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Humanities Teacher (Geography preference)

Atherton High School, Atherton, Greater Manchester, M46 0AY

This job expired on 2 May 2024 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  2 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 30000 - 46525

Humanities Teacher (Geography preference) job summary

The Job:

Atherton High School have an exciting opportunity for a Humanities teacher to join the school in September 2024 on a fixed term, 1 year contract. If you are a passionate and dedicated Humanities teacher we would love to hear from you! We warmly welcome an informal visit or a conversation prior to application. Please contact the School Business Manager – rwilson@athertonhigh.com.

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher with a desire to achieve success and raise pupil outcomes. The successful candidate will have a passion for Humanities (preferably Geography) and a strong commitment to making a difference to the lives of our pupils. You will be committed to developing pupils’ love of learning using a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning and drive students to reaching their potential.

What does this job do?

• To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
• To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor.
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
• To contribute to raising standards of student attainment.
• To share and support the Academy’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.

What are the job requirements?

• Excellent professional knowledge and understanding of national and examination curricular requirements of the subject
• Excellent knowledge of the curriculum with the ability to plan lessons with clear objectives to ensure progression for all students
• Established as an effective teacher across the age and ability range
• Good knowledge of current educational research relating to the subject and wider aspects of how pupil learn
• A thorough understanding of and commitment to safeguarding children and young people
• Some experience of successfully teaching to KS3-KS4 students, with a clear understanding of the teaching provision required in secondary schools. 

About Atherton High School:

‘Our curriculum ambition at Atherton High School is to make learning irresistible for all'. We have designed a challenging and ambitious curriculum to provide the best learning opportunities for all our students to aspire and achieve.

 

Our core values that drive our curriculum are:

• Aspiration for all to improve life chances for every student.
• Excellence in learning through an ambitious knowledge and vocabulary rich curriculum for all.
• Character and personal development to equip all of our students to succeed in life.

 

At Atherton High School what is taught is coherently planned and sequenced to equip students to succeed in life. Our curriculum supports students from all backgrounds, including those who are disadvantaged, so students can access a high-quality, knowledge-rich curriculum. Our school community believes strongly in providing disadvantaged pupils with a curriculum that enables them to reach the academic standards of their non-disadvantaged peers. Our goal is to bring our young people into the big conversations of subject disciplines, to bring depth to our curriculum, so they can understand the world around them.

About the Education Partnership Trust (EPT):

EPT was established in 2012 as a multi-academy trust and is an approved academy sponsor. Our vision is to create outstanding schools which transform learning, lives and communities. We benefit from our diverse and unique range of schools which include secondary mainstream, alternative provision and special and have a proven track record of sustained improvement. Our schools are united by a drive to improve opportunities and outcomes for children and young people within a collaborative learning culture.

Our staff are our most valued asset so we continually invest in our colleagues and we believe that all teaching and support staff posts within our schools are key in terms of supporting pupil achievement and improving their life chances. As such we are keen to recruit dedicated and ambitious professionals who will add value to our schools and trust by helping our young people to succeed. 

 

Our extensive range of rewards and benefits include:

• Healthcare cash back plan provided free by the trust includes optical, dental, physio, diagnostics, health assessment, NHS prescription charges, hospital cover, discounted gym memberships plus lots more.
• Employee Assistance Programme including, counselling, CBT, and wellbeing initiatives.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Access to government pension schemes.
• Free parking.
• Electric Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice).
• Training, mentoring and progression opportunities including our Emerging Leaders programmes.
• Trust wide intranet to share knowledge and resources. 

 

Incomplete application forms will not be shortlisted, if you need to discuss a reason for being unable to complete a section, please contact the recruitment team HR@ept-uk.com

Please be advised, as part of due diligence checks, online searches will be carried out on shortlisted candidates.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are actively committed to safeguarding all our pupils and staff.

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About Atherton High School

• School type: Free School, Christian, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 509 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Atherton High School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/atherton-high-school (opens in new tab)

AHS is an amazing school, with the most wonderful staff. The school has grown and develop through understanding that our staff are our most valued asset so we continually invest in our colleagues and we believe that all teaching and support staff posts within our schools are key in terms of supporting pupil achievement and improving their life chances.

As such we are keen to recruit dedicated and ambitious professionals who will add value to our schools and trust by helping our young people to succeed.

Situated with great commuter links, AHS, serves all pupils from our local community.

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