Chances has consistently delivered excellent results. The staff are a mixture of quality teachers and highly trained youth workers, allowing us to focus on education, but also offer a holistic wrap‑around approach to the care we provide. Students are at the heart of every decision we make, fostering enthusiasm, confidence, and a passion for learning. After time at our provision, with the support of our great teachers and skilled youth workers, most students reintegrate back into their mainstream school successfully. Chances is part of DYS Space Ltd.
Core Values
* Resilience
* Respect
* Opportunity
Responsibilities
* English Delivery: Deliver engaging and effective English lessons, supporting students to develop reading, writing, and communication skills.
* Literacy & Reading Development: Promote reading across the provision, supporting students to improve fluency, comprehension, and enjoyment of texts.
* Individualised Interventions: Plan and deliver targeted interventions in 1:1 or small group settings to support students in catching up with their learning.
* Collaboration with Partner Schools: Work closely with mainstream schools to design intervention packages, ensuring continuity and supporting reintegration.
* Student Relationship Building: Build strong, positive relationships with students, creating a safe and supportive learning environment that enables them to thrive.
* Curriculum Innovation: Contribute to the development of an engaging and ambitious English curriculum tailored to the needs of students in alternative provision.
* Assessment and Progress Monitoring: Track and monitor student progress, adapting teaching strategies to maximise impact.
* Classroom Management: Create a structured, inclusive, and calm learning environment that promotes engagement and positive behaviour.
Qualifications
* Qualified Teacher Status.
* Strong classroom experience, including managing challenging behaviour.
* Understanding of the Key Stage 3 / 4 English curriculum.
* Strong knowledge of literacy and reading strategies.
* Effective written and verbal communication skills.
* ICT literate.
* Experience of, or strong interest in, intervention strategies.
* Ability to differentiate for a wide range of learning needs.
As part of our ambitions to improve equality and diversity, we would particularly welcome applications for this role from those who identify under any of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, which include race, age, disability, gender, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.
At SPACE, we work with young people and are fully committed to ensuring their safeguarding and welfare is a priority at all times. As part of our Safeguarding Policy and Procedures, all of our employees, contractors and volunteers will be expected to comply.
Upon a conditional offer of appointment being made, all employees will also be required to satisfy our pre‑employment screening process, which will include:
* Identity check (photo ID)
* Receipt of satisfactory references covering the last 3 years
* Evidence of right to work in the UK
* Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
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