History & Citizenship Teacher
The Eastwood Academy, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 5UUThis job expired on 1 November 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 November 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
16 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Citizenship, History
Working pattern
- Full time, part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Pay Scale
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed teacher of History and Citizenship to join our ever-growing department to motivate and inspire pupils to achieve their best.
The Position
We are looking for someone who would enjoy working with engaging and curious pupils at Key Stages 3 and 4. The department is very well resourced with a range of innovative equipment.
- Proven experience in teaching and leading History or a similar subject.
- Experience in curriculum development and implementation.
- Track record of improving student outcomes in personal development.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Ability to analyse data to inform teaching and learning.
- Good up to date understanding of safeguarding and child protection issues and procedures;
- Good understanding of statutory requirements upon schools;
- An understanding of the role of parents and the community in school improvement and how this can be promoted and developed.
- To act in accordance with the Data Protection Act and always maintain confidentiality.
- A strong commitment to student-centred education and well-being.
- Resilience, adaptability, and the capacity to inspire and motivate others.
- High expectations for student achievement and behaviour.
- To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for or come into contact with.
What the school offers its staff
- High quality internal CPD to all staff members which largely reflects the priorties of the School Development Plan.
- High quality, nationally accredited CPD e.g. MSc, NPQH, NPQSL, NPQML, CSBM, OTP and ITP.
- Opportunities for internal secondments and promotions.
- Wellbeing support.
Commitment to safeguarding
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search to help identify information that is publicly available online which the Academy might want to explore with the candidate at interview. Further, we are fully committed to safeguarding and the successful candidate will be expected to undertake the appropriate pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Eastwood Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1147 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Eastwood Academy website
- Email address
- teve@eastwood.southend.sch.uk
EPAT is a cross-phase ‘Starter Trust’, providing high quality educational provision, standards and outcomes in local schools. It was formed on 1st February 2017, through a collaborative partnership between The Eastwood Academy (a secondary converter academy) and Bournemouth Park Primary School (a maintained primary school).
The Eastwood Academy's ethos - ‘Believe, Succeed, Together’- is an uncompromising belief that all pupils can and will succeed in a learning environment which supports and values everyone and their achievements.
Locally, the Eastwood Academy is the highest performing non-selective school and regularly outperforms the selective schools. Nationally, in terms of pupil progress, the Academy has been in the top 10% of schools over the last 3 years.
The Eastwood Academy was subject to a section 5 Ofsted inspection in December 2018 and achieved an ‘outstanding’ judgement in all categories.
Bournemouth Park Academy is a rapidly improving non-selective primary school in Southend. In 2016, it was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and was ranked in the top 100 most improved primary schools in the country.
Arranging a visit to The Eastwood Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email teve@eastwood.southend.sch.uk.
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