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Job Title: Motor Vehicle Vocational Instructor/Teacher

Location: Reddish Hall School, Denstone Road, Stockport, SK5 6UY

Salary: £30,000 - £37,000 per annum per annum dependent on experience and qualifications (not pro rata)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

Start: September 2025

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

Due to growth in service, we are recruiting a Vocational Instructor with experience in Motor Vehicles to join our team at Reddish Hall School, part of Acorn Education.

About the Role

To be fully conversant with City & Guilds qualification or equivalent in Motor Vehicles and its delivery structure. To work in partnership with the Vocational Manager and the QAC (Quality Assurance Co-ordinator) to ensure that all key stage 3 and 4 learners have a high quality of learning experiences and are appropriately supported to reach their full potentials.

To assess and internally verify pupil and Assessor's work and promote excellence in professional practice with all staff, to ensure the smooth running of the vocational department and its resources. To work effectively and co-operatively with all staff.

To ensure the needs of SEN pupils are met and ensure the schools strong behaviour structure is fully implemented.

To act as the Lead Assessor for the team and to ensure that all the assessments are in line with City & Guilds criteria and requirements as well as with national and school requirements. To teach and deliver City & Guilds units which enable our learners to gain quality qualifications. To work with the Vocational Manager, on the day to day running.

Essential:

• Qualified Motor Mechanic, Time Served Apprentice, City and Guilds or BTEC Equivalent required
• Evidence of appropriate professional skills and training in Motor Vehicles
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Experience of working with SEN Pupils desirable

About the School

Reddish Hall School is an independent specialist day school for boys and girls aged from 5 to 18, catering for pupils with social emotional and mental health difficulties, with a high proportion of pupils who have a diagnosis of ASC. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.

We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially to encourage them to take pride in their achievements. Socially, we build condence in our students, so they are able to have a greater understanding of the wider community in which they live.

Acorn Education is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a 'Great Place to Work' for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.