Creative Digital Media/Esports Teacher with TLR2a (46BC)
Keyham Lodge School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 1FG2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
7 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Special Education Needs (SEN)
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,000.00 - £46,525.00 Annually (FTE) MPS or UPS with a TLR2a
Creative Digital Media/Esports Teacher with TLR2a (46BC) job summary
Keyham Lodge School
Permanent Creative Digital Media/Esports Teacher
We will consider MPS or UPS for the right candidate
Full-Time 100fte
The role appointed will also have a TLR2a payment awarded
You will be an enthusiastic, flexible, and highly motivated Teacher who will be committed to improving outcomes for all our children, along with a passion for providing inspirational learning experiences.
TLR2a Responsibilities and Head of Department Responsibilities:
- To inspire our students
- To ensure that every student you teach achieves their full potential
- To lead the Esports/Creative Digital Department, their day to day operation, staffing and budgets.
- Write the Department Optimising Learning Document, in line with current school policy
- To co-ordinate Curriculum Development, Planning and Implementation for all Year Groups and across the Esports/Creative Digital offer
- Oversee all Medium Term Planning, allowing time to team planning to share ideas
- To lead decision making and planning and assessment
- Develop a working tracker for KS3 and KS4 Esports/Creative Digital that allows careful monitoring of student progress
- To attend all TLR meetings, taking an active role in driving whole school T&L
- To support the QA process in Esports/Creative Digital
- Supporting the wellbeing and professional development of all staff within the department ensuring the team is continually developing and improving (both Subject Knowledge and Practice)
- Regularly conduct Lesson Visits, work and planner scrutinise to monitor standards in the department
- Work closely with senior leaders, ensuring all department initiatives and processes are in line with school strategy and ideals
- Lead all Department meeting (ensuring Key SIPs and the department’s contribution) regularly
- Provide detailed tutor and subject teacher reports for annual reviews
- Provide progress updates 1:1 at parents evenings
- Liaise with Integrated Response Team to agree on Esports/Creative Digital offer for students inside and outside the classroom
- Liaise with T&L team with regards to progress of the staff member
- Monitor curriculum budget spend and provide evaluations on a termly basis
Why Choose Keyham Lodge School?
You will be joining a school that excels all expectations and provides an excellent environment for its students to succeed Socially, Emotionally and Academically.
Keyham Lodge has a fantastic reputation, both locally and nationally, and are looking for an individual who is able to uphold our ethos and value. Many of our students have been failed by the educations system and by society; we want to change that for them. We aim to give them a sense of worth and of belonging. By the time they leave us, we strive for them to be respectful, responsible and resilient. As a team, we are all committed to this common goal.
Opportunities to experience new and exciting things will be part of your normal working life. But above all, you will be a teacher in a school where the most important thing is our students.
It is only with such outstanding people that we can succeed in our vision. In return we offer dynamic and energetic school environments to work from with opportunities for progression, and a wealth of career development prospects for everyone. Colleagues are able to move between schools to gain experience, collaborate with partners, join network and peer to peer groups and work in different roles as appropriate, including secondment opportunities.
We are looking for someone that has:
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
- Willingness to be fully involved the life of the school community
- A commitment to supporting and enhancing our school’s ethos and vision
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached to support with your application.
What we offer:
- Flexible working options
- Support for continuous professional development in the role
- Opportunities to visit other organisations for professional learning
- Highly committed and motivated Team
- A role which has the opportunity to make a real difference whilst having fun
- Free car parking
- Annual incremental pay increases with the pay scale range
- A defined benefit pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme - EAP
- Employee self-service portal.
- Eyecare voucher scheme.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Retail discounts
- Dental support
- Gym discount
- Be an integral member of the team in a vibrant school
- Create an outstanding learning environment for the success of all of our children
- Play a significant part in continuing to develop our school
- Be part of a wider community of Discovery Schools Trust
- Excellent opportunities for personal and career development
- A established Central Services Team who support schools and wider colleagues
More about Discovery Schools Trust
Discovery Schools Trust is dedicated to improving learning and teaching by creating a culture that promotes excellence. The needs of all children are placed at the heart of all decision making regardless of the school they attend. Teaching and learning excellence are shared through learning networks, sharing of ideas and materials as well as leading practitioners between schools. Discovery has developed a school improvement system which focuses on improving outcomes for all children. It also places staff development, talent management and succession planning at the heart of achieving outstanding organisations.
Please note that interviews for this position may be made earlier than the stated closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly. Early submission will not only ensure consideration for the position but also increase the likelihood of being invited for an interview. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to receiving your application.
Safeguarding Statement: We are committed to safeguarding our pupils; therefore, the successful applicant will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and references.
While we acknowledge the advantages of AI in crafting personal statements for applications, we strongly encourage and expect applicants to personalise and tailor responses. Please note that the Trust may utilise AI checking solutions during the application review process and will be considered when shortlisting.
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.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Keyham Lodge School
- School type
- Academy, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 123 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Keyham Lodge School website (opens in new tab)
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