Solihull Alternative Provision Academy
Solihull
£19,483 - £20,102 per year
Salary:
Band B, point 3-5
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
29 September 2025
Apply by:
22 September 2025
Job overview
About this Role
Would you like to join the staff team of an expanding Alternative Provision Multi-Academy Trust?
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy, part of the Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust (SAPMAT) is an alternative provision where we provide innovative solutions for a number of students for whom mainstream education is simply not working (for a range of reasons). In our short lifetime thus far we have grown considerably and continue to expand as our provision evolves.
As we have developed we have continued to recruit committed, passionate and talented staff who ensure a full range of interventions to help change the outcomes of and life chances for our students for the better.
The successful candidate will have:
* A clear, consistent and relational approach to working with high-tariff and vulnerable students
* A passion for pupil progress
* High expectations and skill in raising standards (behaviour, attendance, academic progress)
* A vision for obtaining the best outcomes for our students.
The Academy leadership team is determined to give our students the best opportunities possible to become successful, responsible citizens with the best life chances. This is an exciting opportunity for you to progress in an aspirational, therapeutic and innovative environment with students who need you.
If you are a team player who is interested in working with young people in an innovative classroom environment, perhaps with previous experience in an educational environment we would welcome an application from you.
In return, SAPMAT will offer you:
* The chance to make a real difference in the lives of our children
* A friendly and supportive team
* Continuous professional development
* The opportunity to grow your own career within the trust
* Employee benefits including Staff wellbeing program
Please refer to the Recruitment Pack, Job Description & Person Specification for full details of this opening.
Please see full details of our
Child Protection Policy
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Safeguarding Policy
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Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants, as well as two satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks. We are a socially inclusive and equal opportunities Trust, and we are committed to actively promoting equal opportunities for all our staff and pupils. As part of the recruitment process, we collect and process personal data relating to job applicants. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use this data, meeting Data Protection Regulations in line with GDPR compliance.
We provide all members of staff who join Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust with a full induction programme.
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About Solihull Alternative Provision Academy
Solihull Alternative Provision Academy
Cranmore Avenue, The Quadrangle, Shirley, Solihull
West Midlands
B90 4LE
United Kingdom
"Open a school", they we did...
"It'll be great", they said...And it was, but also the toughest thing professionally any of us have done.
"So many pupils need something different", they said... and they were correct... our students did and do need something different.
Since April 18 we have been on a journey to use the idea of "Alternative" in Alternative Provision as a driver to create a new school for the most vulnerable pupils in the local authority, and the impact and results tell us we are making a real difference. Prior to our opening our local authority permanently excluded more secondary students than 90% of the rest of the country despite being the wealthiest borough in the West Midlands. So, in a unique partnership between the Local Authority, mainstream school and ourselves, we built a school, provision and curriculum to combat that and ensure the best possible outcomes for highest tariff students in the local authority. We have developed our school based on 4 specific targets:
* Prevent PEX
* Fewer FTE
* Beat Baseline and/or KS2 targets
* No NEETS
Every decision we make and every action we take is based on these four targets and absolutely child-focused and, from that simple premise, we have created our Academy. If you are looking for a new challenge and have unconditional positive regard, emotional resilience and utter belief that every child deserves a better future, then maybe we and, more importantly, our students need you as part of TeamSA.
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