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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    6 June 2023 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    18 May 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase
  • Head of department or curriculum

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

SCP 18 £27,344 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We have an exciting opportunity to join a creative and enigmatic department as an Academic Mentor​ and work withstudents to enable themto achieve their full potential in English and progress to appropriate and exciting destinations.

What the school offers its staff

Key benefits of working for Aldridge Education

  • Aldridge Benefits scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Free on-site parking
  • Generous annual leave allowance which increases after 5 years' service
  • Opportunity to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Refer a Friend scheme

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Darwen Vale High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1044 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Darwen Vale High School is an Aldridge Academy and as such, part of the national multi academy trust. At a more local level we are part of the North West Cluster of schools that includes 3 other secondary schools and 1 primary school.
Darwen Vale High School achieved unprecedented success in their 2019 examination results. Students performed at levels above national averages in many subjects with outstanding performances in English and Mathematics. Our Progress 8 score increased by 0.42, this means that every student’s performance in the 2018-2019 cohort has increased by almost half a grade in each subject compared to 2017-2018 results.

Arranging a visit to Darwen Vale High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kathy.shaw@aldridgeeducation.org.

School location

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