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GBP 30,000 - 45,000

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Job summary

Join a dedicated team at New Barn School as a Science Teacher, where you'll deliver tailored lessons for pupils with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health complexities. This rewarding role focuses on fostering a supportive environment, with competitive pay and a commitment to safeguarding. Qualifications include QTS, and prior experience in a secondary educational setting is preferred.

Benefits

Life Assurance
Pension Scheme
Access to Mental Health Support
Flexible Benefits Platform
Cycle to Work Schemes
Electric Car Purchase Scheme
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave

Qualifications

  • QTS is desirable; GSCE Grade C or above in Science, English, and Maths.
  • Background teaching Science at Secondary Level required.
  • Interest or experience in SEN settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver engaging, tailored lessons supporting individual learning needs.
  • Write and implement individual education plans with assessments.
  • Create a stimulating environment for teaching and learning.

Skills

Teaching Science
Curriculum Development
Building Relationships
Person-Centered Planning
Supporting Pupils with SEMH/EBD

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

Job description

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At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what makes you happy!

Job Title: Science Teacher

Salary:Up to £45,000.00 per annum

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our ongoing growth, we’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated Science Teacher to join our close-knit team at New Barn School, part of Acorn Education.

About the Role

As a Science Teacher at New Barn School, you will deliver engaging, tailored lessons that support each pupil’s individual learning needs, helping them to achieve meaningful and positive outcomes.

This is a rewarding yet challenging role where you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference every day. You will be responsible for leading and coordinating flexible, person-centred programmes of study for individuals and small groups.

We're looking for someone who brings a practical, hands-on approach to teaching, with the passion and commitment to go above and beyond for the young people we support.

Following a thorough induction programme, your duties will include:

  • Preparing, planning and assessing teaching sessions whilst maintaining an awareness of curriculum developments
  • Writing and implement individual education plans, making assessments of educational attainment, setting challenging yet achievable targets
  • Build relationships with all young people, which will encourage their interest and participation in their education
  • Creating an environment which is stimulating and purposeful for all pupils to promote teaching and learning outside the formal classroom settings.

Key Skills Required

  • Hold Qualified Teacher Status is desirable; GSCE Grade C or above passes in Science, English and Maths
  • Have a background of teaching Science at a Secondary Level, delivering teaching at a good or outstanding level
  • Knowledge of current education issues in relation to terms of practise, process and curriculum
  • Be experienced in or have an interest working within an SEN setting, supporting pupilsand young people with challenging behaviour (SEMH/EBD)

Qualifications Required

  • QTS

About Us

New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and girls, aged 6 – 19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities.

New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm experiences and horse riding. The School is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns and villages.

Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the pupilsand young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. 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 really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

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
  • Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils 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 safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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