Teacher of Alternative Provision within Nurture and Strive

St Peter's School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 7DD

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027 or sooner

• Closing date

  19 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,069.00 - £52,835.00 Annually (FTE) MPS/UPS

Teacher of Alternative Provision within Nurture and Strive job summary

TEACHER OF ALTERNATIVE PROVISION WITHIN NURTURE AND STRIVE

Salary: MPS/UPS.

Contract: Permanent. Full Time

Start date: January 2027 or sooner

Place of work: St Peters School, Huntingdon

Place of work:

Teaching is the most rewarding job in the world. We have the opportunity to change students’ lives for the better and you could make a positive impact at St Peter’s School.  

We are a forward thinking and rapidly improving, “good” school that is creating a legacy of learning for our community. Our students Learn, Aspire and Exceed as they work with our highly skilled teaching and associate staff supporting and guiding them. 

St Peter’s is part of The Cam Academy Trust which offers students and staff fantastic potential to collaborate, share and develop a wide range of teaching and learning across the schools in the trust. As a family of schools, we support, share and challenge each other to improve the future lives of all our young people. 

St Peter’s inclusion provision has a good reputation within The Cam Academy Trust and the local area. Our inclusion offer includes our KS3 Nurture provision and STRIVE, our internal alternative provision. This role sits across both.

Our KS3 Nurture provision has been established for 10 years. The Nurture department consists of 5 dedicated teachers leading the curriculum with experience in developing numeracy and literacy. There is a tailored curriculum based on improving students’ basic skills to an age-appropriate level so that they can successfully integrate into secondary school life. The Nurture teachers utilise a wide range of teaching strategies, using an adapted primary model, to improve engagement with education for the students. Class sizes are capped at 17 at a maximum but on average consist of 14 students or fewer.

STRIVE is our internal alternative provision for students in Years 8-11 who display challenging behaviour and are unable to be successful in mainstream education; some students also have SEND needs or an EHCP. Students study English, Maths, Science and Humanities, with those in Years 10 and 11 working towards GCSE qualifications, alongside an enrichment programme that includes AQA Unit Award Scheme certificates. STRIVE takes a broadly restorative approach built on its ethos of Support, Trust, Respect, Invest, Value and Educate, with clear routines, consistent expectations and positive relationships at its heart. Where appropriate, students are supported to reintegrate into mainstream lessons.

The suitable candidate will either be:

an experienced practitioner with SEND or primary experience

an ECT with an in interest in SEND, numeracy and literacy

St Peter’s prides itself in the professional development available to staff, we have had a number of staff complete a wide range of courses including: NPQML, and training with exam board providers as well as in house training. 

We are based in Huntingdon, just 12 miles north of Cambridge with its own mainline station connecting with London in less than an hour. 

For the right candidate, we are able to offer the opportunity to teach lessons across the age and ability range of our students.

For further details on our school please visit our website Home - St Peter's School.

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

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Peter's School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1506 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Peter's School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-peter-s-school-huntingdon

St Peter's School, part of The Cam Academy Trust, is a mixed comprehensive school located in central Huntingdon, with approximately 1,000 11-18 students on roll. It is an exciting and rewarding place to work, both for teaching and non-teaching staff, and we are always interested in hearing from dynamic and enthusiastic people who want to make a difference to children's education.

“The school have been unrelenting in improving the provision for pupils at St Peter’s School. Consequently, this is a school that is improving strongly and sustainably over time.” –Ofsted March 2017

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