Ruth Phillips

I am an enthusiastic, qualified teacher with 21 years teaching experience, ranging from foundation to post-16 and have worked in independent preparatory schools and SEN schools. In 2004 I gained experience at Great Barr School in the Graphics dept working with post-16 students doing CAD and technical drawing. In 2004 I gained QTS and went onto complete a successful NQT year as an art teacher in Atherstone, Warwickshire. I have worked as a Primary teacher since 2005 and specifically a SEN teacher since 2011 which is my teaching preference. I am Ruth Miskin Phonics trained. I have RWI teaching experience with progression of pupils and am confident within EYFS/KS1 teaching and assessment also. Through my teaching experience, I have used 2Simple and Story Park Assessment tools and taken part in two successful EYFS moderations. I am passionate about the safety, academic success and the overall wellbeing of the children I teach and care for. I am naturally kind and nurturing and I love to play my part in and witness the successful, learning journey of the pupils I teach. I have experience of SEND, BESD, ASD, ADD, FAS, PD, PMLD, VI, EAL. I am experienced at working with external agencies such as

• CAMHS, Education Services, Educational Psychologists, Health &

• Social Services and Speech &

• Language Therapists. My subject strengths are English, Cooking, Independent Living Skills, IT, Art &

• Design, Pastoral, Behaviour Management (positive).

SEN Provision IT & Administration Teacher at Dudley Inspired College (2025-09 – Present)

Teaching young adults with additional needs. The group are working towards Entry Level 2 in IT & Administration. Additionally, teaching Independent Living skills, Cooking and making items for the Christmas fair, Functional Skills in Maths and English.

• Planning, OCR assessments, meeting deadlines
• 'Going above and beyond' quote Curriculum Lead
• Trips, risk assessments, parent's evening
• Safeguarding, pastoral, behaviour management
• Using systems like ProSolution, ProMonitor, CPOMS, Evolve (risk assessments and trips)
• EHCP Annual Reviews
• Completing work and admin at home

Nursery Teacher & Reading interventions in KS1 at Glebefields School (2025-09 – 2025-09)

Nursery in afternoon with 18 children. KS1 Reading in morning.

• Training, communication with parents, face to face and via DOJO
• Planning, safeguarding
• CPOMS
• Working at home printing and buying resources

SEN Teacher at Severndale School (2021-10 – 2025-07)

Working across all three sites, Mary Webb, Futures and Monkmoor from EYFS to KS5.

• Moderation, planning, travelling on trips with pupils
• Sports days, report writing, parents evening
• Well-being events, displays, training, behaviour management, safeguarding
• Sherbourne PI training (a bit like Team-teach)
• Team playing, physical interventions when needed
• Cookery with children, Maths, English (functional skills), Art
• Invigilation, MTP, weekly planning
• Having to think on feet if plans are not available
• School PC and Bromcom registers for each class

SEN Teacher at Aspris Telford School (2021-03 – 2021-10)

• Moderation, planning, travelling on trips with pupils
• Sports days, report writing, parents evening
• Well-being events, displays, training, behaviour management, safeguarding
• Sherbourne PI training (a bit like Team-teach)
• Team playing, physical interventions when needed
• Cookery with children, Maths, English (functional skills), Art
• Invigilation

EYFS Teacher at Horizon Care & Education - Woodbury School (2020-06 – 2021-03)

• EYFS Moderation, planning, travelling on trips with pupils
• Sports days, report writing, parents evening
• Well-being events, displays, training, behaviour management, safeguarding
• Sherbourne PI training (a bit like Team-teach)
• Team playing, physical interventions when needed
• Cookery with children

EYFS Teacher at Windmill Primary School (2019-09 – 2020-06)

• EYFS Moderation
• Delivering lessons
• Report writing, assessment, trips, safeguarding and training (Educare, in-school training and Smartlog - Prevent Duty, Send, Child Neglect, Child Protection refresher, Covid-19, amongst others)
• Progress monitoring, resources, displays, EAL experience
• RWI Phonics
• Updating the school dojo from home daily (since working from home due to Covid-19)

Supply Teacher at Supply Teaching (2019-04 – 2019-09)

Foundation and KS1 mainly.

• Delivering lessons
• Behaviour management
• Safeguarding
• Assessment
• Pastoral duties
• RWI phonics

Customer Call Centre Advisor at Severn Trent Water (2019-01 – 2019-04)

• Answering customer calls
• Delivering customer service
• Working in a team
• Transferring to home base
• Dealing with difficult customers

EYFS Supply Teacher / Reception Teacher at Hillary Primary School (2017-09 – 2018-06)

Planning and delivering lessons. Report writing and partaking in Parent's evening as Class Teacher.

