please ensure that:
- you state how you believe that you meet the requirements of both the Person Specification and the Job Description
- your references include i) your current employer and ii) your previous employment that related to working with children; it is our policy not to interview candidates unless we have received both references prior to interview
- you provide specific dates (not just months/years) in your employment history and that you can explain any gaps
We do not accept CVs; please use all of the available aspects of the application form instead. Preliminary visits are very strongly recommended. Please note all interview correspondence will be via email.
This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process
About us
Wyvern Academy values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.
Wyvern Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. As this is a regulated activity, all successful candidates will be required to have an enhanced DBS and child and adult barred list checks in line with the Government's safer recruitment guidelines.
If you have not heard back from us by 7/7/23 you may assume that on this occasion you have not been successful.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
Keeping children safe in education
Wyvern Academy will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children.
All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.
