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Secondary Nurture Teacher - Term Time

Heath Farm School, Ashford

  • Ref:KCC886-6060-140T
  • Posted:14/03/2024
  • Pay:£30,000-£45,000 per annum dependent on experience
  • Start Date:Immediate
  • App Close Date:04/04/2024 at 20:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?

Job Title:          Secondary Nurture Teacher

Location:          Heath Farm School, Charing Heath, Ashford

Salary:              £30,000 - £45,000 per annum dependent on experience

Hours:              35 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm 

Contract:          Permanent, Term Time only

UK Applicants only.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Secondary Nurture Teacher to join our close-knit team at Heath Farm School located in Charing Heath, Ashford.

About the role

You will be delivering inclusive, responsive and innovative teaching and learning to one of our Secondary Nurture Classes. You will constantly strive to produce outstanding/good teaching and learning at all times to ensure that all learners succeed. You will also have responsibility for overseeing a foundation subject within the curriculum and lead a small number of lessons to other secondary classes. 

You will teach in accordance with the ethos, organisation and policies of the school as a fully committed member of the teaching team and as detailed in the specific duties and core standards below.

Areas of Responsibilities

Teaching & Learning

  • Be responsible for the learning and the achievement of all pupils in your classes ensuring equality of opportunity for all
  • Ensure curriculum coverage, continuity and progression in the subject for all pupils
  • Ensure effective development of pupils’ literacy, numeracy and IT skills through the subject

Qualifications required

  • QTS or equivalent 
  • Excellent classroom practitioner
  • Ability to work successfully with pupils with challenging behaviour

Why join Acorn Education? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

  • Life Assurance
  • Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
  • “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

  • A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
  • 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
  • Cycle to Work Schemes
  • Electric Car Purchase Scheme
  • Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS,

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 

Information about the school

About the School

We are an independent SEN school that offers a unique and stimulating environment where every pupil can make outstanding progress in their personal development and enjoy success in their education. From our nurturing approach for primary pupils through to the relaxed working environment of the specialist College Provision, all students are encouraged to reach high standards in every aspect of their lives.

Our pupils present with a wide range of needs, including social and emotional issues, learning difficulties, mental health problems and associated conditions. However, they are able to enjoy extraordinary outcomes and be happy at school.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

Acorn Education is part of the Outcomes First Group.

Job Contact Information

Documents

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.