English Teacher (Hiring Immediately)

_**How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?**_**Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, sowe’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s worklife balance.We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you couldbe working one day less a week (or equivalent).****If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group –so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG!****Job Title: English Teacher****Salary: £31,650.00 - £42,200.00 per annum dependent on experience****Location: Jubilee School, Waterlooville****Hours: 40 hours a week; Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm****Contract: Permanent; Term time only****Start date: February 2025****UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.****As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for anEnglish Teacher to join our close-knit team at Jubilee School, part of AcornEducation.****About the School**Jubilee School is a co-educational day school, which helps educate and supportpupils aged between 5 – 16 who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)challenges and additional complex behaviours. In addition to taking daystudents from the local area, Jubilee School is linked with four care homesand is located in Waterlooville, just outside of Portsmouth.We welcome staff who share our commitment to help pupils experience betterdays and better lives. Through ongoing development and training, we ensure ourstaff are well prepared for their jobs and given every opportunity to extendtheir skills.Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialisteducation for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes FirstGroup, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches thatprovide measurable outcomes for those in our care.We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officiallycertified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.**About the Role**We are looking for an experienced English Teacher to join our team at JubileeSchool. The successful candidate will have experience of planning and teachingEnglish. In particular they will be able to effectively deliver English,ensuring pupils make good progress from their starting points.We are looking for an exemplary classroom practitioner who has highexpectations of self and others and is passionate about encouraging all pupilsto achieve success. We want someone with excellent classroom managementskills, who teaches with an enthusiastic and nurturing approach and has highexpectations of learning. You will have successful experience of working withpupils with challenging behaviour either as a result of ASD or SEMH needs.Ideally, you would be able to contribute to the wider curriculum of the schoolthrough sports, arts, music, drama, and other enrichment activities. Inreturn, you will have the opportunity to work with a fantastic team in awelcoming environment.**Areas of Responsibilities & Key Tasks:****Teaching & Learning** * 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 himher, 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 provisioneffectively provide differentiated tasks for those they teach; * Have high expectations of young people including a commitment to ensuring that they can achieve their full educational potential and to establishing fair, respectful, trusting, supportive and constructive relationships with them; * Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT to support their teaching and wider professional activities; * Use assessment as part of their teaching to diagnose learners’ needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvement, and plan future teaching.**Why join Acorn Education?****Benefits****Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptionalreward 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 BenefitsPlatform, 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 and vulnerable youngadults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake everyday in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact onthe lives of others.****We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils andyoung people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks andsuccessful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.**_***You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving youmore time to do the things that make you happy.**__**#1**_