Associate Teacher

Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College, Ossett, West Yorkshire, WF5 0DG

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To Start September 2025

• Closing date

  5 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Scale 5, £21,871 to £23,725 actual salary (Pay Award 2025/2026 inclusive)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you looking for your next challenge? Do you want a varied and interesting role, which stretches you as an individual? If so, then Ossett Academy & Accord Sixth Form are seeking to appoint to the role of Associate Teacher.

The Academy needs an enthusiastic individual with the creativity and passion for education to provide cover for classes in the absence of teachers as and when required across the whole curriculum through Years 7 to 13, and who can create an enriching and orderly environment in which pupils can learn. Successful candidates will also be required to utilise specialist skills for activities which enhances the learning and progress of pupils in subject areas.

The successful candidate will be qualified to a degree level in a subject area of relevance to the curriculum at the Academy. The role would be an ideal opportunity for someone looking to gain teaching experience and/or move onto an unqualified teacher role.

What the school offers its staff

Ossett Academy is an Ofsted ‘good’ rated secondary academy with great facilities and fantastic staff. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a forward-thinking, ambitious team in a welcoming, friendly school.

We are confident that new staff joining our Trust will feel welcomed and happy to have chosen us. As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits and we also encourage prospective candidates to look at our website for further information regarding our ‘People Pledge’ and our recently launched Employee Benefit package Working For Our Trust - Accord (accordmat.org).

Here are a few examples of employee benefits that focus on our employees Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing:

• Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Technology scheme via SmartTech*
• Access to an extensive discounts platform via Accord Rewards
• Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
• 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner through Healthcare Cash Plans
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Free annual flu jab
• Free, on-site parking at every site
• Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings

*restrictions apply

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Accord Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

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OA Recruitment Brochure - Associate Teacher.pdf - 7.87 MB (opens in new tab)

About Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1728 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ossett Academy and Sixth Form College website
• Email address: hr@accordmat.org
• Phone number: 01924282748
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ossett-academy-and-sixth-form-college

Ossett Academy is part of the Accord Multi Academy Trust which is a Wakefield based Trust; all four academies in the Trust are closely located to one another which lends itself to many opportunities to work closely and collaboratively. All academies are within a three-mile radius of one another and can be found a short drive off junction 40 of the M1.

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