Job description
Classroom Practitioner
Location: York, North Yorkshire
Start Date: September 2025
Salary: £83 – £100 per day
GSL Education are currently looking to appoint qualified Classroom Practitioner for Client Secondary School located in York, North Yorkshire, starting in September 2025. As a Classroom Practitioner, you will be responsible for delivering engaging lessons that meet the diverse needs of students, including those with SEN.
About the School:
- The school was graded by Ofsted as ‘Good’ in all areas, where all staff have high expectations of their pupils.
- The school was also graded as “Outstanding” by SIAMS.
- Established in the 1800s, the school proudly strives to provide a 21st century education for all their young people.
- The school offers encouraging learning in a Christian environment, where all students are cared for, respected, and given chances to help others.
- Home to state-of-the-art facilities, which promotes the school’s curriculum preparation for an appreciation of life in modern Britain.
- Performing arts, music, dance, and drama, are an essential part of every student's education at both Key Stages 3 and 4.
- The school currently works with students who have a wide range of additional needs, such as dyslexia, physical disabilities, issues with speech, language, and communication, conditions on the autism spectrum, more general learning difficulties, individuals with rare syndromes, impairments to hearing and vision, and attention deficit disorders.
Classroom Practitioner Requirements:
- Hold a relevant degree in education or a related subject.
- Proven experience working as a Classroom Practitioner in a secondary school, with a strong understanding of SEN and inclusive teaching practices.
- Excellent classroom management skills, with the ability to create a supportive and productive learning environment for all students.
- Ability to adapt teaching methods to meet the diverse needs of students, ensuring that all learners can access the curriculum.
- Knowledge and experience of record keeping and tracking progress of children.
- Hold a Child Only DBS registered to the update service or be willing to apply for one with GSL Education.
Classroom Practitioner Role and Responsibilities:
- Work with the class teacher to deliver differentiated lessons that cater to the varying needs of all students, including those with SEN.
- Work collaboratively with the SEN department to implement Individual Education Plans.
- Support children on a 1:1 and small group basis.
- Establish rapport and respectful, trusting relationships and communicate effectively with children and their families and carers.
- Provide academic, emotional, and physical support to pupils where appropriate, including the delivery of personal care where appropriate.
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS on the update service.
If you would like to apply for the position of Classroom Practitioner in York, North Yorkshire, please call Kerry Fowler at GSL Education and submit your up-to-date CV via the application link. Alternatively, please visit GSL Education official website to apply online.