Lead Practitioner in English
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Job start date
17 April 2023
Closing date
6 February 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 January 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Hours are in line with Teachers pay and conditions. Monday - Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- LEADERSHIP PAY SCALE - NEGOTIABLE DEPENDENT ON EXPERIENCE
What skills and experience we're looking for
Ideal candidates will:
- have outstanding interpersonal and communication skills
- have experience of providing professional development to teachers, including coaching, mentoring and training
- have proven experience of positively impacting on student progress and raising attainment and developing excellence
- have outstanding subject knowledge
- have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of pupils
What the school offers its staff
Academic excellence
Research-driven professional development
Bespoke coaching
Support with professional qualifications
Support from local and national leaders of education
Opportunities to get involved across the Trust, working with our GLC primary schools
Benefits for teachers working within the Gateway Academy:
- Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkboxand multiple discounts
- Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service
- State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning
- A paid ‘My Day’ each year
- Excellent career development and training
- 2 week October half term break
- A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching
- Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs
- Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff
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 The Gateway Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1074 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Gateway Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- Dionne.Locke@theglc.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01375 489 000
Arranging a visit to The Gateway Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email Dionne.Locke@theglc.org.uk.
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