We cater for permanently excluded students as well as students who are at risk of exclusion who come to us for a 12-week placement. Classes are small (usually 6 students) and we focus on equipping students with the tools to successfully reintegrate into mainstream education. We are a predominantly Key Stage 3 provision with a small number of Key Stage 4 pupils. Our curriculum focuses on Reading, English, Maths, PSHE, PE and Art and includes some additional enrichment including Cooking, Outdoor Education and trips.

Our class teachers at The Wycombe Grange are responsible for overseeing the pastoral and academic progress of a class of six KS3 students. Our ideal applicant might already have experience in this kind of setting, or you might have worked with children and young people with behavioural difficulties in mainstream or other settings. We welcome applications from primary-trained teachers or from secondary teachers from any discipline. Either way, you will be excited to see what can be achieved in a different kind of setting. Our approach at Aspire is to find the right people, with the right attitude and personality, and we will train you to work with the rest of our staff to ensure all students are supported and able to achieve.

We are looking for a candidate who is excited to teach within our ‘Finding My Voice’ programme which aims to equip students with the tools that they need to return to mainstream education. We also ask all of our class teachers to contribute to the enrichment programme, according to their individual strengths and interests.

We are looking for someone who is creative and resilient, ready to get stuck into everything, and able to pull staff together as a team. You will need to be someone who is happy to do whatever it takes to ensure that all students make great progress academically as well as with their SEN or SEMH difficulties.

We are looking for someone who loves children and young people, who enjoys spending time with them, and who is excited to share learning with them. You will need to be someone who is able to stay calm under pressure, and maintain loving relationships with young people who may display challenging behaviour. At Aspire we believe that all behaviour is communication, and that children who present with challenging behaviour need additional love, care and support. We believe in taking a trauma-informed approach, as the majority of our students have had difficult lives.

We are looking for extraordinary people to join our team. We look forward to meeting you!