Job summary
- Main area
- Class Teacher
- Grade
- Class Teacher
- Contract
- Permanent: Term time only (1265 hours of directed time over 195 days per academic year)
- Hours
- Full time
- Term time hours
- Job ref
- 260-TP-1054
- Employer
- North London NHS Foundation Trust 260
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 33 Daleham Gardens
- Town
- London
- Salary
- As per the STPCD
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Class Teacher
Class Teacher
Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we:
- Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
- Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
- Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
- Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
- Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
- Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do
We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.
The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.
Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/
As a values‑driven Trust, we recruit through our values. Our selection processes focus on behaviours, attitudes, and examples that reflect our organisational values and commitment to compassionate, high‑quality care.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technology that can perform various tasks that typically required human intelligence. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role.
We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.
Further guidance can be found in the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.
North London NHS Foundation Trust is committed to fair and transparent recruitment and requires applicants to provide accurate information, as misleading details may affect their application or employment and may be verified in line with the Fraud Act 2006. For further information please visit https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1.
Job overview
Gloucester House has an opportunity for a Class Teacher
Full time - Monday to Friday
This post is subject to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD). Full time teachers may be required to work up to 1,265 hours per year of directed time, allocated across 195 days.
Gloucester House is a specialist school with an embedded mental health team. The school is small (21 Children) and provides a unique therapeutic and education package. We are a fully integrated service with mental health and educational staff working closely together to provide a holistic approach for children with social emotional and mental health difficulties.
We can offer you an opportunity to:
• Work in a unique setting which offers an integrated health and education package
• To be part of an innovative, dynamic & supportive team
• Be part of a team that is committed to CPD opportunities in a unique setting.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
For more information on Gloucester House please visit: Gloucester House
Candidates are requested to use the section "Supporting Information" on the application form to set out their reasons for applying and their suitability, referring to the person specification, for this post.
Please note:
The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Main duties of the job
Carrying out the professional duties of a teacher as circumstances may require under the reasonable direction of the headteacher.
1. To teach pupils assigned to him\her, and to exemplify a good standard of classroom practice.
2. To lead and manage a small group of support staff in order to maximise children’s learning and behaviour for learning.
3. To prepare and implement long, mid and short term planning, in line with National Curriculum requirements and the curriculum policy. This will include planning and preparing lessons in advance.
4. To ensure children’s individual needs are catered for though knowing the child’s statement/EHCP and planning accordingly.
5. To ensure appropriate differentiation/personalisation so that pupils of all ability levels are able to access the curriculum in place.
6. To carry out assessment, recording and reporting procedures for all pupils assigned to him\her, including setting targets and writing annual review reports.
7. To contribute to the Integrated Care Plan and ensuring Positive Handling Plans are up to date and implemented, and to record progress in relation to these.
8. To promote the general progress and well-being of pupils assigned to him\her.
Working for our organisation
Gloucester House forms part of the Tavistock Clinic and is managed by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. It is a specialist school and CAMHS team which provides education and clinical services for up to 21 pupils aged 5-14 years who have social, emotional and mental health needs, often alongside other learning difficulties such as specific language or literacy difficulties and sometimes more general learning difficulties. Many of our pupils are neurodiverse.
Baseline records show that all pupils are underachieving when they start at Gloucester House. Many of the pupils who attend are from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, some of whom have experienced trauma or other adverse experiences in their early lives. The pupils come from both inner and outer London boroughs.
Gloucester House aims to provide a safe and nurturing environment through an effectively integrated educational and therapeutic approach to promote the holistic development of the children and young people.
All the pupils at Gloucester House have an EHCP, some pupils are looked after or adopted, and many have had multi-agency involvement prior to attending Gloucester House.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Teacher Status.
- Experience of working with children with special educational needs; in particular children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties
- Recent successful teaching experience at primary and early secondary level
- Evidence of effective oral and written communication skills.
- Evidence of the ability to ensure good behaviour among children in the classroom and to help to create a positive ethos
Skills
Essential criteria
- An understanding of good teaching practice in primary years and the conditions required to raise levels of achievement.
- An ability to lead and manage a small group of staff to be able to consider plan for and be responsible for progress and containment of a class of up to 7 complex and challenging children
- An ability to create a positive classroom environment that encourages independent working and celebrates achievements
- An ability to work effectively with parents\carers
- An ability to work sensitively, flexibly and collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team and liaise effectively with a clear understanding about the contribution of the teacher’s role in the process.
- An ability to manage a complex workload, which includes monitoring, planning and assessment for the children’s range of needs.
- An ability to understand and promote equal opportunity policies in all aspects of Gloucester House’s life.
- An ability to manage the personal, psychological impact of working with this specific population of disturbed children
- Enhanced DBS clearance
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of legislation in the area of special educational needs.
other
Essential criteria
- The post-holder will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
TLR
Essential criteria
- 5. TLR requirements For TLR 2 a teacher is responsible for the management of an area of the curriculum, including writing and implementing Action Plans, monitoring and impacting progress in the subject area.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Kemp
- Job title
- Operations Manager Child & Family Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Please contact via email, if required, we can call you back.
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