Job Description

Keys Co-operative academy Trust are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic & dedicated Teacher (Science/Maths) to contribute to high quality teaching and learning at Heybridge Co-operative Academy.

Candidates will be expected to teach small groups of pupils in school and may have to undertake 1:1 teaching off site. Applicants should have experience of teaching students who have emotional and behavioural difficulties.

The successful applicants will be required to teach GCSE and Functional Skills to KS3 and KS4 pupils.

Heybridge Co-operative Academyis a mixed 11-16 Pupil Referral Unit, our most recent Ofsted (July 2015) the school was awarded Outstanding. We have strong partnership links to our referring Secondary Schools. We cater for up to 115 pupils.

Please do not send your CV, an application form must be completed and sent to hr@kcat.co.uk.

Information about the School

Mid Essex Co-operative Academy is an 4 – 16 school for 135 young people most of whom have found it difficult to be successful in a mainstream school.

We are very proud of the provision we offer. Students are taught in small groups and they study the core curriculum at both Key Stage 3 and 4. In addition to the core curriculum, we provide rich and varied extended curriculum opportunities ranging from music therapy, targeted literacy intervention, horse riding to vocational courses and work experience placements. Small classes benefit students and enable them to make good progress as staff can ensure that learning is tailored to individual student needs.

At Key Stage 3, in partnership with local schools, we focus on supporting young people to return to a mainstream school. At Key Stage 4, we focus on providing the opportunity for students to gain 5 GCSEs to ensure a successful transition to post 16 education or training. Many of the young people who attend Mid Essex Co-operative Academy arrive here at a point of crisis or conflict in their lives. It is our aim to ensure that we help them to regain a sense of confidence and self-esteem which allows them to compete on equal terms with their peers, despite the disruption to their education caused by leaving mainstream school. We have an ongoing target that none of our Year 11 leavers are NEET (Not in education, employment or training) and we regularly maintain this excellent target.

The Primary unit for Key Stage 1 and 2 students is located in Witham. The school opened in January 2021. As with the secondary unit, this serves young people, most of whom have found it difficult to be successful in a mainstream school. We are very proud of the provision we offer. Students are taught in small groups and they study the core curriculum. In addition to the core curriculum, we provide rich and varied extended curriculum opportunities ranging from music therapy, targeted literacy intervention, horse riding to vocational courses and work experience placements. Small classes benefit students and enable them to make good progress as staff can ensure that learning is tailored to individual student needs.