14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2026

  • Closing date

    28 November 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    14 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£21,783.00 - £23,212.00 Annually (Actual)

Alternative Curriculum Practitioner job summary

ALTERNATIVE CURRICULUM PRACTITIONER

Single Status Grade 5/6 Points 12-16 (depending on experience)

Salary £25,989 - £27,694 pro-rata - Actual Pay £21,783 - £23,212

35 hours per week (Mon-Fri 8.30am to 4.00pm), 40 weeks per year
(39 weeks term time incl Inset days plus 1 week during school holidays)


Closing date: 9am Friday 28 November 2025

Interview date: Tuesday 02 December 2025

Starting date: 05 January 2026

NB: we advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at the school’s alternative provision centre, called The Route, where we are looking to appoint an Alternative Curriculum Practitioner. The Alternative Curriculum Practitioner will play a key pastoral and emotional supportive role in the school to support pupil learning and wellbeing. The post holder will also share good practice, support one to one sessions and participate/lead group work.

You will work under the professional guidance of our inspiring and supportive Alternative Curriculum Co-Ordinator to implement work programmes for individuals/groups which could include those requiring specific behaviour for learning assistance. The role will be based in our exciting and inclusive inclusion facility The Route, which offers exceptional support of anxious/vulnerable pupils, both within the unit and within their transition into mainstream education. The ability to engage and support with a holistic and dynamic approach is central to the philosophy of The Route.

The ideal candidate will:

  • Be committed to working with young people

  • Has excellent organisation and communication skills

  • Has good literacy and numeracy skill

  • Has previous or equivalent experience

  • Has good interpersonal skills

  • Has the ability to relate to pupils and a clear understanding of how to motivate pupils

The job role consists of:

  • working with the inclusion team to establish an appropriate learning environment

  • working with Alternative Curriculum Coordinator and Deputy Headteacher (Climate for Learning) to coordinate an alternative curriculum for targeted pupils

  • working with teachers to support session planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans as appropriate

  • monitoring and evaluating pupils responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against The Route indicators

  • coordinating specialist workshops for target pupils bringing in outside professionals where appropriate

  • developing and implementing additional learning opportunities through external providers and the local community

  • contributing to the development School Based Plans for individual pupils

  • promoting independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement and self-reliance

  • working in partnership with the teaching staff to implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupils’ responses/needs

This school offers:

  • A strong and visionary leadership

  • To be part of a vibrant community

  • To be part of an exciting new environment in our all-through campus.

  • A grading of ‘good’ by Ofsted (Outstanding for EYFS), 2018

  • Excellent CPD opportunities for all levels and interests

  • Staff Wellbeing: a genuine focus on staff wellbeing

You will join a team of dedicated and caring staff in establishing outstanding provision, learning and progress for all our pupils.

If you have the skills, drive and enthusiasm this could be the perfect role for you.

Please visit our website for further details as well as the application process https://cet.uk/vacancies/

We look forward to receiving your application, if you have any questions please email hr@cet.uk

Please note that we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and expect all those who work with us to share this commitment. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-check-applicant-criminal-record. We give high priority to promoting diversity throughout the school

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

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About The Cavendish School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 16
Education phase
Through
School size
1372 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
The Cavendish School website
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The Cavendish School is a popular co-educational Academy, catering for the 2-16 age range, which has had a Specialist Status in the Arts since 2002. We have a planned admission number of 60 in each year group in the primary phase and 180 for each year group in the secondary phase.

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