Establishment: The Deaf Academy Location: Exmouth, EX8 2AU Salary: £25,381 - £49,746 Department: School Job Type: Part Time
Closing Date: 16/10/2025 09:00 Interview Date: 22nd & 23rd October Start Date: ASAP - Depending on notice period
Contract Type: Permanent Contract Term: All year round Hours per Week: 19.50 Weeks per Year: 52.140 Pay Grade: Pay Scale ranging from Unqualified Tutor to Teaching Higher
The Role
We are looking to recruit a talented and energetic teaching professional to provide a small group of our students who are working below and within the early stages of the National Curriculum Level with the education they deserve. Experienced in multi-sensory and practical learning, at a foundation stage level? BSL user at level 1 or above? Interested in coordinating individual provision and creating individual timetables?
Working at the Deaf Academy, you can be certain that you are part of a team that does its utmost to inspire and enable our young people to thrive. Preparing young people for a happy, healthy and fulfilling future is what it’s all about for us. We provide specialist education and care for deaf young people across the United Kingdom.
Key Responsibilities:
* Plan, deliver and assess a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
* Coordinating timetable to meet individual need, which may include internal and external learning opportunities
* Contribute to raising standards of student attainment and behaviour within the Academy
* Be a positive role model and demonstrate consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviours, which are expected of students
* Build good working relationships with the whole team including being able to identify opportunities for working with colleagues and sharing the development of effective practice with them
Key Requirements:
* Either a Certificate of Diploma qualification in Play Therapy, or relevant Teaching and Learning qualifications, or Qualified Teacher Status (or working towards)
* Experience of planning and delivering successful teaching that improves outcomes for individual or small group of learners with SEMH needs
* Ability to form and maintain positive and effective relationships with students, colleagues, parents and other professionals
* Able to identify and coordinate other agencies for individual learning plans
* Experience of effective support for children with SEMH needs
Benefits:
* Deaf Academy Teacher salary scale, with progression through standard and higher levels of pay depending on good performance, including an additional SEN point (and further SEN point depending on qualifications)
* Access to the Teachers Pension Scheme
* Sponsorship to achieve relevant postgraduate qualifications including the Teacher of the Deaf qualification
* Sponsorship to achieve British Sign Language (BSL) qualifications up to Level 3
* Free on-site parking and £2 subsidised lunch
* Cycle to work scheme
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Access to a 24/7 Employee assistance program
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults; as such an enhanced DBS check is required. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected. The Academy is a Disability Committed Employer in promoting diversity and inclusion for all its students and staff.
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