Humanities Teacher

Closing Date: 27 February, 2026

Salary: In line with MPS

Location: Bloomsbury

As a Teacher at Odyssey House School, Bloomsbury, you will provide high quality teaching and learning opportunities that encourage, support, and enable students to achieve good progress and outcomes and to be successful learners. You will also provide pastoral care to students as required and to be aware of individual students’ mental health and wellbeing needs. In addition, you will communicate effectively with parents and other stakeholders in order to enhance students’ development and achievement.

You are required to fulfil and meet the responsibilities and duties as set out in the Teachers’ Standards (2012) and the current DfE ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ and current DfE ‘The Prevent duty’.

General 

Teach SEN students of various ages and needs

Teach to a high quality in line with ISS and OHS standards

Identify, plan and review needs and differentiate learning strategies

Be accountable for students’ progress and attainment

Produce documents and reports for students

Monitor student social communication development

Under the guidance of the SENCO and Head of School, liaise with parents and if required, other agencies, such as the GP, social workers, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists, etc.

Work flexibly to develop subject delivery within the ethos of the school

Supervise the work of Learning Mentors who work with your students

Provide pastoral support to students in your care, classes or tutor group

Teaching 

Set clear learning objectives and teach across the whole age and ability range.

Plan lessons and learning materials to motivate all students to make progress.

Set high expectations for pupil behaviour, learning, and presentation of work

Establish a purposeful working atmosphere and providing challenging learning experiences.

Take account of students’ prior attainment, learning styles and needs and use them to set appropriately challenging targets and learning activities.

Develop literacy and numeracy skills throughout teaching so that they do not present barriers to learning.

Provide intervention activities for students who need support to boost attainment

Set work for students absent from school.

Manage the behaviour of students within the classroom in line with the school’s Behaviour for Learning Policy.

Ensure that the classroom, resources and equipment are maintained in good order, regarding Health & Safety and security of property.

Assessment Recording and Reporting  

Maintain plans of lessons undertaken and records of students’ work.

Mark, assess and return students’ work in line with school policy, providing constructive oral and written feedback with clear targets for future improvement.

Use data and teacher records to set aspirational targets and plan challenging activities.

Report and record student results of assessments within the school’s recording and reporting structure.

Set and mark examinations, assessments and coursework as assigned by a member of SLT.

Attend the appropriate Parent/Teacher Evenings and individual meetings to keep parents/carers informed as to the progress of their child towards targets.

Be familiar with school records and information relating to students who have additional needs and use this information to ensure all students can access the curriculum and are supported to attain well and make at least good progress.

Pastoral Responsibilities 

Take responsibility for safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

Participate in the pastoral organisation of the school as a form tutor.

Be the first point of contact for parents/carers in the assigned tutor group.

Monitor and set targets for the social and academic progress of individuals in the tutor group.

Undertake responsibility for the delivery of tutorial programmes to the tutor group as required.

Promote good attendance and punctuality and monitor in accordance with the school’s Attendance Policy providing support/intervention for those who find it hard to maintain high standards.

General Professional Responsibilities 

Attend meetings as part of the agreed meeting cycle.

Undertake professional development identified through the performance management/appraisal structure.

Support and implement all relevant teaching and learning subject policies.

Act as a role model for students in respect of dress, attendance and punctuality and general conduct.

Ensure that all deadlines are met as published in advance.

Undertake professional duties and responsibilities necessary for the smooth running of the school, as may be reasonably assigned to them by the Head of School (e.g. duties, emergency cover).

Any other duties as required by the Head of School & SENCO.

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