Primary Specialist

Why Join Yewlands Academy? At Yewlands Academy, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed, regardless of their starting point. Our Reconnect Provision plays a vital role in ensuring students develop the skills, confidence and resilience they need to thrive in secondary education and beyond. This role offers: The opportunity to work with a highly supportive team. A chance to make a significant impact on students' lives. Ongoing professional development and training. A specialist intervention role that combines excellent teaching with meaningful pastoral support. The opportunity to shape and develop an innovative provision designed to improve outcomes for vulnerable learners. If you are an outstanding Primary Teacher who is passionate about helping young people overcome barriers to learning and become truly secondary-ready, we would love to hear from you About the Role Yewlands Academy is seeking an exceptional and dedicated Primary Teacher to join our specialist Reconnect Provision, working with a cohort of students who are not yet secondary-ready. This is a unique and rewarding opportunity for an experienced practitioner to use their primary teaching expertise to support some of our most vulnerable learners as they transition successfully into secondary education. Our Reconnect Provision is designed for students who arrive at secondary school significantly below age-related expectations in literacy, numeracy and core learning skills. Many have experienced barriers to learning, disrupted educational experiences, low confidence, poor attendance, SEND needs, social and emotional challenges, or difficulties engaging with the wider curriculum. As a Reconnect Teacher, you will provide high-quality teaching, intervention and pastoral support to small groups of students, helping them develop the foundational knowledge, skills and learning behaviours required to access the secondary curriculum and achieve long-term success. This role offers the oppo