Teacher
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Teacher
- Job Location: Hospital Educ Serv Outpatient Team Base
- Salary: MPS or UPR
- Hours per Week: 27.50
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 30/11/2025
- Job Requisition Number: 12966
- This post is not open to job share
About the Role
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service (GHES) is looking for an outstanding teacher of science, to join their existing teaching team, starting as soon as possible or Easter 2025.
Throughout Gloucestershire, for students who are too unwell to attend their own school, GHES provides short term education, supporting their reintegration to mainstream schools when they are well enough. We teach English, maths and science to the vast majority of our students, from reception to Year 11. For science lessons we are able to offer practical sessions and hope to see this increase next academic year.
If you have never considered teaching in Alternative Education this may be the opportunity you are looking for to apply your teaching skills on an individual or small group basis, and being able to make a difference to every child you work with. This is a hugely rewarding role and the successful candidate would find themselves working in a team of highly motivated and creative teachers. The role can be peripatetic and require travelling across the county to visit children in their homes or to teach in one of our classrooms in Cheltenham. Increasingly, the majority of KS4 lessons are online in small groups, and any candidate would be expected to embrace the use of technology and online learning for this teaching role.
During the year our student numbers rise and fall, so the successful candidate needs to be flexible with working patterns within a school day, and the ability to deal well with students flowing in and out of groups. We serve the county of Gloucestershire, and students can be located anywhere within that. Therefore, it is essential that candidates hold a full driving licence and have use of a car.
About you
We are looking for a teacher who:
- Takes pride in their work and thrive in a busy, constantly changing environment
- Are able to plan engaging and motivating lessons that support young people who are ill, have very low self-esteem and can re-kindle a love of learning
- Is flexible and adaptable in the moment
- Who demonstrate an ability to provide a learning environment to support the needs of all learners, especially our neuro-diverse students
- Have excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with students, parents / carers, staff at GHES, and professionals in education.
- A firm belief that a medical condition should not stop a child fulfilling their full potential is essential.
- Has experience of teaching GCSE Chemistry, Biology and Physics to GCSE Grade 9.
About GHES
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the hospital education team. You can be confident of joining a highly professional, passionate, supportive and very experienced team of teachers, pastoral and administrative team working tirelessly to ensure the best outcomes can be achieved for every individual despite the health barriers they may be facing.
If you are an outstanding teacher of science looking to apply your teaching skills and experience in a very different setting, have a great deal of empathy and commitment to making a difference to every child you work with, then please get in touch to find out more information.
We strongly recommend you visit us prior to making an application as we look very different from a mainstream school environment. For further information or to arrange to visit, please contact us: ghes@gloucestershire.gov.uk or phone 01242 532363.
About Us
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Teacher's Pension scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
All applications must be made through the GCC Job Vacancy website where you will find the job description and further information about the role.
Positions are subject to an enhanced and barred DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Additional Information
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The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
This Position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.