You can join one of our outstanding education teams where we go beyond limits
By promoting independence and enabling skill learning, we empower our students to be confident in their own abilities.
We provide high-quality education and support for children and young people with a range of special educational needs.
We don’t place limits on people. We see potential in everyone and know that each child or young person can achieve positive outcomes that are right for them.
You’ll join a dedicated team who are working hard to offer a curriculum that is stimulating and diverse, helping students to achieve their own personal goals, and nationally recognised accreditations.
You’ll experience a great sense of accomplishment that you’re helping young people have more opportunities to lead better quality lives.
A Typical Day at a Children’s School.
There’s no doubt that things are very different now because of coronavirus and it is a challenging time, but it’s equally rewarding. Our students depend on us so we always remain positive for them and each other.
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There’s lots of extra precautionary measures in place to protect against COVID-19, like wearing PPE and social distancing, but our ethos and approach has stayed the same. We are trying to ensure everything remains as ‘normal’ as possible and the positive attitude of all the staff really helps.
Some of the students find our PPE quite amusing. Sometimes our goggles steam up and it makes them laugh! We’re very vigilant about safety but we try to keep everyone’s spirits up. You can regularly hear singing coming from the classes, it might not all be in tune, but it’s a good sound and keeps a positive atmosphere in the school!
The students enjoy a variety of different lessons throughout the day. There’s also physical programmes taking place and we assist our students to use different specialist equipment. We’re on hand to help our students gain confidence in their own abilities and support them to reach their goals.
We also have several therapy staff on site, such as physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, who support the students with personalised programmes. The sessions are based on each student’s individual needs and the outcomes they are trying to achieve.
We always try to go outside as much as possible to make use of our beautiful grounds – outdoors learning is great for acquiring new skills and enjoying the fresh air.
Richard Horton, Principal
Training / Development
As well as ensuring that the children who live in our homes are safe and protected, it’s also our responsibility to enable their independence.
It’s our job to help the people we support develop their knowledge, and abilities, so that they can confidently lead a fulfilled and active life.
As a valued member of our team we’ll make sure you have all the knowledge and skills you need to do just that.
Workplace Apprenticeship Programmes
To help you further develop your skills, knowledge, and confidence and help you take the next steps in your career, you can access our Workplace Apprenticeship Programmes.
We offer the following qualifications:
- Children and Young People Workforce Level 3
- Care Leadership & Management Level 5
- Team Leading Level 2 & 3
- Business Admin Level 2 & 3
- Hospitality Team Member Level 2
- Hospitality Supervisor Level 3
- Adult Care Worker Level 2
- Lead Adult Care Worker Level 3
- Early Learning and Childcare Level 3
Throughout all this, you’ll be supported by a workplace buddy and mentor so that you can ask questions along the way to help you get the most out of your training.
Inspiring is a word that best describes my experience of working at Ingfield Manor School. Both the students and staff. Never in my life would I have thought that I would ever work in such a setting that is full of such positivity, kindness and teamwork. Each day working at Ingfield is full of laughter and high achievements.
There is no such thing as can’t because everyone CAN achieve and reach their end goals – they may just require some adaption and little changes to help them along the way. Everyone has a voice, there are just many different ways to express it and here at Ingfield they help achieve this.
The school has helped myself widen my knowledge in an area that growing up I never thought I would become involved in. It has helped me enable an understanding of the goals and places I wish to achieve in my future down the path of special needs and disability.
The school has helped to teach me new skills in conductive education and its importance to the students and training in many different methods of communication, especially Makaton, which has allowed me to communicate with a wider audience in the outside community we live in.
I honestly never thought I would ever find a place of work where at the end of each working day I could leave with a big smile on my face and the satisfaction that today I have helped someone achieve and reach their goals.”
Sarah Cannons
Ingfield Manor Team Member
People like you work in care & education.
People like Laurie…
Having worked both sides of the Atlantic in conductive education schools, Laurie Pullin is a passionate advocate of this style of learning. She oversees the primary provision and says that there’s nothing more rewarding than starting students off in their education and watching them succeed. She says that her fantastic students never fail to inspire her.
If you want to come to work every day and be with inspiring students and do an incredibly rewarding job, you should give this a go. You’ll be making a difference in the lives of your students and their families. It’s great to know that their futures will be different because of the way you work with them in a school like this. Having a job like this is pretty amazing, so it’s a challenge worth taking.
Everyone who shares our values
is welcome to join our family.
