Overview
As part of our continued growth, we are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicated Primary Teacher to join our close-knit team at Park School, located in Chipping Norton.
Responsibilities
* Teach small classes of pupils with varied and complex needs, tailoring your approach to meet individual learning styles.
* Design and deliver creative, flexible, and inclusive lessons that capture imagination and inspire progress.
* Work closely with a multi-disciplinary team including support staff, therapists, and pastoral colleagues to ensure every child’s needs are met.
* Contribute to pupils’ social, emotional, and personal development, not just their academic outcomes.
* Play a key role in maintaining our safeguarding culture, ensuring pupils feel safe, respected, and supported at every step.
* Be part of an environment where pupil voice matters – our learners are actively involved in their education and encouraged to make choices about their learning journey.
This role is challenging, rewarding, and offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact on children’s lives by helping them to develop confidence, independence, and a love of learning.
What we're looking for
* Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
* A creative and adaptable approach to teaching
* A commitment to raising outcomes for children with additional needs
* Enthusiasm, resilience, and the ability to work as part of a collaborative team
About us
Park School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 7 to 18, catering for pupils with a wide range of social, emotional and mental health needs. 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 pupils 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.
Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. 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.
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.
We place the outcomes of the pupils 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.
Benefits
* 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.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.
Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.
Chipping Norton, England, United Kingdom
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