English Teacher (KS3 Coordinator TLR opportunity available)
Queen Katharine Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6HXThis job expired on 3 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
3 October 2024 at 9am
Date listed
16 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
English Teacher (KS3 Coordinator TLR opportunity available) job summary
English Teacher (KS3 Coordinator TLR opportunity available)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: MPS/UPS
Site: Queen Katharine Academy
Closing date: 9am Thursday 26th September 2024
Start: January 2025
Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.
Your role
Our English Department is growing and we are looking for an engaging and forward-thinking individual who will lead and continue to build the department.
We also have an exciting opportunity available for additional responsibility as KS3 Coordinator. This would involve coordinating and developing the KS3 English curriculum alongside the Subject Lead. The TLR responsibility will be discussed further at the interview stage.
About us
The English team at QKA are an award-winning department with an ambitious and aspiring team. the team have been awarded the TES English Team of the Year 2021 award for their delivery of a ‘multi-layered approach in bringing texts to life for students, as well as the uniqueness of the curriculum and the ways in which diversity in literature is strongly embedded’ (TES Judges). The team were also shortlisted for the Bernice McCabe Award and were highly commended by the PTI for their work on the growth in their KS5 provision and social mobility.
The department is well resourced and led by fantastic practitioners and we are looking to appoint a colleague who shares their enthusiasm and unwavering determination to help every student enjoy, achieve and progress in English from KS3 through to KS5. In Sixth Form, A Level English Language and A Level English Literature are delivered and in both subjects students make well above average progress given their starting points.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a school within one of the well-regarded Trusts in the eastern region. The school has a great history of success and a bright and exciting future and we are looking for an ambitious and dynamic teacher to steer it through the next stage of its development. Collaboration, educational research and professional development are at the core of how the schools within Thomas Deacon Education Trust work together. With a clear focus on teaching at all levels, the Trust is well placed to provide great opportunities to promote Thomas Deacon Academy as a leading school and you will be given effective support to develop you personally as an outstanding teacher.
Why work for us?
We are part of the Thomas Deacon Education Trust and we can offer you:
Progression opportunities across the Trust
Continuous development, e.g. training, coaching
Free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
Cycle to work scheme
£250 Recommend a friend scheme
Access to the most generous pension schemes in the UK (LGPS & teachers’ pension scheme)
Free & confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Mental health first aiders
Collaborative working across schools in the Trust
Ready to transform lives through education? Apply now and make a difference!
TDET - Working together to transform lives through education
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact the HR Team on e-mail at hrteam@tdet.education
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.
About Queen Katharine Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1675 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Queen Katharine Academy website (opens in new tab)
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