Primary Lead Teacher

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Are you an innovative Primary Leady Teacher committed to improving the lives of pupils?

We are looking for a Primary Lead Teacher for our New Acorn Education School - Manor Wood School, Bishopsworth. The school will have capacity for 80 pupils and is due to open May 2025. The school will be a co-educational provision for pupils with complex needs including SEMH.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils.

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.

• Salary: Up to £47,000 per annum depending on experience (not pro rata)
• Location: Manor Wood School, Bristol, BS13 8AG
• Hours: 40 Hours per Week, Monday to Friday
• Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

About the role

This is a great opportunity for a Teacher who wants to spend more time developing creative learning opportunities for pupils with varied and complex needs. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where pupils are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.

When it comes to looking after our pupils, we never settle for second best. We are looking for a Primary Teacher experienced in teaching a range of subjects and who shares our vision to build incredible futures by empowering vulnerable young people in the UK to be happy and to make their way in the world.

The post holder will secure high quality teaching, effective use of resources and improve standards of learning and achievement for all pupils in consultation with the Assistant Head; Improving the quality of pupils' learning in KS2.

Contributing to the development and innovation and / or implementation of KS2 policy and procedures and have a lead responsibility for KS2 and develop plans which identify clear targets and success criteria for its development and / or maintenance

Teach a range of subjects as necessary to ensure the effective delivery of the school's curriculum. Work may sometimes be undertaken outside the main teaching area - this may include off site locations including college settings

To share the school's responsibility to support and promote the learning, personal development and well-being of all students

Qualifications required:

• Degree
• Teaching qualification/QTS

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

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.