British Sign Language Tutor

Job description

Position: British Sign Language Tutor

Salary: : SO1, £37,068 per annum to be pro rata 

Hours of work: Full and Part Time (0.8) considered – Term Time Only

Contract Term: Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 7th February 2025 9.00am

Interviews: Week Beginning 10th February 2025 / 24th February 2025

Start date :  To start as soon as possible

Blanche Nevile School for Deaf Children, North London

Blanche Nevile School is a well-known and highly regarded School for Deaf students.  Its history dates back to 1895 when it first opened.

We are an exciting, innovative and successful provision for deaf children aged 3 – 16. The Secondary school is co-located with Fortismere School and the Primary school is co-located with Highgate Primary.

The post is currently for working in the Secondary School.  However, the expectation is that staff may also work in the Primary School.  The successful candidate will join a small team of skilled BSL Tutors at Blanche Nevile.

The school is on a journey to ‘Outstanding’ following a ‘Good’ Ofsted (February 2023).

“Pupils enjoy coming to this special school. They feel safe and they are happy. All pupils learn British Sign Language (BSL) as well as English. Communication threads through everything at the school. BSL is a vital and vibrant aspect of school life. Pupils and adults communicate throughout the day with humour and warmth.” (Ofsted 2023).

Secondary works in partnership with Fortismere School and Primary works in partnership with Highgate School.  We offer ‘The Best of Both Worlds’; British Sign Language and English, small class specialist teaching and high quality inclusion. We have a skilled team of deaf and hearing staff with a commitment to a child centred sign bilingual approach.

We are looking for an experienced BSL Tutor to plan and deliver a British Sign Language curriculum up to Level 4 or higher for Deaf and hearing pupils, parents and staff.  The successful candidate will:

• Have excellent planning and differentiation skills
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Have a qualification to teach Signature Level 1 to 4, or higher
• Have energy and enthusiasm and a commitment to work as part of a team
• Availability to work up to 6.00pm on some evenings
• Have experience of teaching and formally assessing BSL
• Be familiar with and practised at using formal assessments
• Be familiar with DCAL assessment

An informal meeting with Headteacher or a visit to the school, is warmly welcomed!

For an application pack and further information, please visit our school website www.blanchenevile.org.uk or email Deborah Lissowski on sbm@blanchenevile.org.uk

Blanche Nevile School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed following the validation of two relevant references for the post applied for.  The successful candidate will be required to obtain an enhanced DBS Certificate prior to starting work.