327 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    31 July 2027 at 9am

  • Date listed

    7 September 2026

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): 0 hour contract - Monday to Friday (Term time only)

Contract type

Casual

Hourly rate

£17.56 to £24.33 depending on experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Class Teacher (bank staff)

Acre Wood Academy, Crowborough, East Sussex

Contract: Bank/Casual (Flexible, as required)

Salary:MPS1 to UPS3 on the Rest of England Payscale

Acre Wood Academy is seeking passionate, adaptable and enthusiastic Class Teachers on a flexible basis to join our dedicated team, providing high-quality teaching cover across our specialist academy on a flexible basis.

Whether you're an experienced teacher looking for greater flexibility, recently retired, returning to the profession, or seeking valuable SEND experience, this is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive and rewarding environment where every day makes a difference.

As a Bank Teacher, you will provide high-quality teaching cover across the academy, ensuring pupils continue to receive engaging, personalised learning experiences in the absence of their class teacher.

Join us and help every pupil achieve their full potential. We look forward to welcoming you to Acre Wood Academy.

What the school offers its staff

About the Trust

London South East Academies Trust is a growing and ambitious Multi-Academy Trust, currently comprising mainstream, special and alternative provision academies, alongside an outreach service and a music hub. Our schools are located across Bromley, Bexley, Sussex, Lambeth and Surrey, serving a wide range of communities and educational contexts.

Across the Trust, our schools share a strong commitment to raising attainment, encouraging aspiration and supporting social mobility for every pupil, throughout their educational journey and beyond. We take a holistic but personalised approach to education, recognising that children thrive when their individual strengths, needs and circumstances are properly understood and supported. This enables pupils to flourish and achieve their full potential, whatever their starting point.

We believe that great schools are built by great people. As a Trust, we invest in our staff through strong professional development and leadership opportunities, clear expectations and supportive structures. We actively encourage collaboration and the sharing of best practice across schools, supported by high-quality, cost-effective central services that allow leaders and teachers to focus on what matters most: improving outcomes for pupils.

London South East Academies Trust sits within the Elevare Civic Education Group, which also includes a multi-campus further and higher education college, London South East Colleges and a charitable foundation, Elevare Education Foundation. This unique structure provides meaningful progression pathways for pupils and families, as well as broad development and career opportunities for staff across the wider Group.

Our teams are united by a shared belief in the power of education to change lives. By continuing to grow our Trust and welcoming new expertise and perspectives, we aim to strengthen our schools further and extend the positive impact we have on our communities.

Equal Opportunities

London South East Academies Trust is fully committed to being an Equal Opportunities Employer and to creating a diverse, inclusive and respectful working environment, free from discrimination and harassment. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of race, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, parental status or marital or partnership status.

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we will offer an interview to applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you have accessibility needs or require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know.

Please note that if a suitable applicant is identified, we may close the advert before the published closing date.

If you have any specific queries about the role, please contact us atlseathr@lsec.ac.uk.

As the Trust supports children and vulnerable adults, all roles are exempt from Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and, where relevant, a Children’s and/or Adult’s Barred List check. Any offer of employment may be withdrawn if these checks are unsatisfactory. Self-disclosure is required as part of the recruitment process, and failure to make a full disclosure or to provide sight of a DBS certificate is likely to result in withdrawal of an offer. The Trust’s DBS policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available on request.

All appointments are also subject to verification of the right to work in the UK, in line with Home Office requirements. Original documentation will be required prior to commencement of employment.

Flexible working opportunities

This is a bank staff role on a zero hour contract.

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Acre Wood Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 4 to 19
Size
144 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Acre Wood is a specialist school for pupils and students aged 4-19 with a wide range of special education needs, including Profound and Multiple learning Difficulties (PMLD), Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD) and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It is set across three sites (primary, secondary and sixth form) located closely together in Crowborough, East Sussex. 


The school is now part of London South East Academies Trust. This will bring many new opportunities as we embark on our exciting journey as Acre Wood Academy.


To find out more about the Trust visit here 

Arranging a visit to Acre Wood Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email isabel.murphy@lsec.ac.uk.

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