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  • Start date details

    6th January 2025 (an earlier start date may be available)

  • Closing date

    7 October 2024 at 4pm

  • Date listed

    4 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Subjects

Mathematics, Science, Special Needs

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£30,000.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS (£30,000 to £46,525) plus SEN1/2 allowance (depending on experience within specialist settings)

Secondary Science and/or Maths Teacher job summary

Full Time Secondary Science and/or Maths Teacher required for our Communication and Interaction School

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 in Science and/or Maths within the secondary phase of the school with some work with primary phase pupils. All of our staff also support the delivery of our bespoke social communication curriculum and work to develop life skills for pupils preparing them for their transition to adult life.

The Fusion Academy, a school for children and young people aged 7-19 with communication and interaction needs and/or autism. The school has just achieved its final stage of growth and is offering support to 90 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.

Salary - M Scale to UPS with SEN 1/2 allowance (depending on experience within specialist settings) - as a practitioner you will work with the other Science and Maths teacher within school to develop GCSE and Entry Level qualifications.

The start date for this position is 6th January 2025 (an earlier start day may be available).


If you would like further information about the role please contact the school office on 01455 243 689 office@thefusionacademy.co.uk and they will arrange a mutually convenient time for you to speak to a Tunde Read or Katie Noon (Co-Heads of School). Visits to the school prior to applying are welcome.


The closing date for applications is Monday 7th October 2024 at 4pm

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 15th October 2024


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.

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About The Fusion Academy

School type
Free School, ages 7 to 19
School size
85 pupils enrolled
Age range
7 to 19

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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