Organisation  Brian Jackson College

Location  Huddersfield Provision – Monday & Heckmondwike Provision – Tuesday to Friday

Hours of Work  8.30 am – 3.30pm Monday to Tuesday & 8.30am – 3.45 pm Wednesday

Location  Wellington House. Huddersfield HD1 6RX

Position type  Permanent

Interview Date TBC

Start Date January 2026

The Charity

Established in 1974, Fresh Futures is a regional charity that supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people, and their families, within Kirklees and surrounding areas. 

Our vision is for all children, young people and their families to have opportunities for a better life, now and in the future. 

We are committed to improving the lives of children and young people by providing opportunities that enable them to achieve a positive destination that is right for them. We empower families and influential adults to make positive choices, so children and young people live healthy and happy lives. By working within communities, we support children, young people, and their families and advocate for them. 

We listen. We respect. We include. We empower. We care. Through the work we do, we aim to make a positive and lasting difference for the people we support. 

The Role

An exciting opportunity has become available within Fresh Futures’ Brian Jackson College Team. We are seeking an enthusiastic Science Teacher to join our team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in the planning, delivery and implementation of our science curriculum and support our organisation’s mission

Why the role exists and overall responsibility

To provide high quality teaching to pupils, within a specialist subject, in line with national curriculum guidelines.

Main activities

• Teaching
• Plan classes in line with the curriculum as relevant to the age and ability group/subjects that you teach
• Prepare and develop teaching materials, teaching programmes and pastoral arrangements as appropriate
• Provide an inspiring, motivating and challenging environment to enable pupils to fulfil their potential
• Provide different techniques to engage pupils in active, hands on, creative problem based learning.
• Provide teaching based on each pupils individual needs, capabilities and learning preferences
•  Apply a range of observation, assessment, monitoring and recording strategies as a basis for setting challenging learning objectives for pupils of all backgrounds, abilities and dispositions, monitoring learners progress and levels of attainment.
• Provide pupils with feedback to enable ongoing learning and development.
• Demonstrate an understanding of and take responsibility for promoting high standards of literacy including the correct use of spoken English (whatever your pecialist subject)

Behaviour and Safety

• Establish a safe, purposeful and stimulating environment for pupils.
• Use the schools framework for behaviour management to implement a range of strategies, consistently and fairly.

Team Work and Collaboration

• Participate in any relevant meetings/professional development opportunities at the school, which relate to learners, curriculum or organisation of the school including pastoral arrangements.
• Take part as required in the review, development and management of the activities relating to the curriculum, organisation and pastoral functions of the school.

Wider Professional Responsibilities

• Ensure parents/ carers are kept informed of pupils progress, achievements and well being
• Co ordinate delivery and progress across both provisions working collaboratively with all teaching staff employed at Brian Jackson College.
• To ensure that adequate information is provided in the event that ‘cover’ is needed or absence due to sickness or any other cause.

Administration

• Ensure pupil records and plans are kept up to date.
• Be fully responsible for marking of all pupil work following the schools marking policy.
• Safeguarding Duties and Responsibilities
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• The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Following duties are expected for all staff

• proactively ensuring the effective implementation of Child Protection and other related policies
• ensuring full compliance with all relevant statutory regulations as well as all school policies, Health & Safety regulations etc.
• communicating effectively with all relevant stakeholders including colleagues,students, parents and outside agencies as appropriate.

Other Duties

• To promote Equality and Diversity in all aspects of work
• To co-operate with the promotion and maintenance of a safe and healthy working environment and own health and safety
• Perform any reasonable duties as requested by the head teacher.

Knowledge, training and experience required

• Experience working with KS3 & KS4 pupils in Alternative provision or PRU setting
• Specialist subject
• PGCE/QTS or equivalent- NQT would be considered
• Experience of delivering within the national curriculum, and functional skills
• Experience of assessing, recording and reporting on pupils learning
• Current Safeguarding children level 1 training
• Working with young people experiencing SEMH
• Training in behaviour management

Key personal characteristics

• A team player with a positive, solution focused approach
• Flexible and reliable
• Inspiring and enthusiastic
• Good time management

Completed application forms should ideally be emailed to us at [email protected] or be posted to Brian Jackson College, Vision House, High Street, Heckmondwike, WF16 0AD and must arrive no later the closing date and time specified.   

For further information regarding the role please contact Nicola Atkinson on 01924 408306 or at [email protected]k