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  • Job start date

    5 January 2022

  • Closing date

    15 November 2021 at 9am

  • Date listed

    20 October 2021

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Psychology

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

Up to £42k, depending on skills and experience

Lead Teacher of Psychology job summary

The role We seek a Lead Teacher of Psychology who shares our passionate commitment to academic standards and to advancing the social mobility of our students. Students attain exceptional outcomes and are taught the AQA A level specification. Each year, many LAE students progress to study psychology and associated subjects at the country’s leading universities. The successful candidate will line manage two psychology teachers and be responsible for the academic progress of 200+ year 12 and 13 students. LAE can offer you: • The opportunity to gain experience of teaching and working with highly motivated students in one of the country’s leading sixth form schools. • An intellectually stimulating working environment characterised by a culture of professional trust and collegiate working that promotes autonomy, innovation, and rigour. • Access to an outstanding package of regular, high-quality continuous professional development and support. • A modern and positive learning environment minutes from the Olympic Park and Stratford Station. • Collaborative working with our world-class partner schools: Brighton College, Caterham School, Eton College, Forest School, Highgate School and UCS Hampstead. • A package of employee benefits including access to a Cycle Scheme, Tech Scheme, and discounted local gym memberships. LAE is a diverse and inclusive school, committed to supporting staff and students to be themselves and succeed on merit.

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 London Academy of Excellence

School type
Free School, ages 16 to 19
Education phase
Sixth_form_or_college
School size
476 pupils enrolled
Age range
16 to 19
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School website
London Academy of Excellence website
Email address
james.kane@lae.ac.uk
Phone number
02033011480
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London Academy of Excellence (LAE) is an ambitious, selective sixth form located in the heart of Stratford, close to the Olympic Park and just two minutes from Stratford Station (zone 2/3), with excellent links to all parts of London.

LAE is the top ranked sixth form provider in England to offer a full A level curriculum, according to the Sunday Times Parent Power Survey 2022. The school is particularly proud of its success helping students from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain places at the finest universities in the UK and around the world. Over 1,200 of our alumni have progressed to a Russell Group university and over 120 to Oxford or Cambridge.

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