30 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    22 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    21 March 2025

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Subject

Science

Working pattern

Full time: 08:30am - 3:30pm Teacher Pay & Conditions

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£21,731 - £49,084

Additional allowances

1 SEN (£2,679)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful applicant will have resilience, personality and skills to engage and develop students, who may have struggled within their previous educational settings. You will be keen to identify specific strengths or barriers to learning, implementing innovative and creative strategies to remove these barriers, and invigorate participation. You will be expected to provide valuable accredited pathways which reflect individual student competencies from Foundations Level, to in most cases GCSE.

Importantly, this member of the staff team will be expected to, and required to, deliver and develop other areas of the curriculum, being responsive to the emerging needs and profile of the school. Therefore, willingness or experience in teaching wider curriculum areas would be highly desirable.

You will have skills and personality to develop strong, professional and sustainable relationships with students, being positive, calm, resilient, consistent and reliable. You will be a visible participant in a team approach. Your individual and group management and communication skills need to be of a high competency. This specific post has Tutor Group responsibilities, supporting PSHE and Citizenship Curriculum, Careers Education and supporting the daily development of student’s social, emotional and mental health needs. You will work closely Teacher Assistants and Key Workers in order to support each individual student assigned to you.


What the school offers its staff

The Bridge School is a KS3 & KS4 Pupil Referral Unit. KS3 students, receive intervention and development programs, focussed on reintegration or transition. KS4 students attend The Bridge School as part of a wider Alternative Provision timetable, challenging them to achieve appropriate accreditation in line with their abilities, and preparing them for their next steps post 16.The School is looking for a competent and enthusiastic Science Teacher who is able to deliver one other subject and who will ensure all youngsters develop skills and knowledge in line with their abilities and potential. You will have the ability to fire up the motivation and engagement of our young people and lead them in the direction that builds a love for learning, and meaningful accreditation.

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.

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How to apply
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Additional documents

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

About The Bridge School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
School size
62 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01928 581301

Pupil Referral Unit

Arranging a visit to The Bridge School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Wayne.Alexander@thebridge.halton.sch.uk.

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