D&T/Creative Instructor

How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four ?

Our colleagues' wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we're always looking for new ways to improve everyone's work/life balance. We're taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).

If the trial is a success, we'll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there's never been a more exciting time to join !

Job title: Design & Technology/Creative Instructor

Location: Westbourne School, Sutton in Ashfield NG17 2EL

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday

Salary: £26,000.00 per annum

Contract: Permanent, Term Time only

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Design & Technology/Creative Instructor to join our close-knit team at Westbourne School, part of Acorn Education.

About the Role

We are looking for a candidate to work under the reasonable direction of the Assistant Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team and carry out the duties of a Design & Technology/Creative Instructor.

You would be responsible for the learning and the achievement of Construction students in a variety of ways, including:

• Planning and preparing schemes of work and lesson plans
• Creating a purposeful learning environment
• Teaching, according to individual educational needs, the pupils assigned to you
• Know how to make effective personalised provision/effectively provide differentiated tasks for those you teach
• Know how to use skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT to support your teaching and wider professional activities
• Use assessment as part of your teaching to diagnose learners' needs, set realistic and challenging targets for improvement, and plan future teaching.

For a full list of Duties and Responsibilities, please see the Job Description

About Us

Westbourne School caters for pupils aged 11-18 and we are growing to 85 pupils across two sites. You will be responsible for planning and delivering various subjects across the curriculum. Differentiation and individualised learning strategies are vital skills required to meet the needs of all our pupils who will have had varying degrees of success in their educational lives.

Acorn Education is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a 'Great Place to Work' for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

You'll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit