Nurture Teacher
The Fusion Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 8AG8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
20th August 2025
Closing date
23 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
5 June 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Needs
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS (depending on qualifications and experience) and SEN allowance.
Nurture Teacher job summary
Nurture Teacher (Secondary) required for our Communication and Interaction School
We are looking to recruit a secondary practitioner with a willingness to be adaptable to work within the primary or secondary phase with KS2 and /or 3.This would mean delivering their non subject specialism across classes and the potential for intervention teaching, with a focus on subject specialism, within Key Stage 4. For primary trained applicants this would mean utilising their knowledge of skills from the Primary curriculum to then extend knowledge of the Key Stage 3 curriculum within our setting. The classes are based on a nurture approach which means the young people are taught in the model of a primary classroom to limit transitionsions.
This is an exciting opportunity to change lives in a challenging but highly rewarding environment. Our staff are committed and dedicated to helping establish and grow this school as an outstanding provision for young people with communication and interaction needs. If you are skilled and committed to adapting your teaching to meet the individual needs of students, come and join our team. The role will include being a form tutor, planning and delivering learning within all areas of the secondary curriculum to a Key Stage 3 cohort of pupils. You will also plan and deliver our bespoke social communication curriculum and work with pupils to develop life skills that prepare them for their next phase of education.
The Fusion Academy, a school for children and young people aged 7-19 with communication and interaction needs and/or autism, supports 92 pupils. We are located in a purpose built school in Barwell. The Fusion Academy is part of a Multi Academy Trust called Open Thinking Partnership.
A flexible solution focussed approach to teaching young people of mainstream academic ability while addressing their communication and interaction barriers to learning is crucial.
Applications from ECTs will be considered, along with full time and part time applicants.
Salary - MPS/UPS (depending on qualifications and experience) and SEN allowance .
The start date for this position is 20th August 2025 with possible induction during the summer break..
If you would like further information about the role please contact the school office on 01455 243 689 office@thefusionaacademy.co.uk and they will arrange a mutually convenient time for you to speak to Tunde Read or Katie Noon (Co-Heads of School). Visits to the school prior to applying are welcome.
The closing date for applications is 23rd June 2025 at 12 noon
Interview date: Tuesday 8th July 2025
The Open Thinking Partnership is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people. An enhanced disclosure from the DBS will be required for this post.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to a check being carried out at an Enhanced level by the Disclosure and Barring Service regarding any previous criminal record.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Fusion Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Fusion Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 7 to 19
- School size
- 85 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Fusion Academy website
The Fusion Academy is for young people with autism and/ or communication and interaction needs who do not have a learning disability.
To come to The Fusion Academy, students must have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) that states communication and interaction and/ or autism as their primary area of need.
The Fusion Academy is not set up for young people with cognition and learning needs. It is designed for young people who, despite their difficulties around communication and interaction, have the potential to learn at an age appropriate level and will be looking to access qualifications and potential employment in the future.
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