English Teacher

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Job Tile:        English Teacher

Location:       Reddish Hall School, Stockport, Greater Manchester

Salary:           £28,000 - £32,000 per annum dependent on experience and qualifications

Hours:           37.5 per week

Contract:       Permanent, term-time only

This is an exciting time to join Reddish Hall as we continue to expand our provision

Reddish Hall School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 18, catering for children with social emotional and mental health difficulties, with a high proportion of children who have a diagnosis of ASC. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life. 

We pride ourselves in steering children in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build confidence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live. Our curriculum is diverse and aimed to support young people with learning and ensuring that when they leave school, they have an abundance of skills to help them succeed in their next steps.

Job Purpose

We have a deeply held conviction that every child can achieve and reach their potential, we are looking to appoint an additional English Teacher teacher who can continue to inspire and enthuse a love of learning in our students. You will be an excellent classroom practitioner and team player with the ability and resilience to adapt to an extremely fast paced and changeable environment. We believe that all children deserve a life of choice and opportunity however they present. You will be ready and willing to use your initiative to successfully navigate behaviours that could be complex and challenging whilst promoting a positive culture of achievement and success.

You will be required to 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.

Under the reasonable direction of the Senior Leadership Team, carry out the professional duties of a school teacher as set out in the current School policies. Uphold the professional code of Teachers’ Standards.

• Be responsible for the learning and the achievement of all pupils in the class(es) ensuring equality of opportunity for all;
• Planning and preparing schemes of work and lesson plans;
• Create a purposeful learning environment;
• Teaching, according to individual educational needs, the pupils assigned to him/her, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere;
• Teach engaging and motivating lessons informed by well-grounded expectations of learners and designed to raise levels of attainment;
• Know how to make effective personalised provision/effectively provide differentiated tasks for those they teach;
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About the Group

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

Acorn Education and Care provide education and care across over 40 schools and more than 70 residential care homes nationally. Our vision is to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world. Every day we improve the lives of thousands of young people, their families and communities through a relentless focus on caring and learning.

Why join Acorn Education & Care?

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 children 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 children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to a fully enhanced DBS.

JOB ID 195103