Alternative Provision Lead at King's Academy Ringmer

King's Academy Ringmer; Lewes; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CPD programme and progression

Wellbeing days

Enrichment opportunities

Job summary

King's Academy Ringmer in East Sussex is seeking an ambitious, reflective teacher to lead the new Alternative Provision for literacy and numeracy and re-engagement with learning. You will shape the curriculum, lead personal development, and create a calm, highly structured environment where students overcome barriers and thrive.

You will collaborate with colleagues, contribute to enrichment, uphold flagship trust values, and commit to safeguarding and inclusion as part of a growing trust.

Qualifications

• A passionate, reflective teacher with strong subject knowledge and commitment to high-quality teaching and learning.
• Experience planning and delivering lessons that challenge and support learners of all abilities, using assessment to inform teaching.

Responsibilities

• Shape the curriculum and lead personal development within an Alternative Provision.
• Create a calm, highly structured environment where students rebuild confidence and engagement with learning.
• Collaborate with colleagues to improve teaching and learning and contribute to enrichment opportunities.
• Uphold safeguarding, inclusion, wellbeing and high aspirations for all students.

Skills

QTS-qualified educator

Job description

About this Role

Are you an ambitious, compassionateQTS-qualified educator ready to build something extraordinary? At King'sAcademy Ringmer, we are launching a high-quality, nurturing AlternativeProvision to help students rebuild their confidence, master core literacy andnumeracy skills and re-engage with learning. Reporting directly to SLT, youwill shape the curriculum, lead personal development, and create a calm, highlystructured environment where students overcome barriers and thrive. If youpossess exceptional restorative and de-escalation skills, deep SEND knowledgeand a relentless belief in every young person's potential, join us to pioneer aprovision that turns challenge into success.

As a valued member of our staffteam, you will contribute to the wider life of the school, supportingenrichment opportunities and collaborating with colleagues to continuallyimprove teaching and learning. You will uphold the Trust values of Honesty,Faith and Courage in your daily practice and be committed to promoting inclusion,wellbeing and high aspirations for all students.

This is an excellent opportunityfor an ambitious teacher to make a meaningful difference to young people'slives while developing their own practice within a supportive school andgrowing Trust.

About you

You are a passionate and reflectiveteacher with strong subject knowledge and a commitment to deliveringhigh-quality teaching and learning. Whether you are an experienced teacher orat an earlier stage in your career, you are able to engage and inspire studentsand help them develop a curiosity for the past and success in the subject.

You have experience of planning anddelivering lessons that challenge and support learners of all abilities and areconfident in using assessment to inform your teaching and improve outcomes. Youunderstand the importance of creating an inclusive classroom where everystudent feels valued, supported and able to thrive.

You are a positive team player whobuilds strong relationships with students, colleagues and families and iswilling to contribute to the wider life of the school. You are resilient,adaptable and committed to your own professional development.

Above all, you believe in the powerof education to transform lives and are dedicated to improving outcomes and opportunitiesfor every student.

What can we offer you?

• Leaders who create a positiveworking environment where Teaching and Learning is the priority
• Conscientious and hardworkingstudents in a 'very happy and safe school' (OFSTED 2024)
• A growing school which now is one ofthe highest performing schools in East Sussex for Attainment 8 outcomes (2026)
• An effective behaviour for learningpolicy where 'pupils behave well' (OFSTED 2024)
• There is an exceptional programme ofenrichment, designed to appeal to all. As one pupil said, representing theviews of many, 'This is a school with something for everyone.' (OFSTED, 2024)
• A supportive and collaborative staffbody
• An excellent CPD programme andopportunities for progression
• Two week October half term andbespoke wellbeing days
• Academy wide staff benefits anddiscounts (My KGA)
• The opportunity to work in an EcoSchool
• A beautiful, rural environmentsituated approximately 12 miles from the coastal city of Brighton and Hove

King's Academy Ringmer

King's Academy Ringmer is a ruralcomprehensive with an ethos of "Honesty, Faith, Courage ". Our mostrecent Ofsted states "the school has a culture of courtesy and respect" and"pupils are expected to work hard and commit to their learning". Our results are significantly above nationalaverage for all students. We offer abroad, 'exceptional' enrichment offer through our Super Curriculum and studentssay "there is something for everyone".

King's Academy Ringmer is also anEco School and winner of the Department for Education's Sustainabilityaward.

King's Group Academies

King's Academy Ringmer is part ofKing's Group Academies. At King's GroupAcademies our vision is to provide 'opportunity and success on a global stage'which means we have a vision of a global community of pupils and colleagueswhose connection broadens horizons and fosters understanding. Our values of'Honesty, Faith, and Courage' drive our passion and ensure we collaboratewithin our UK communities and internationally, promoting global citizenship andcultural awareness. We believe that every pupil deserves a team of dedicatededucators and staff who are deeply invested in their success, supported bypositive partnerships with parents who hold us to the highest standards.

King's Academy Ringmer is committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people andexpects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts within ourMulti Academy trust are exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 andtherefore all applicants will be required to declare spent and unspent convictions,cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as spent and complete anEnhanced Criminal Records Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service(DBS)

Closing date for applications isMonday 2 November 2026 at 8am. Interviewdate TBC