English Teacher

Maritime Academy, Medway

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  9 May 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,863 - £47,182

What skills and experience we're looking for

About The Role

We are recruiting additional English Teachers as we expand the curriculum in preparation for our move to our brand-new school in Frindsbury, Strood in 2024.

The successful candidates will be qualified English Teachers or ECT’s who are passionate about teaching and learning, are ready to embrace new ideas and have a positive outlook and excellent interpersonal skills. They will be an effective classroom practitioner who is able to plan and deliver a creative and stimulating curriculum, and have a thorough knowledge of present curriculum development. As a member of our staff, you will have high expectations for achievements and behaviour, and will be dedicated to ensuring our students are actively engaged with school, making progress and aspire to become life-long learners.

Applications are invited from teachers and ECT’s who have experience of teaching English. There is a potential TLR available for additional responsibilities such as Head of Year for the appropriate candidate.

What the school offers its staff

Maritime Academy, is a brand-new secondary school serving the community of Medway, which opened in September 2022. As a growing school we welcomed our new cohort of students in September 2023 and are therefore seeking staff to join us on our ‘Voyage’ as we develop our Academy together.

What we can offer you:

• Support from across the Trust to help you deliver outstanding teaching and learning through resources, mentoring and school visits.
• Excellent CPD opportunities including our Early career, Middle and Senior Leadership programmes.
• As an accredited Chartered Teacher organisation you can become a recognised Chartered Teacher.
• Benefit from an internationally accredited pedagogy approach to thinking and learning, which has been proven to enhance classroom practice.
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
• Reduced membership of a fully-equipped fitness suite and classes –located on the site of New Horizons Children’s Academy and Rochester Grammar School, and from September 2024 Maritime Academy in Frindsbury.
• Focus on staff wellbeing, including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, free flu vaccinations, eye care vouchers.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• TSTARS Staff Recognition Programme, including seasonal rewards for all staff.
• Free parking in our staff car park.
• Refer a Friend Scheme.

Commitment to safeguarding

Maritime Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students in the academy. We recognise that there is no higher priority than student’s safety and well-being. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We have in place a range of policies and procedures to support our safeguarding commitment. All concerns are passed through the members of staff who are trained as ‘Designated Safeguarding Leads/ Deputies in school in compliance with the ‘sharing of information’ guidance.

Applying for the job

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About Maritime Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 142 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Maritime Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: Kerry.Masters@Southeast.tsat.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maritime-academy (opens in new tab)

The Maritime Academy is proud to be part of the TSAT family. We embrace a cognitive approach to education and our ethos values are aligned with that of the wider Trust family and our commitment to transform life chances is evident in everything that we do. This is an exciting time to join our organisation as we expand our network of schools, building upon our established ethos and values.

Arranging a visit to Maritime Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Kerry.Masters@Southeast.tsat.uk.

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