Uniformed Protective Services Teacher

Post Uniformed Protective Services Teacher

Start Date: September 2026

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

• Planning and preparing teaching and learning programmes for groups and individuals.
• Teaching according to the educational needs of the students in your programme, including setting and marking work to be carried out by the students.
• Developing and using a range of teaching and learning techniques.
• Managing the learning process and establishing an effective learning environment.
• Managing the integration of new technologies and key skills in taught sessions.
• Providing or contributing to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students.
• Participating in arrangements for preparing students for public examinations and assessing them for such examinations; recording and reporting such assessments; and participating in arrangements for students’ presentation for and supervision during such examinations.

Promoting General Progress and Well-Being

• Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual students on your programme.
• Providing guidance and advice to students on educational and social matters and future careers, including information about sources of more expert advice on specific questions; making relevant records and reports.
• Making records of and reports on students' personal and social needs.
• Communicate and consult with the student's parents.
• Communicating and cooperating with persons or organisations outside the partner school.
• Participating in meetings arranged for any of the purposes described above.

Continuing Professional Review and Development

• Participating in arrangements to review your performance.
• Review your methods of teaching and work programmes from time to time.
• Participating in arrangements for your further training and professional development.
• Attendance at all required partner school CPD training sessions.

Curriculum Development and Quality Improvement

• Advising and cooperating with the APST, partner school management, and other teachers on preparing and developing courses of study, teaching materials, teaching programmes, teaching and assessment methods, and pastoral arrangements.
• Ensuring quality assurance within the department.
• Be flexible and responsible when preparing and delivering the new curriculum.
• Stay current with sector changes, such as entry requirements and standards, and adjust your curriculum accordingly.

Discipline, Health and Safety

• Maintaining good order and discipline among the students and safeguarding their health and safety when at partner school premises and in authorised out-of-partner school activities elsewhere.
• Displaying high levels of customer care at all times.
• Promoting APST and partner school policies and procedures.

Maintain High Professional Standards

• Smart dress and a professional image.
• Adhere to all elements of the partner school’s safeguarding procedures and ensure that the best interests of young people are prioritised.
• Embrace the partner school's equality policy and ensure parity of esteem for all colleagues and students.
• Work in line with the staff code of conduct.
• Display a positive and caring attitude.

Cover

• Supervising and providing work for any student whose teacher is not available to teach them within the APST partner schools' guidelines, as far as practicable.

Administration

• Participating in administrative and organisational tasks related to the abovementioned duties.
• Attending partner school functions in support of APST, as appropriate.
• Lead the recruitment of future students through attendance at all appropriate open evenings, presentations in year 11 form classes.
• Develop and market the APST programme as required within local partner schools.
• Attend open days, marketing events, and parents’ evenings as required.

Summary of Main Terms and Conditions

• Qualified Teacher: Currently £28,000 - £38,810.
• Unqualified Teacher: Currently £20,598 - £32,134.
• Your salary will be paid on the last working day of each month by BACS transfer.

Working Hours

• You will be required to be at your designated APST Education and Training partner school between 8:15 – 16:45 on teaching days during term time (as per the specific requirements of your partner school).
• On non-teaching days, you are permitted to work flexibly, whether on-site or from home.
• You are expected to attend an APST weekly departmental meeting, held either in person or virtually.
• You will be required to attend all after-school events at your partner school.

Place of Work

• APST Education and Training operate in multiple partner school establishments on THE WIRRAL AND CHESTER.
• You will be required to work from a designated partner school site during term time, with attendance at another site as required.

Pension Scheme

• You will automatically become a member of the Workplace Pension Scheme.

Safeguarding

• We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students, staff, and visitors.
• All posts are subject to enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance.
• All shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a self‑declaration of any criminal record or information that will make them unsuitable to work with children.
• Any offer of employment may be withdrawn should any information come to light that has not been included in the self‑declaration.
• Additionally, you will be required to undertake any safeguarding training or updates across all our partner schools.

Paid Holiday Entitlement

• You are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks or 39.2 days statutory holidays as applicable from time to time.
• All holidays will automatically coincide with the periods of closure within APST Education and Training, our partner schools, and public holidays.
• No holidays and leave are permitted during term-time.

Reviews

• You will have regular reviews to assess your progress and set mutually agreed targets.