16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    17 April 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    1 April 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 36 hours per week, Term Time only

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£33,699 - £37,280

Actual salary

28,374 - £31,948

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, hardworking and flexible Teacher to join a team of dedicated staff who are committed to providing an excellent learning environment and become part of a successful team in a busy working environment.

Whether you are an experienced Teacher who has worked within a mainstream or specialist education setting, or someone who has exceptional vocational skills and a real drive to make a difference in children’s lives, you must be able to provide our children with aspirations for their futures along with promoting a positive culture in everything you do.

Knowledge of SEN will be advantageous and you must be able to respond to the emotional, social and mental health needs of our children and young people. You will be required to ensure the safety of our children and young people and facilitate their access to learning by responding to individual needs, which may include personal care and hygiene needs such as toileting and nappy changing.

Experience in working with the relative aged pupils for the position in which you to be considered for would be necessary.

Via your excellent interpersonal skills, you will have the opportunity to make judgements on the attainment and progress of our students and be able to help them celebrate success.

You will be working as part of a team supporting whole class lessons, group work and working one to one with pupils. You will be part of a committed staff team who are motivated every day by improving the life chances of our children and young people.

What the school offers its staff

Are you ready for your next challenge? Can you teach and deliver creatively? Are you passionate about making a real difference to pupils with SEND? Are you nurturing, inclusive, empowering, caring, passionate, enriching, encouraging, child-centered and family focused? Are you ready to inspire the next generation of young minds? Are you a relentless children’s champion? Take a leap and become part of the Discovery Team of Dreamers, Believers and Achievers. View our recruitment video hereJoin the #DiscoveryCrew! We’re hiring!Find out more about us hereWe are the #DiscoveryCrew!

Discovery Academy is a school for children and young people with SEND located on the Norfolk Park Estate in Sheffield. The Academy is run by the award-winning Nexus Multi Academy Trust, and we have been open for just over 3 years.

We believe that inspiring young people with their learning is about giving them a sense of belief that they will achieve their potential. This is an opportunity to build the school ethos from the ground upwards. Be a part of a house system that gives children and staff a sense of belonging and is dedicated to its values by developing staff to become even greater.

We have an immersive approach to our curriculum that is thematic throughout the school. Our classrooms are immersive and allow pupils to work independently and in collaboration together in fun learning spaces. We believe that learning takes place when children feel safe, stimulated and secure where kindness, care and self-belief are the foundations to learning.For further information about the school please visithttps://www.discoverysheffield.org/

What you can expect from us

Wellbeing – Pay – Careers and Training – Annual Leave and Flexibility

  • Access to free wellbeing support resources including counselling, medical and legal advice and an option to top up to private healthcare via corporate membership of a healthcare plan.
  • Access to discount schemes for savings with high street retailers, restaurants, activities and lifestyle services
  • Auto enrolment into a leading pension scheme with Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Access to extensive and tailored career pathways, CPD programmes, training and coaching giving you the opportunity to grow and develop your career
  • An Induction package to help you settle in and approach your role with confidence and enthusiasm
  • The ability to contribute to and share quality practice with other professional TAs, Teachers and the wider team
  • Internal opportunities across the Trust academies and to work with specialised leaders in education on nationally recognised projects
  • Flexible working policies
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Annual leave increases based on length of service plus bank holidays for support staff


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.
Skilled Worker visas can 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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Additional documents

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

About Discovery Academy

School type
Free School, ages 7 to 16
School size
108 pupils enrolled
Age range
7 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

School location

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