• Assessment, trips, assemblies, safeguarding and training (Safeguarding, EYFS Profiling, Thrive, FGM, Terrorism, etc)
• Progress monitoring, moderation, resources, displays, data analysis, EAL experience
• Experience with SEND children and use of IEP's
• BESD, VI and PD experience
• RWI Phonics
• Working with external agencies such as; CAMHS, Education Services, Educational Psychologists and Speech & Language Therapists

Supply Teacher at Supply Teaching (2017-03 – 2017-09)

Foundation and KS1 mainly.

• Delivering lessons
• Behaviour management
• Safeguarding
• Assessment
• Pastoral duties
• RWI phonics

EYFS Supply Teacher / Reception Teacher at Greenfield Primary School (2017-01 – 2017-03)

• Report writing, assessment, parent's evening
• RWI phonics, colourful semantics and Maths through stories
• Planning and delivery of lessons, assemblies, progress monitoring, resources, display, behaviour management
• BESD, EAL, SEND experience

EYFS Supply Teacher / Reception Teacher at Wattville Primary School (2016-05 – 2016-12)

Planning for SEND (6 Autistic/SEND Children within this class alone).

• Report writing, assessment, parent's evening
• Trips, training, planning and delivery of lessons
• Working with external agencies such as; CAMHS, Education Services, Educational Psychologists, Health & Social Services and Speech & Language Therapists
• Data analysis, assemblies, BESD/EAL/SEND
• RWI phonics

Reception Teacher at Wilkinson Primary School (2015-01 – 2016-05)

EYFS Moderation. Planning and delivering lessons. Report writing and partaking in Parent's evening as Class Teacher.

• Assessment, trips, assemblies, safeguarding and training (Safeguarding, First Aid, EYFS Profiling)
• Progress monitoring, moderation, resources, displays, data analysis, leading Art, EAL experience
• Experience dealing with a diabetic child who had to be monitored daily
• Experience with SEND children and use of IEP's
• BESD, VI and PD experience
• RWI Phonics
• Working with external agencies such as; CAMHS, Education Services, Educational Psychologists and Speech & Language Therapists

Reception/Year 1 & Year 2 Teacher at Clifton Primary School (2013-02 – 2015-02)

• Reception Teacher, report writing, assessment, parent's evening
• RWI phonics, Maths Mastery, planning and delivery of lessons, assemblies, progress monitoring, resources, display, behaviour management
• BESD/EAL/SEND/PD experience

Supply Teacher at Coleshill based Supply Teacher (2012-03 – 2013-02)

Supply work mainly EYFS and KS1. Through various agencies.

Industrial Recruitment Consultant at Ant Workforce Ltd (2011-05 – 2012-03)

• Sales, cold calling, face to face sales
• Liaising with existing clients, building new client base
• Payroll, bill paying, CV editing
• Interviewing potential employees over the phone and face to face
• Placing candidates into employment
• Marketing (designing logo and creating business stationery)

Supply Teacher at Primary Supply Teacher - Coventry based (2007-01 – 2011-05)

Teaching at Primary schools around Coventry and Warwickshire, EYFS, KS1 and 2. Delivering Art and Art History lessons to KS3 and 4 pupils and Scholarship pupils at Bilton Grange Preparatory School in Rugby, Warwickshire. Received an 'outstanding' observation from Ofsted whilst there.

• Invigilation, attending chapel, supporting whole school sporting events
• Parents evening and reports

Art Teacher at Queen Elizabeth Secondary School (2005-01 – 2007-01)

Planning and preparing lessons for Art at KS3 & KS4, GCSE Art moderation, displays showcasing National Curriculum levels next to work, whole school invigilation, communicating with GCSE Moderators, report writing, progress monitoring, planning and delivering lower school assemblies, marking and targets, feedback to parents, dealing with behaviour and pastoral duties, leading a weekly art club after school, leading Summer school events, attending school concerts and fairs, training and development days, fund raising. 79.9% A-C pass rate for my Art students as a teacher.

Graphics Department Teacher at Great Barr School (2004-09 – 2004-12)

Working with post-16 students doing CAD and technical drawing.

QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) in Teacher Training (2004 – 2004)

NQT (Newly Qualified Teacher) in Art (2004 – 2005)