Teacher

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

Job Title: TeacherJob Location: Hospital Educ Serv Outpatient Team Base Salary: MPS or UPR + SEN 1 Allowance Hours per Week: FTE Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: /12/2025 Job Requisition Number: This post is not open to job share

About the Role

Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service (GHES) is looking for an outstanding teacher of English, to join their existing teaching team, starting Easter or September 2026.

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, Science and PSHE to the vast majority of our students, from reception to Year 11. 

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 the county.  Therefore, it is essential that candidates hold a full driving licence and have use of a car.

About you

We are looking for teachers who:

Takes pride in their work and who thrives in a busy, constantly changing environmentIs able to plan engaging, motivating lessons that support young people who are ill, often with very low self-esteem and who can re-kindle a love of learningIs flexible and adaptable in the momentWho demonstrates an ability to provide a learning environment to support the needs of all learners, especially our neuro-diverse studentsHas excellent communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships with students, parents / carers, staff at GHES, and professionals in education.Has a firm belief that a medical condition should not stop a child fulfilling their full potentialIs confident teaching all year groups and up to GCSE grade 9 standard English LanguageHas experience of supporting students to prepare for GCSE examinationsIs happy to use technology to deliver lessons onlineHas experience of preparing students for GCSE English Language examinations

About Us

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 English 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: or phone

All applications must be made through the GCC Job Vacancy website where you will find the job description and further information about the role.

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

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Teacher of English - Job Profile

Information About GHES

This Position is subject to a DBS check. 

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.  

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.

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