Humanities Teacher

Dibden Park School; Southampton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Dibden Park School is seeking a qualified Teacher passionate about fostering young people's potential. In this dynamic role, you will teach History, Geography, and RE to small classes, ensuring each student's personal development and wellbeing. Join a new and innovative team focused on providing exceptional education for vulnerable students in an independent special school setting.

Benefits

Life Assurance

Pension scheme with options to increase contributions

Mental health support services

Physical health checks

Flexible Benefits Platform

Cycle to Work Schemes

Electric Car Purchase Scheme

Critical illness cover

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status is essential.
• Experience teaching secondary students preferred.
• Skills in safeguarding and pastoral care are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver engaging lessons across History, Geography, and RE.
• Observe, monitor, and assess pupil progress.
• Contribute to pupils' social, emotional, and academic development.

Skills

Inspiration

Motivation

Accountability

Education

Qualified Teacher Status

Secondary teaching experience

Job description

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As a dynamic and motivated qualified Teacher, you already have a passion for making a difference in the lives of pupils and young people. In this role, you will have every opportunity to live up to this ambition, responding to the needs of each individual as you help them flourish and thrive.

You will plan and deliver engaging learning on a daily basis, developing exciting and innovative methods that stimulate interest and excitement in the classroom. Working as a Teacher with us is not your average teaching role. Our class sizes are small, so you are able to create a nurturing learning environment designed around each individual’s needs, spending quality time with each pupil. You will observe, monitor and assess them, making sure their personal development and wellbeing are as important as the academic curriculum.

• Participate in Safeguarding and Team Teach training and always be vigilant of the pupils’ well-being and welfare in any interactions with pupils
• Responsibility for teaching three disciplines History/Geography/RE
• Inspire, motivate and challenge pupils in the delivery of the curriculum across the year groups
• Take responsibility and be accountable for the academic outcomes of pupils taught
• Contribute to the pastoral care of pupils and support their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
• Secondary teaching experience is preferred

About us

Dibden Park School is a brand-new school based in Southampton . Dibden Park School will place 60 students and will cater to students with social and emotional mental health and other complex needs. This is an exciting opportunity to grow and develop with a new staff team in a newly established independent special school.

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

We provide Education and Care across a number of schools and homes nationally. Our specialist SEN provision, coupled with our expertise within residential care means we offer thousands of vulnerable pupils across the UK a holistic, wraparound care, residential and education service, empowering them with everything they need to flourish.

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. Subject to Terms and Conditions