Mathematics Teacher
Oasis Restore ·
- The Vacancy
- JOB TITLE: Mathematics Teacher
- CLOSING DATE: Monday 21st September 2026
- INTERVIEW DATE: Thursday 1st October 2026
- START DATE: ASAP
- SALARY: MPS 1 £32,916 - MPS 6 £45,352 + Teacher Pension Scheme
LOCATION: Oasis Restore secure school in Rochester, Medway, Kent.
Do you see relationships as fundamental to your work with children, families, and the wider community?
Do you have a keen interest in developing your knowledge, skills and practice ?
Do you want to be a part of an innovative and courageous team developing the UKs first secure school?
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Primary teacher with an interest in Mathematics - to join the team in contributing to and delivering an outstanding curriculum at the UKs first secure school.
Whilst the role is advertised as full time, we can consider flexible working requests such as part time working by the successful candidate. When considering any such requests we would match this against our operating requirements. If you would be interested in exploring whether we could potentially accommodate a flexible working pattern or not, please can you state this in the additional sheet within the application form providing as much detail as possible. Our full-time working patterns are Monday to Friday at 35 hours per week.
Oasis Restore represents a revolution in youth justice: anopportunity for children within thecriminal justice system to experience a truly restorative environment, that creates the potential for them to thriveinthefuture. As a founding teacher, you will play a key role in designing and delivering a curriculum that provides nurturing ,therapeuticand educational community that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children in our care. Come and develop your career within an organisation dedicated to transforming lives.
Your role as a mathematics teacher will be integral to the progress of all children at Oasis Restore, to deliver aspirational educational outcomes. You will provide tailored support to enable every student to make progress in their core mathematical studies, secure relevant numeracy-related skills in their daily life, and help prepare them for successful transition on to further education, training, or employment. You will be responsible for outstanding teaching that develops curious and dedicated learners and meets their individual needs and interests. You will have the opportunity to teach a second subject area, developing your own practice with the necessary support to deliver consistently outstanding teaching. You will launch and continuously contribute to a creative curriculumunderpinnedbyprogressivepedagogies,inlinewiththenationalcurriculum, and a variety of formal qualifications, setting a true gold standard for learning.
You will be an integral part of a passionate, committed, and ground-breaking multidisciplinary team, workingintegrativelytowardsimprovingtheoutcomesfor childrensooftenoverlooked. The mathematics and numeracy team combines people with industry, mainstream school, and secure settings experience. Together,we will devise and implement strategies to empower children to take ownership of their own learning journeys, so preparing them for successful transitions into the next phase of their journey. You will teach class sizes of 5 children, with the support of two additional staff to tailor learning support to each student, in a specially designed education building with brand new technology and software
As a champion of restorative practice, you will place relational connection at the heart of everything youdo. Yourworkwillbethedrivingforcethat enables childrentotransitionoutof OasisRestorewith the support in place for them to succeed in the next step of their journeys.
Oasis Restore is the UKs first secure school that is a proof-of-concept policy initiative funded by the Ministry of Justice(MoJ) and the Youth Custody Service. Oasis Restores mission is to transform the life chances of children aged 12-18 years in the criminal justice system through delivering psychologically informed, integrated practice that centres on trusted, safe relationships between staff and children. Oasis Restore is a learning community with education at its core, that embeds hope, stability, and opportunity for children beyond the secure school.
As a newly established subsidiary of the Oasis Charitable Trust, you enjoy the benefit of being part of a national organisation that aims to support all staff to reach their full potential and a once in a life time opportunity to create, develop and grow a new collaborative and innovative values-based organisation.
Classsizesofapproximately5children,with1additionalsupport staff
Aminimumof15%planning,preparation,andassessmenttime (PPA)
Use of brand new, specially designed classrooms and ICT suite with course-specific software.
Reducedteacherworkload,examsandathomemarking expectation
Amixtureofonetooneandgroupreflectivepractice, coaching&supervisionsessionsas well as regular line management.
ExperienceanAppraisalpolicythatdecouplespayand performance.
Anelectedstaffforumtolistento,andacton,staff feedback
Accesstoacompetitivedefinedbenefitpensionscheme(eithertheTeachersPensions Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme subject to individual scheme rules).
40daysannualleaveincludingbankholidays (seeapplicationpackforstaffworking pattern)
Subject to meeting basic eligibility criteria, be entitled to up to 8 weeks full-pay and 18 weeks half-paypaidmaternity/adoption/sharedparentalleave(basedbroadlyontheNHSEmployers scheme).
Subjecttomeetingbasiceligibilitycriteriabeentitledtoupto3weeksfullypaidpaternity leave.
Paidtimeofftoattendantenatalappointments(thosestaffwhoareeitherpregnantorwhose partner is pregnant)
Haveastructuredandbespokeinductiontrainingplanplusa trainingofferbespoketoour context leading to a level 4 qualification in the therapeutic care of adolescents.
Receivethesameofferofsickleavepay(basedbroadlyonthelengthofserviceinthe national Green Book framework) from Day 1 of employment.
Upto5daysdiscretionarypaidcompassionate/emergency/generalleaveplusfurther discretionary unpaid leave
Upto4weekspaidparentalbereavementleaveplusupto5dayspaidbereavementleavefor the death of other specified close relatives.
Expensesandtravelcostsincurredaspartoftheworkingday(asappropriate,notincluding travel to work)
Accesstoaneyecarevouchersscheme,seasonTicketLoans,acycletoworkschemeand free car parking.
Weareintheprocessofsettingupanewemployeehealthcarecashplanandemployee discount scheme
Ifyouhavenotbeeninvitedtoattend interviewby5pm onTuesday 9 th January,youshouldassumethatyourapplication has not been successful. Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide feedback on your application at this stage.
SafeguardingandPre-Employment Checks We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and BarringServicechecksalongwithotherrelevantemploymentchecksincludingreferencesandrightto work checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
ThispostisalsocoveredbyPart7oftheImmigrationAct(2016)andthereforethe abilitytospeak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Equality,Diversity,and Inclusion At Oasis Restore we recognise that our team is strengthened by the knowledge, experience and insights people from a wide range of backgrounds can bring. These beliefs and values are underpinned by decades of work and experience that Oasis has had in a wide range of sectors including education, housing and youth-work supported further by a wide range of independent research and studies elsewhere which evidence that creating teams with diverse experience and perspectives,andencouraginghealthydebate,reducestheriskofblindspotsthatoftenformbarriers to success.
OasisRestoreaimistoattractandretaintheverybestdiversetalentandrolemodelstohelpcreate aninnovative,caring and extraordinary working environment for our staff, that enables us to deliver
exceptional, caring and psychologically informed learning experience for our students. We would therefore like to encourage applications from people with varied skillsets, life experiences, and from differentbackgroundsandsectorstohelpshapeOasisRestore. Ifyoucandemonstratesomeofthe criteria and believe you have what it takes, then wed love to hear from you.
Giventhenatureofourworkwealsowelcomeapplicationsfromcandidateswiththefollowinglived experience:
Experience of working successfully with people who have multiple and complex needs.
Personalexperienceofthecriminaljusticesystem,orlivedexperienceoftheissuesfacing this client group (i.e. involved in gangs or knife crime).
Knowledgeoftheissuesfacingthisclientgroup,suchasgangs,knifecrime,socialexclusion and isolation, child criminal exploitation, adverse childhood experiences and trauma.
Abilitytoactivelylistenandmotivateyoung people.
Abilitytobeapositiverolemodel,demonstratingthevirtuesofacrime-freelifetoyoung people.
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