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**Job Title: Food Technology Teacher**
**Location: New Barn School, Welford, Newbury**
**Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications**
**Hours: 40 hours per week; Monday to Friday**
**Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only**
**UK applicants only.**
**Job Summary and Duties**
Working as a Food Technology Teacher at New Barn School, you will deliver fun
educational based learning which is tailored to each of our pupils to ensure
they will achieve positive results.
The role will be challenging but rewarding, working in a dynamic environment
where you can make a real difference. You will be expected to lead the
teaching of and co-ordinate flexible, person-centred programmes of study for
individuals and groups of pupils. You will be able to demonstrate a practical,
hands-on approach to teaching and be prepared to go above and beyond for the
young people we support.
Following a thorough induction programme, your duties will include:
* Preparing, planning and assessing teaching sessions whilst maintaining an awareness of curriculum developments
* Writing and implement individual education plans, making assessments of educational attainment, setting challenging yet achievable targets
* Build relationships with all young people, which will encourage their interest and participation in their education
* Creating an environment which is stimulating and purposeful for all pupils to promote teaching and learning outside the formal classroom settings.
Key Skills Required
* Hold Qualified Teacher Status is desirable
* Have a background of delivering teaching at a good or outstanding level
* Knowledge of current education issues in relation to terms of practice, process and curriculum
* Be experienced in or have an interest working within an SEN setting, supporting pupils and young people with challenging behaviour (SEMHEBD)
**About us**
New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and
girls, aged 6–19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health
complexities.
New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a
love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm
experiences and horse riding. The school is within a commutable distance of
Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns
and villages.
Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the
pupils and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence
necessary to help them fulfil their potential.
Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist
education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. 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.
**Why join Acorn Education?**
**Benefits**
**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional
reward package including:**
* 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
And that’s not all, 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.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and
young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and
successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
_***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.**_
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