Teacher of KS2

This post at Astrea Academy Netherwood, an 11-16 academy in the Astrea Academy Trust, is for a teacher working with students currently attaining at lower levels across KS2 and KS3. The work centres on adaptive teaching that removes barriers to learning, uses assessment to close gaps and builds pupils' confidence. The school follows a knowledge-rich curriculum with explicit instruction and a warm but strict behaviour approach, with collaborative planning and no formal graded observations.

Visa sponsorship is not available, and the post starts at Easter 2027.

• Teach KS2 and KS3 lessons to students working at lower attainment levels
• Use adaptive teaching and scaffolding to remove barriers to learning
• Use assessment to identify and close gaps in learning
• Make complex ideas accessible and engaging
• Build strong, positive relationships with students

• Passion for inclusion and raising achievement
• High expectations with the right level of support and scaffolding
• Making complex ideas accessible and engaging
• Using assessment effectively to identify and close gaps
• Building strong, positive relationships with students
• Motivating and encouraging colleagues to share the vision

• Enhanced DBS check
• Satisfactory background checks including references

• Belief that every child can achieve regardless of starting point, background or needs
• Alignment with the trust's values and mission

• Support and progression opportunities
• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
• Support from the Astrea Trust central team
• Whole-class feedback policy with no onerous marking
• Centralised detentions, including homework detentions
• No formal graded lesson observations, with ongoing instructional coaching
• CPD, career development and promotion across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
• Opportunity to complete NPQs