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  • Start date details

    November 2023 or TBC with the successful candidate

  • Closing date

    2 October 2023 at 9am

  • Date listed

    19 September 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

MPS/UPS

English Teacher (Maternity Cover) job summary


English Teacher


Contract:  Maternity Cover 

Salary: MPS/UPS                    

Site: Queen Katharine Academy                    

Closing date: 9am Monday 2nd October 2023

Start: November 2023 or TBC with the successful candidate


 Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.


The Role


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.


 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.


 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.


 The Trust offers:


·         Excellent salary package and Teachers’ pension scheme.


·         Fantastic training/CPD opportunities in a friendly supportive environment.


·         Opportunity for progression across Thomas Deacon Education Trust.


·         An engaging, creative and welcoming environment to learners who take pride in their school.


·         An inclusive and collaborative approach.


·         A talented, highly motivated, committed and professional team of colleagues, both within the school and across the trust.


·         An actively supportive Academy Committee and Trust leadership.


 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 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.

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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 location

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