Location: Chances at Dawlish
Employment Type: Fixed-term for 1 academic year (with the possibility of an extension)
Chances Educational Support Services is a vibrant school dedicated to providing early intervention for students facing challenges in mainstream education. With a strong OFSTED rating and an impressive success rate in reintegrating students back into our mainstream partner schools, we provide a short-term alternative education provision for students who, for a range of reasons, are struggling in their current education. At Chances, our innovative curriculum, combined with individualised behaviour support and personalised learning, helps students develop resilience and thrive. In a safe and inclusive setting, we emphasise positive relationships, good behaviour, and academic success.
Chances have 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 - our core values are:
1. Resilience
2. Respect
3. Opportunity
Do you want to help us unlock potential with young people and their communities? Do you love a challenge?
Chances is seeking a passionate and dedicated English Teacher to join our dynamic team. This is a unique opportunity to deliver English to Key Stage 3 and 4 students within an alternative provision setting, with a strong emphasis on literacy, reading, and communication skills.
We are particularly interested in teachers who understand the importance of rebuilding confidence in learning, especially for students who may have experienced disruption or barriers in mainstream education.
Part of this role will also involve supporting additional interventions for students catching up with their learning in other subjects in addition to their regular lessons, in a 1-1 capacity or very small groups. Staff work with the subject leads at the students' mainstream schools to create intervention packages that will support students in catching up on any lost learning and/or working beyond their current working levels.
Chances Educational Support Services invites applications from both secondary and primary trained teachers who share our enthusiasm for early intervention and are eager to contribute to a collaborative and innovative educational environment.
The successful candidate will maintain a strong awareness of safeguarding risks, complete all safeguarding training, follow school safeguarding policy and procedure to record, report, and share information, and work with external agencies as required in order to promote the safety and welfare of students.
What is the role?
4. English Delivery: Deliver engaging and effective English lessons, supporting students to develop reading, writing, and communication skills. Inspire confidence in literacy and help students reconnect with learning.
5. Literacy & Reading Development: Promote reading across the provision, supporting students to improve fluency, comprehension, and enjoyment of texts.
6. Individualised Interventions: Plan and deliver targeted interventions in 1:1 or small group settings to support students in catching up with their learning.
7. Collaboration with Partner Schools: Work closely with mainstream schools to design intervention packages, ensuring continuity and supporting reintegration.
8. Student Relationship Building: Build strong, positive relationships with students, creating a safe and supportive learning environment that enables them to thrive.
9. Curriculum Innovation: Contribute to the development of an engaging and ambitious English curriculum tailored to the needs of students in alternative provision.
10. Assessment and Progress Monitoring: Track and monitor student progress, adapting teaching strategies to maximise impact.
11. Classroom Management: Create a structured, inclusive, and calm learning environment that promotes engagement and positive behaviour.
Who we’re looking for
About You:
12. Qualified Teacher Status
13. Strong classroom experience, including managing challenging behaviour Unlocking potential with young people and their communities
14. Understanding of the Key Stage 3 / 4 English curriculum
15. Strong knowledge of literacy and reading strategies
16. Effective written and verbal communication skills
17. ICT literate
18. Experience of, or strong interest in, intervention strategies
19. 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.
What we offer
20. Terms and conditions as reflected in the Teachers conditions Burgundy book
21. Employee assistance programme 24/7
22. Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities
23. Enhanced sick pay
24. Chromebook
25. Value-driven culture
26. Professional development opportunities.
27. Positive and supportive working environment.
28. Opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of students
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:
29. An identity check (photo ID)
30. Receipt of satisfactory references cover for 3 years to current
31. Documentary evidence of right to work in the UK
32. A satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
How to apply
Please read the job description and apply by completing our application form, describing your passion for this role even if you don’t feel you meet every point in the description.
If you’d like an informal discussion about the role or to arrange a visit to Chances, please contact Gary Hayes on 01626 864412 or for more information please visit.
To apply for this post please download and complete the attached application form from our website and return this either via email as an MS Word document to or posting to DYS Space Ltd, 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH.
Deadline for applications: 31st May 2026.