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  • Job start date

    1 September 2020

  • Closing date

    17 April 2020 at 9am

  • Date listed

    24 March 2020

Job details

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Full-time equivalent salary

Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,982 to £42,113 per year (full-time equivalent)

English Teacher - Full/Part-Time job summary

We are open to applications from all qualified teachers with an English specialism, whether newly qualified or experienced.

To find out more about our English Department, please see the linked advert.

The Role

To deliver outstanding teaching and learning of their subject and therefore help students
achieve excellent academic results, and be a role-model/impact the academy more widely.
To design an engaging and challenging curriculum that inspires children to appreciate the
subject and its application.

Key Responsibilities
 To plan, resource and deliver lessons and sequences of lessons to the highest standard
that ensure real learning takes place and students make superior progress
 To provide a nurturing classroom and academy environment that helps students to
develop as learners
 To help to maintain/establish discipline across the whole academy
 To contribute to the effective working of the academy
 To contribute to the management of a faculty.
 To play a role in quality assuring teaching, assessment and adherence to school policy
across the faculty.

Outcomes and Activities

Teaching and Learning

 Enrich the curriculum with trips and visits to enhance the learning experience of all
students
 With direction from the Head of Department and within the context of the academy’s
curriculum and schemes of work, plan and prepare effective teaching modules and
lessons
 Contribute to the development of the faculty’s curriculum and schemes of work in
relevant subject area
 Teach engaging and effective lessons that motivate, inspire and improve pupil attainment
 Use regular assessments to set targets for students, monitor student progress and
respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring
 To produce/contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating
to individual and groups of pupils
 Develop plans and processes for the classroom with measurable results and evaluate
those results to make improvements in student achievement
 Ensure that all students achieve at least at chronological age level or, if well below level,
make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at chronological age level
 Maintain regular and productive communication with pupils, parents and carers, to
report on progress, sanctions and rewards and all other communications
 Provide or contribute to oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to
individual pupils and groups of pupils
 Direct and supervise support staff assigned to lessons and when required participate in
related recruitment and selection activities
 Implement and adhere to the academies behaviour management policy, ensuring the
health and well-being of pupils is maintained at all times
 Participate in preparing pupils for external examinations.

Academy Culture

 Support the academy’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and
implementation of policies practices and procedures
 Help create a strong academy community, characterised by consistent, orderly
behaviour and caring, respectful relationships
 Help develop a small school/department culture and ethos that is utterly committed to
achievement
 To be active in issues of student welfare and support
 Support and work in collaboration with colleagues and other professional in and beyond
the school, covering lessons and providing other support as required.

Other

 Undertake , and when required, deliver or be part of the appraisal system and relevant
training and professional development
 Undertake other various responsibilities as directed by the Head of Department or
Principal.

This job description is not an exhaustive list and you will be expected to carry out any other
reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager.

Commitment to safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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About Ark Alexandra Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1557 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Ark Alexandra is a two-campus secondary academy with a Sixth Form provision in Hastings, East Sussex and is the largest secondary with 6th form in the Ark network. A popular school, we have grown to have over 1,600 students this year. We work across a split site, which brings with it unique opportunities for growth and development. At our most recent Ofsted inspection in September 2021, Leadership & Management, Behaviour & Attitudes, Personal Development and Sixth Form were all judged to be Good.

Ark Alexandra works closely with our feeder primary schools, Ark Blacklands, Ark Little Ridge and Ark Castledown, all of which have exceptional leadership graded as Outstanding by Ofsted.

As a Church of England school, our values of faith, excellence and kindness underpin our ethos, culture and behaviour. We have an inclusive admissions policy that welcomes, without preference, students of all faith and none. Our vision is to create a truly great school for the young people in Hastings. We believe that everyone deserves to be accepted, included, and empowered to live a purposeful and fulfilling life.

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