Specialist English Teacher - Full time
The Rubicon Centre, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 4AN14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
7 September 2026
Closing date
27 April 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
13 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 - UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Due to the current post holder moving to a promoted post, we are looking to appoint an experienced, resilient, patient and enthusiastic English Teacher to lead the delivery of English to GCSE and develop literacy across the school. Other responsibilities will be based on school need and the skills and experience of the successful candidate.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a new challenge and has a flexible approach, to join a passionate, caring and committed team at The Rubicon Centre.
You will have a track record in raising standards and accountability for the performance of a significant cohort of young people. You will be a confident and effective teacher who can deliver exciting and challenging lessons to classes of up to six students. You will have an empathetic approach, a passion for supporting children with SEMH and SEND and a proven ability to manage challenging behaviour.
Many of our pupils are below national age-related literacy and numeracy levels when they arrive. Your ability to engage children with SEMH and SEND will be essential and understanding of Trauma informed practice would be a distinct advantage.
You will:
- Be able to teach and plan within a team
- Be adaptable and proactive; you must be able to react to the events the day could throw at you!
- Have demonstrated ability to scaffold and differentiate learning within small group settings
- Ensure students in your care make good progress
- Be committed to supporting and raising the aspirations of children with SEMH requirements in a small setting
- Have the flexibility to teach and plan non-core subjects
- As a Key Tutor, build positive and productive relationships with students, families and other agencies
We are passionate about supporting our students to overcome barriers in learning and life. For children and young people facing barriers to learning through circumstance, learning difficulties and challenging needs, the level of care and education must go above and beyond, and that’s what The Rubicon Centre Team aim to provide.
If you think you have what it takes to be a part of our team and join us in making a difference to our students and their families, we would welcome your application.
For further information about the school please visit the school website or call us on 01609 533951 for an informal chat.
Completed applications are to be emailed to acarring@selbyprs.n-yorks.sch.uk Mandy Carrington, Office Manager.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duties.
References will be required prior to interview. As part of our recruitment process online search will be undertaken on shortlisted candidates, on information available in the public domain. We encourage candidates to disclose anything that may be relevant to their application.
It is our objective to ensure that job applicants and staff are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential. We do not discriminate against any applicants on the basis of any protected characteristics, and welcome applications form all sections of the community.
What the school offers its staff
The School offers all employees training and support with the chance to develop skills working with students with social, emotional needs. Employees also benefit from NYC’s Vivup discount Scheme including access to tax free childcare vouchers.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duties.
References will be required prior to interview. As part of our recruitment process online search will be undertaken on shortlisted candidates, on information available in the public domain. We encourage candidates to disclose anything that may be relevant to their application.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Rubicon Centre
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 14 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- acarring@selbyprs.n-yorks.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01609533951
The Rubicon Centre is a Pupil Referral Unit supporting students who for whatever reason struggle to access mainstream settings. The Rubicon Centre is a school judged “good” by Ofsted December 2023. The numbers of students we work with can change on a daily basis, but our maximum number is 30. Students are referred to us from the five secondary schools in the Selby area. Our students come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Selby has one of the highest levels of need within North Yorkshire. Our catchment area is approximately a 20 mile radius of Selby Town. The Rubicon Centre was formed in September 2012 to replace the previous REOTAS provision and we moved into our new building in December 2012 which is a small but well equipped provision to enable small groups of students to make rapid progress.
The Rubicon Centre is a friendly and innovative school situated in the centre of the beautiful County of North Yorkshire, bordering the North York Moors National Park, offering a high quality of life. Selby is a small market town sixteen miles south of York and close to the M1 and M62. The School is only 10 minutes from the A1, making it easily and quickly accessible from York, Leeds and Hull.
The School offers all employees training and support with the chance to develop skills working with students with social, emotional needs. Employees also benefit from NYC’s Vivup discount Scheme including access to tax free childcare vouchers.
We aspire to develop a real sense of ambition and achievement at the school. Although admission to the school is often based on previous struggles encountered at mainstream schools all our students have a fresh opportunity to change direction and start to achieve. Our school logo “Dream Big, Dare to Succeed” is constantly reinforced through the way we work.
Arranging a visit to The Rubicon Centre
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email acarring@selbyprs.n-yorks.sch.uk.
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