Vacancies at Break Through School
We are an independent alternative school that is dedicated to providing the best possible education and care for our learners. We believe that every learner has unique abilities and potential, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and supportive environment where they can thrive.
Our team is made up of dedicated and compassionate individuals who are committed to making a difference in the lives of our learners. We offer a variety of opportunities for career growth, and we are always looking for individuals who share our passion for helping learners reach their full potential. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career, we would love to hear from you.
Our Salary and Benefits Package
Salary & Benefits
Excellent base salary in line with TES, upper quartile salary structures, and a sector leading benefits package.
Bike2Work Scheme
Improve your fitness, avoid a stressful commute, and save up to 42% on the cost of bikes and equipment.
Introduce a Friend
Earn a bonus by recommending someone who would like to a start a career in teaching or would like to join our team.
Attendance Reward
We want to recognise and reward those members of staff who demonstrate exceptional commitment to their job.
Wellbeing Fund
Our staff can request a £100.00 contribution to learn a new skill or to support their wellbeing or personal development.
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Current Vacancies
We are looking for a dynamic and adaptable teacher for ICT within our specialised alternative setting. We encourage applicants who would work well in a challenging setting, with a restorative and flexible approach. The ICT programme will range from entry level to GCSE. We have a full cohort of 45 learners, each of whom require a bespoke approach to the curriculum.
Our paramount concern is around learner’s wellbeing, aiding them in removing barriers to their learning, working on improving self-esteem and providing life-long learning experiences.
We are open to hearing from newly and unqualified tutors if you feel you have the necessary skills to deliver quality teaching.
We can offer you:
- A great learning and working environment and welcoming and enthusiastic staff and pupils who are keen to learn and enjoy learning
- CPD opportunities
- The opportunity to be a part of the schools continuing journey of improvement to be outstanding, working with a dedicated and hardworking staff, supportive parents and active Governance
Break Through School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant with require an enhanced DBS check and references will be taken up before interview.
Visits to the school are welcomed and strongly encouraged. To arrange a visit or for more information please contact Ruth Elliott, Principal. 01322 440049
Closing date: – 17th November 2023
Interviews:- To be confirmed
Salary:-Competitive
We are looking for a dynamic and adaptable qualified teacher for KS4 English + another subject (open to discussion) within our specialised alternative setting. We encourage applicants who would work well in a challenging setting, with a restorative and flexible approach. The English programme will range from entry level Functional Skills to GCSE. We have a full cohort of 45 learners, each of whom require a bespoke approach to the curriculum.
Our paramount concern is around learner’s wellbeing, aiding them in removing barriers to their learning, working on improving self-esteem and providing life-long learning experiences.
We are open to hearing from newly qualified if you feel you have the necessary skills to deliver quality teaching to KS4.
We can offer you:
- • A great learning and working environment and welcoming and enthusiastic staff and pupils who are thoroughly rewarding to work with
- • Continued CPD opportunities throughout the year
- • The opportunity to be a part of the schools continuing journey of improvement to be outstanding, working with a dedicated and hardworking staff, supportive parents and active Governance
- • Private health care package
- • Career progression opportunities within the school and the wider Melrose cohort
Break Through School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant with require an enhanced DBS and DBS checks, with referencesbeing taken up before interview.
Visits to the school are welcomed and strongly encouraged. To arrange a visit or for more information please contact Ruth Elliott, Principal: 01322 440049
Closing date: – 30th November 2023
Interviews:- To be confirmed
Salary:-Competitive
Current and Future Opportunities
We are always looking for passionate Teachers, Tutors, Instructors and Learning Support professionals to join our friendly team. We offer full training packages for successful candidates, therefore, experience and/or qualifications are not essential. If you would like to register your interest for current or future opportunities, please submit your details below.
Staff Development Case Studies
We are absolutely committed to supporting our staff to achieve their career progression goals and aspirations and are pleased to share some of their success stories here.
HT
Harj joined us last Autumn term, 2022, having dropped in as she walked by and realised we are an independent school due to our new signage.
Harj was looking for a new, part-time opportunity to offer literacy outreach as a consultant. Her passion for improving literacy for young people was evident in our discussions and we were aware this was an area for the school to develop.
Harj was initially employed to be an English teacher and settled in quickly. Her reflective and intuitive approach to teaching meant differentiation and responsive delivery were amongst her strengths.
It was soon evident to the Senior Leadership Team that Harj has great potential in leading on the curriculum.
Upon discussion, she demonstrated a strong aptitude for researching programmes, schemes, comparative provisions and devised systems that would work best for our bespoke setting.
Through our new ownership, we were able to reform the Senior Leadership Team structure and appoint two new SLT members as Curriculum and Pastoral leads. Despite only being with us for a very short time, it was clear that Harj had a strong vision that complemented ours for the trajectory of Break Through School and needed to play a critical role in the progress of our curriculum.
In the following Spring and Summer months, Harj has proceeded to implement and devise new and improved offers that will provide learners with the best opportunity for lifelong success, which is our purpose.
Harj embodies our values, modelling respect and equity to our learners and staff alike.
She is thriving in her new role, which has been expedited by the opportunities afforded to us by us joining the Melrose Education group of schools.
GL
GL joined Break Through school in Sept 2021 as a Teaching Assistant. Throughout his first academic year, he was enrolled onto a Foundation Degree in Education Studies, working a 4 day week with us. He completed his studies in May 2022 and after a period of reflection, felt he wished to apply his newly found understanding of education to a developed role.
GL spoke openly about his desire to move out of his partner’s parents house and to do so would need an increase in wages. He was keen to demonstrate his skill set in the hope we would acknowledge this and it would reflect in his pay. GL began working a 5 day week and has shown an intuitive understanding of our Young People’s needs, particularly where they are sensory driven. As a result, he began using pads for Young People to expend additional energy. As he sought to understand our Young People’s needs, he came to a realisation that he himself has traits in line with ADHD and has since sought for an adult diagnoses (ongoing).
In Dec 2022, a position became viable as our Operations Manager handed in his notice. We took this opportunity to restructure staffing and GL was offered the opportunity to lead on Outreach and H&S (prior to a Health & Safety champion role being established).
GL has embraced the role, developing relations with parents/carers of our persistent and significant absentees; liaising with authorities, teachers and staff to meet the needs of our remote learners and attempting to re-engage them with education.
GL now works directly under the Assitant Principal: Pastoral & Behaviour role. He has exemplified his keenness to succeed and achieve his objectives. His line manager expresses his enthusiasm and he has been vocal in hoping to increase his status and role in the near future.
