Support Base Teacher

Medina College, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2DX

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Sept 2026 or Jan 2027

• Closing date

  4 June 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPR/UPR

What skills and experience we're looking for

Medina College (inc The Island VI Form) are seeking to appoint a qualified, enthusiastic and innovative Support Base Teacher to work with our students who need an additional sense of belonging and more of a bespoke learning package for a fixed period of time. The role will be working to re-engage students with education by providing a trauma-informed, values-led provision rooted in safety, belonging, and nurture. Through explicit teaching of emotional regulation, resilience, and life skills, students will be supported to overcome barriers to learning, working towards successful reintegration into mainstream education or transition confidently to their next stage.

Are you a creative, solution focused and adaptable team player who will have high expectations of students whatever their starting points and be able to work in an ever changing environment where staying calm is key? If so, contact us for a visit.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for teachers who embody our values within a school community: Ambition, striving to unlock the full potential of every pupil; Courage, embracing challenges with resilience and high expectations; Confidence, promoting positive learning environments where pupils and staff believe in themselves; and Kindness, creating a caring, inclusive school culture where every child feels safe, valued, and supported.

What the school offers its staff

Join a Community That Champions Transformation

We are incredibly proud members of the HISP Multi Academy Trust - a forward-thinking, vibrant educational community dedicated to providing courageous, transformative education for all. While we share a united vision to dismantle barriers to education, each of our settings brings its own unique ethos to your role.

If you feel you have what it takes to be part of our dynamic team, we would be delighted to hear from you.

What We Offer

• A supportive and collaborative working environment.

• Access to high-quality CPD and career progression opportunities across the HISP Trust.

• Opportunities to contribute to curriculum innovation and extracurricular activities.

• A school community that values creativity, independence, and critical thinking.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

HISP MAT 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

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About Medina College

• School type: Academies, None, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1226 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Medina College website
• Email address: hr@iow.hispmat.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/medina-college-newport

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