Every student deserves the opportunity to succeed, whatever their starting point—and while not all learners follow the same path, every learner deserves excellence. Join Weavers Academy as an Alternative Provision Teacher in our PRIDE POD, where you’ll deliver tailored support, rebuild confidence, and help students overcome barriers to re-engage with learning and thrive beyond the classroom.
Job Title: Alternative Provision Teacher
Location: Weavers Academy, Wellingborough
Salary: MPS/UPS
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Application Closing Date: Sunday 31st May
Interview Date: TBC
About You:
At Weavers Academy, you will be a compassionate and resilient professional committed to supporting young people to overcome barriers to learning. You will bring experience in pastoral care, inclusion, or student support, alongside a strong understanding of behaviour, attendance and the challenges that can impact engagement in education. With excellent interpersonal skills, you will build positive, trusting relationships with students, families and colleagues, and approach every situation with calmness, empathy and a solution-focused mindset. Above all, you will share our commitment to creating an inclusive environment where every student feels supported, valued and able to succeed.
Our Ideal candidate will have:
1. Qualified and Professional: Holds Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
2. Alternative Provision Experience: Brings experience of working within an alternative provision setting.
3. Strong Communication and Organisation Skills: Demonstrates excellent organisational, administrative, communication and interpersonal skills.
4. Driven and Resilient Practitioner: Shows resilience, motivation and a clear commitment to raising standards and achieving excellence.
5. Creative and Committed to Growth: A hardworking, forward-thinking individual who enjoys learning and actively seeks opportunities for continuous development.
About the Inclusion Team:
The Inclusion Team at Weavers Academy is a dedicated and student-focused group committed to ensuring that every young person is supported to thrive both academically and personally. Working collaboratively with staff, families and external agencies, the team provides tailored support for students with a range of needs, including behavioural, emotional and attendance challenges. With a strong emphasis on early intervention, relationship-building and removing barriers to learning, the Inclusion Team plays a vital role in promoting a safe, inclusive and nurturing environment where all students feel valued, understood and empowered to succeed.
About Weavers Academy:
Weavers Academy is a thriving 11–18 non-selective academy located in Wellingborough, and proud to be part of the growing Creative Education Trust. We offer a dynamic and inclusive learning environment where every student is supported to achieve their full potential.
Our academy is large enough to provide a broad and innovative curriculum, yet small enough to ensure that every student feels safe, valued, and happy. At Weavers, we place the quality of teaching and learning at the heart of everything we do, because we know it is the single most important factor in shaping student success.
We foster an ethos where it is ‘cool’ to learn, and we actively listen to feedback from families and students to continually improve our provision. To find out more please visit our
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13, children and young people across England. Since, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.
We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.
We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.
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Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) .
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.