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Job Title:	BTEC Acro Teacher (part-time)
Salary:	Freelance £24.00 per hour
Hours:	3 hours contact teaching time per week (plus additional hours for assessment,open days and inset day responsibilities)
Reports to:	BTEC Course Manager
Reportees:	N/A
Location:	Kingswood Foundation, Britannia Road, BS15 8DB

About Circomedia

Circomedia is a leading centre for contemporary circus and physical theatre, based across two sites in Bristol. For more than 30 years we have trained, inspired and supported circus artists, students and communities locally, nationally and internationally.

We reach around 29,000 people each year as participants, performers, learners and audiences through:

• Accredited qualifications (BTEC, FDA and BA) at our Kingswood campus – currently 76 students are enrolled.

• Weekly youth, community and recreational classes for nearly 600 children, young people and adults.

• Professional performance programme and events at our city-centre venue in St Pauls.

• Festivals, community outreach and industry partnerships providing opportunities for students, alumni and artists.

Our team of 60+ staff, most of them practising artists, combine teaching, performing and community engagement. This creates a unique environment where training is rooted in the realities of the profession.

We are a registered charity, and we proudly advocate for and contribute to the UK’s vibrant circus community.

Circomedia has played a central role in Bristol being recognised as a Circus City with a vibrant ecology that nurtures the next generation of artists. We continue to work with partners across the UK and abroad to secure the future of this distinctive and evolving artform.

Why Join Us?

Working at Circomedia means being part of an organisation where your ideas and input matter. You will contribute to:

• Sustaining circus and physical theatre for future generations.

• Inspiring young people to develop resilience, creativity and confidence.

• Bringing live performance and community projects to diverse audiences.

• We offer a friendly, supportive workplace where your work makes a real difference every day

Circomedia’s Values

Ambitious: We push boundaries in education, performance and participation

Collaborative: We work with artists, communities and partners to create opportunities and share knowledge

Creative: We embrace innovation and celebrate difference

Job overview

To deliver acro to BTEC Level 3 students, on Circomedia’s Contemporary Circus with Physical Theatre course across year one and year two.

This is a varied and exciting role, sitting within the BTEC Department, reporting to the BTEC Course Manager and Head of Acrobatics. The post holder will be a strong team player, with fantastic communication skills and the initiative to engage learners to participate in acrobatic classes. You will need to have excellent leadership and be competent in classroom management, so that you are able to respond to a varied range of skills, knowledge and abilities.

The role will involve instructing students in the fundamentals and advanced techniques of acrobatics. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in gymnastics, cheerleading, or acrobatics, and a positive, energetic approach to teaching. Your teaching will enable students to unlock new levels of artistic expression through their training, linking tumbling to other circus disciplines, whilst also sharing the theory behind acrobatic/tumbling techniques and inspirational practitioners. In addition, you will work closely with learners to help prepare them for their shows.

Alongside your teaching responsibilities you will carry out marking of student work on their Circus Skills Development module.

Job Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

• To instruct students in acrobatic techniques, including duo and solo and more advanced skills as appropriate.

• To be comfortable flying beginner and intermediate acrobatics

• To plan and develop lessons and schemes of work that are tailored to individual and group needs.

• To plan and deliver engaging and challenging sessions for a range of students in acrobatics.

• To be able to differentiate work (where appropriate).

• To ensure a safe and inclusive environment.

• To evaluate student progress, provide constructive feedback, and encourage improvement.

• To assist in preparing students for performances, showcases, etc.

• To maintain a clean, organized, and safe training space.

• To communicate effectively with students and other staff members.

• To stay current with best practices in acro instruction and safety.

• To understand and comply with all other relevant academy policies.

• To uphold Circomedia’s ethos in all lessons.

• To attend one Open Day per year (usually on a Saturday) and all inset days

• To act as a personal tutor for a small selection of students on two occasions throughout the year.

• To be an assessor on one of the Modules

This job description is not comprehensive, and duties may change and develop according to future requirements

Essential

Experience of teaching in Post 16/Further Education sector.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Relevant acrobatic, tumbling, gymnastic, circus, theatre or performing arts experience.

Ability to demonstrate acrobatics techniques.

• Capable of physically assisting students and performing light lifting or spotting.

Competency in using Microsoft Teams and 365.

• Participation in continuous professional development.

Enhanced DBS certificate

Understanding of safeguarding policy and procedures

Desirable

Degree or higher qualification in a performance related subject.

• Knowledge of the national and international performing arts sector (familiarity with Contemporary Circus would be an advantage).

• Teaching Qualification at a minimum of Level 3

Experience teaching BTEC L3, producing schemes of work and lesson plans.

Application Process

Application deadline: 23:59pm, Monday 24th July 2026

Interviews: Will be held on Tuesday 4th August 2026.

Candidates will be asked to prepare a short presentation. Details of the presentation topic and interview questions will be shared with candidates in advance.

Final decision: We aim to offer the role within a couple of days of the interview.

Start date: We are looking for someone to start the job from 31st August 2026– subject to references, DBS and right to work checks.

How to Apply

Please send the following to recruitment@circomedia.com with the email subject ‘BTEC Acro Teacher’:

• Your CV in a Word or PDF format.

• A covering letter that demonstrates how you meet the person specification (no more than 2 pages) in a

Word or PDF format OR a short video or audio file

(max. 5 minutes – send via We Transfer).