Social Sciences Teacher
Highgate Wood Secondary School, London, N8 8RN17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 February 2025
Closing date
12 December 2024 at 9am
Date listed
25 November 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Health and social care, PSHE, Psychology, Social sciences, Sociology
Working pattern
- Part time: Part Time (18 hours Teaching Periods)
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year Fixed (Part Time 0.6) - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will have
- A belief that every child really does matter.
- A proven track record of success in the classroom.
- The capacity to raise attainment through motivating and inspiring students and staff.
- Dedication to a team approach underpinned by an ongoing desire to ‘Continuously Aspire towards finding New ways to Develop and Outdo previous best’.
The job description and person specification for this role are attached to this advert.
If you have any questions or would like any further information about this vacancy, please contact the Head of Social Science, Ms Barnes by email onrab@hws.haringey.sch.uk.
The closing date for applications isThursday 12 December 2024 at 9:00 am
Interviews to be on held w/c 16 December 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Please be advised that we are unable to provide sponsorship.
How to apply:
- To apply for this post, please download the application form on this (TES) website or visit our website for an application pack and form,https://hws.haringey.sch.uk/about-us/join-us/vacancies/
- Please note that CVs alone are not accepted in line with Safer Recruitment practices.
Highgate Wood School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Also, this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
What the school offers its staff
Social Sciences Teacher
Salary Range: MPS/UPS - Suitable for ECTs.
Contract: Fixed Term Maternity Cover (Part Time - 0.6)
We are looking for an outstanding sociology/psychology/criminology teacher who possesses the right qualities and skills to join our talented and successful team for a maternity part time fixed term cover from February 2025. The applicant will be able to teach across all key stages.
“Teaching is good and improving. Teacher’s plan lessons well, stretching the most able and targeting pupils’ needs. Pupils’ performance overall is good and improving at GCSE and A level.”
OFSTED – November 2021
We can offer you
- The opportunity to work in a continuously improving school.
- The chance to join a talented and highly committed staff team.
- Excellent students who are keen to excel and operate in an ethos underpinned by the principles of courtesy, consideration, cooperation & contribution.
- Our commitment to provide CPD opportunities to ensure all staff continue to develop.
- A learning environment where imagination and commitment are encouraged and valued.
Commitment to safeguarding
Highgate Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations. The successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
In line with safer recruitment practices, we will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. This is part of our safeguarding checks and seeks publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.
Applying for the job
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Highgate Wood Secondary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1554 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@hws.haringey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02083427970
Highgate Wood School is a mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education. We want everyone to feel welcome, safe and secure in the school and believe that each of us has a valuable contribution to make to our community and its continued success. We firmly believe that Everyone Matters. Our core values are embodied in the 4Cs - Courtesy, Consideration, Cooperation, and Contribution, the principles of Respect and Honesty and the commitment to encouraging Perseverance and Hard Work within a Growth Mind-set.
It is through these values that we bring to life our mission statement: "Making a positive difference to students' achievements and experiences, maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self-belief”.
Ethos and values
Our established values of Courtesy, Consideration, Contribution and Cooperation (the 4Cs), together with our Growth Mind-set focus on perseverance and hard work and our emphasis on honesty and respect underpin the school’s behaviour ethos.
Our school motto is Everyone Matters and this ensures that we take an approach that values every student as an individual, with a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities enabling talent and creativity to be identified and nurtured.
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