[BNM] [OT] Finding a teaching job in Brighton

[Jason Bailey]

> As we're moving to Brighton this summer, the missus is going to be
> looking for work in the area.  She's a special needs teacher, and I
> was wondering whether anyone had advice on whether there were
> particular schools to avoid or prefer ?

My wife's a teacher at a primary school. They do have a high turnover of 
substitute teachers covering teachers on maternity leave etc. She says jobs 
are competitive but perhaps doing substitute teaching will pay the bills 
for a while.

As for special needs schools there's a few. The one I can think of is downs 
view in woodingdean. Their website isn't too helpful at the moment but 
looks like they will be adding information
<http://www.downsview.brighton-hove.sch.uk/homedir/tour.htm>
Offsted says "....Downs View is a school for pupils with severe and 
profound and multiple learning
difficulties and autistic spectrum disorder. Of the 133 on roll, 54 are 
aged over 16.
There are 32 vulnerable and looked after children. About 14 per cent of the 
pupils are
from ethnic minorities. There is a department for pupils with severe or 
complex autistic
spectrum disorder.  .."

Jason