Catch22 is a social business, a not-for-profit organization with a social mission. For over 200 years, we have designed and delivered services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities. Our 1,600 colleagues work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting 44,000 individuals from cradle to career. Today, we deliver alternative education, apprenticeships and employability programmes, justice and rehabilitation services (in prisons and in the community), gangs intervention work, emotional wellbeing and substance misuse, and children’s social care programmes.
Catch22 includes an alternative education provider for young people. Over 700 vulnerable young people with challenging behaviours are supported through independent alternative education schools or via a range of tailored support programmes delivered in school or off-site. Include schools provide an alternative to mainstream schooling, where multiple barriers to learning have previously affected engagement and access to education.
Catch22 include Norfolk is an Ofsted-registered independent school. It provides full-time, alternative, secondary education for young people who have been excluded from their previous school or pupil referral unit, or who need additional support beyond what is offered by a mainstream setting.
Job Description
We are seeking a Teacher to teach KS3 and KS4 Biology. The successful candidate will work in our alternative education provision in Kings Lynn, with a maximum of 8 students per class, supported by a teaching assistant in every lesson. This setup enables closer and more positive relationships through marking, assessment, and feedback. Many students work at a lower level due to missed education. The role involves working with students who have emotional and behavioural difficulties in small groups. The work is intensive, requiring flexibility, sensitivity, patience, and resilience. An ability to engage all students with creativity and passion for the subject is essential.
You will be part of a small but effective team where communication and professionalism are paramount. The work, whilst challenging, is highly rewarding. Your primary responsibilities will include teaching, producing schemes of work and lesson plans. Building rapport with students and families/carers is key, as is liaising with various agencies to address student issues and barriers to learning.
Main Accountabilities
Teaching and learning:
* Create an inspirational learning environment with high expectations of achievement, success, and progression.
* Plan, produce, and update schemes of work to meet curriculum, inspection, and accreditation standards, following guidance from the DfE and other regulatory bodies.
* Develop learning resources and routes that meet learner needs and compliance requirements.
* Prepare lessons for off-site students for support staff to deliver.
* Support learners in reflecting on their progress and setting positive targets.
* Maintain good order and discipline, safeguarding students’ wellbeing.
* Build effective relationships with students and families/carers; liaise with outside agencies as needed.
* Complete administrative tasks such as exam entries, register taking, and invigilation.
Other duties:
* Act as a role model, championing Catch22 and the Education directorate’s vision and values.
* Comply with policies on safeguarding, child protection, health and safety, data protection, and confidentiality.
* Engage in personal and professional development and collaborate with colleagues to share best practices.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience
* A recognized higher qualification with significant teaching and planning experience, with a willingness to work towards QTS.
* Experience working with young people with complex, high behaviour, and additional learning needs.
* Extensive behaviour management experience with students exhibiting complex needs and extreme behaviour.
* Previous experience teaching KS3 and KS4.
* Understanding of the National Curriculum and its application.
* Knowledge of behavioural techniques and theories and their practical application.
* Understanding of statutory requirements related to equal opportunities, discrimination, health and safety, safeguarding, and child protection.
* Knowledge of planning and assessment techniques.
* Ability to adapt a range of teaching, learning, and behaviour management strategies, including personalising learning to enable all learners to achieve their potential.
Additional Information
Salary: £35,000 FTE, depending on experience.
You will need to use your own vehicle.
See the benefits of working for Catch22 here.
Interviews will be scheduled as suitable candidates are identified, so early application is encouraged.
Catch22 values equality, diversity, and inclusion. We are committed to equal opportunity employment and service delivery. Diversity and Inclusion are integral to our daily work, supporting our vision of building a strong society where everyone has good people around, a purpose, and a good place to live.
We are committed to rigorous safeguarding and safer recruitment practices, ensuring all individuals are appropriately checked.
Please note, successful candidates will undergo an online search as part of due diligence, involving a search of publicly available online information and social media.
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