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_**4DWW will be rolled out within our school, when we have a full complement
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**Job Title: Primary Teacher**
**Location: Heath Farm School, Charing Heath, Ashford**
**Salary: £30,000 - £45,000 per annum dependent on experience**
**Hours: 35 hours per week; Monday to Friday**
**Contract: Permanent, Term Time only**
**UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.**
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a
Primary Teacher to join our close-knit team at Heath Farm School located in
Charing Heath, Ashford.
**About the role**
As the Teacher, you will be delivering inclusive, responsive and innovative
teaching and learning to one of our Primary Classes. You will constantly
strive to produce outstandinggood teaching and learning at all times to
ensure that all learners succeed. You will also have responsibility for
overseeing a subject area of the school curriculum. Under the reasonable
direction of the Head Teacher and Senior Leadership Team, you will carry out
the professional duties of a schoolteacher as set out in the current School
policies.
**Essential**
* Qualified Teacher Status or equivalent
* A deeply held conviction that every pupil can achieve and reach their potential
* The belief that all pupils deserve a life of choice and opportunity
* Ability to be adaptable in a fast-paced extremely environment
* Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils
* Ability to support colleagues in developing their practice in relation to the subjects you lead
* Excellent classroom practitioner and team player
* Ability to work successfully with pupils with challenging behaviour
* High expectations of others
* Resilience
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Willing to undertake training
**Qualifications required**
* QTS
**About us**
It is an exciting time to join Heath Farm School. Under the leadership of the
new, forward-thinking Headteacher, the school and its team are currently in
the process of redesigning and creating a purposeful and unique ‘Heath Farm
Curriculum’ that fully meets the holistic needs of our students.
We are an independent SEN school that offers a unique and stimulating
environment where every pupil can make outstanding progress in their personal
development and enjoy success in their education. From our nurturing approach
for primary pupils through to the relaxed working environment of the
specialist 6th Form Centre, all students are encouraged to reach high
standards in every aspect of their lives.
Our students present with a wide range of needs, including social and
emotional issues, learning difficulties, mental health problems and associated
conditions. However, they are able to enjoy extraordinary outcomes and be
happy at school.
As an independent SEN school, we are far removed from the toxicity and
bureaucracy found in so many other schools and we are able to abandon
ineffective and traditional methods in favour of new, highly effective and
tailored initiatives – essentially, we do what we know is right for the
students in our care.
Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist
education 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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