18 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    9 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    20 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time (Can be done as a job share): This is a full time (term time only) permanent position; though we would always discuss flexible working arrangements for the most suitable candidate.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

GLEA 6.15 to 6.18 (£25,878 to £28,371 Pro Rata)

Actual salary

£22,195 to £24,333

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • We are looking for a candidate who:
  • Is able to work well in partnership with classroom teachers.
  • Is committed to and has experience working with children and young people
  • Is able to motivate and encourage children to meet their targets for learning and/or behaviour
  • Can demonstrate outstanding behaviour management skills and strategies.
  • Will represent the Acorn brand in their partnership working.
  • Can support the development of an innovative and engaging personal development curriculum.
  • Supports the inclusive ethos of the school and believes that every child should have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
  • Is committed to their own personal and professional development.
  • Thrives in a collaborative working environment.
  • Holds a full clean driving licence and has a vehicle to use for work.

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate will join a school of highly committed, professional and caring staff who are dedicated to raising achievement and providing aspirational role models for all of our children. The successful candidate will work alongside teachers as a team player in the classroom, but the main element of the role sees the provision of one to one, therapeutic support. The successful candidate will also represent Acorn as an Outreach worker, delivering prescribed schemes of work with individual mainstream students.

Flexible working opportunities

We are to consider flexible working arrangements for the right candidate.

Commitment to safeguarding

Acorn is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and we expect everyone to share this commitment. The School is legally obligated to process an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts.
The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings, and any other information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to rosierowe@theacornschool.co.uk

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About Acorn Free School

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 16
School size
3 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
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School website
Acorn Free School website
Email address
rosierowe@theacornschool.co.uk
Phone number
01522822428
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Acorn works in partnership with secondary schools throughout Lincolnshire and into Nottinghamshire, supporting pupils who are presenting with emotional and behavioural challenges. Pupils are all dual registered; with Key Stage Three students placed for short-term intervention and then phased back into their mainstream setting. The Key Stage Four offer is full time and permanent; we offer GCSEs in core subjects as well as a full suite of vocational options, all of which are classed to be of high quality. We pride ourselves on our ability to teach GCSE courses whilst at the same time providing students with the Personal Development Opportunities that they may need.

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