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This job expired on 20 May 2022

  • Job start date

    1 September 2022

  • Closing date

    20 May 2022 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    13 May 2022

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time: Teacher directed time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,714-£41,604

Additional allowances

TLR 2a £2873

KEY STAGE 2/3 TRANSITION LEADER: ENGLISH job summary

Thank you for your interest in working here at Admiral Lord Nelson School. Please find details of the post together with information about our school! Admiral Lord Nelson Secondary school is a forward thinking and innovative school where students come first. In response to the long-term impact of the pandemic we are keen to extend our leadership capacity and appoint a primary school teacher who has a deep understanding of Key Stage 2 English & Literacy and teaching for mastery. Our ideal candidate will be excited about the prospect of becoming a secondary English teacher and have expertise in coaching and mentoring staff to improve their practice. We will expect you to have a genuine passion for your own English development and the ability to teach at least one Key Stage 4 class. You will be a teacher who quickly builds positive relationships with students and breaks down barriers to learning. We are looking for a previous KS2 Leader who can demonstrate the ability to: • Raise standards of pupils’ achievement and attainment so they are able to quickly catch up if below expected standard at Key Stage 2 • Develop and enhance the teaching for mastery practice of others in order to ensure high standards of teaching and learning at Key Stage 3 We are seeking a professional individual who: • is an outstanding Key Stage 2 teacher • has previous middle leadership experience as an inspirational and enthusiastic leader who has the ability to energise and motivate others • has experience in teaching reading using a phonics programme • has exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and a ‘can do’ attitude • will be able to raise standards for those starting below expected levels of attainment • will ensure our development priorities are achieved through collective action, implementation, momentum and evaluation • excellent organisational skills If you can demonstrate these skills, you will be joining a school with a national reputation for being truly inclusive with excellent standards and principled curriculum design, we have a deep-rooted and longstanding commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School This is a genuinely exciting school to be part of, morally driven by our core values of Inclusivity, Wellbeing and High Expectations. English is one of most highly regarded subject areas at Admiral Lord Nelson School, in which students are successful in terms of exam performance, enjoyment of their learning and preparation for their future lives. You will be joining a well-established, research-driven English department and become part of an innovative team of teachers who enjoy working together to create shared resources on our journey towards embedding mastery learning. Reducing unnecessary workload is a key focus for our school and this is reflected in our feedback policy which is effective and time efficient, promoting student progress without over burdening staff.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
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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 Admiral Lord Nelson School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1244 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School website
Admiral Lord Nelson School website
Email address
recruitment@alns.co.uk
Phone number
02392364536
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Always oversubscribed, we are expanding our school so that more local families can experience the excellent education offered here at Admiral Lord Nelson School for over two decades! Therefore, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Science teacher who works well in a team. We are looking for a specialist with strong subject knowledge, who quickly builds relationships with students and breaks down barriers to learning. We want a teacher who inspires children to achieve their potential and loves to see their students experiencing the joy of success every day in their learning!

Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference they can make to our students’ outcomes, both academically and to their personal development. Our commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School is at the heart of our inclusive ethos and curriculum, with mutually respectful relationships forming the foundation of our happy, successful school. At Admiral Lord Nelson School, we work collegiately with our partner school, Trafalgar School in the pursuit of excellence in Science education so that we are significantly improving the life chances of all of our young people in Portsmouth.

We have a national reputation for being a truly inclusive school with excellent standards and principled curriculum design, having a very high Ebacc entry. Our deep-rooted and longstanding commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School led to us being the only school invited to a garden party with all the Soccer Aid celebrities hosted by the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street and we have recently been reaccredited with UNICEF RRS Gold Award status in recognition of our ambassadorial work. We are equally passionate about promoting creativity across all aspects of our curriculum, for which we were the first school in England to hold a Triple Artsmark Platinum Award and were designated the TES Creative School of the Year for 2019. This is a genuinely exciting school to be part of, morally driven by our core values of Inclusivity, Wellbeing and High Expectations; we really do value our staff and place the voice of our incredible students at the heart of all we do!

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