Teacher (Computer Science)
The Thetford Academy, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1LHThis job expired on 30 September 2024
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
30 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 September 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Computing
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Salary: Qualified Teachers Pay Scales: Main Pay Scale (MPS) to Upper Pay Scale (UPS)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications: Applicants should have: • An appropriate degree and other qualifications required for the award of QTS. • Qualified Teacher Status (trainees should be on track to achieve QTS before taking up the post) • Teachers who do not have QTS but who feel they may be suitable for the role are encouraged to contact the school in the first instance.
Experience:
Applicants should have experience
of:
• Teaching the subject in a
secondary school across the
11-16 age range.
• Assessing students for a
variety of purposes using
appropriate strategies.
• Working with whole-school
behaviour systems.
• Supporting students in the
subject with a SEND or EAL
Skills, Knowledge:
Applicants should have knowledge
and understanding of:
• The subject taught, to
undergraduate degree level
or an equivalent standard
• Different approaches to
teaching the subject and the
strengths and weaknesses of
these
• The wider role of a teacher
in the personal development
of pupils, including the main
responsibilities of a form
tutor
• The statutory requirements
concerning Equal
Opportunities, Health &
Safety, SEND and Child
Protection
Personal Attributes:
Applicants should have the ability to:
• Express themselves clearly
in written and spoken
English
• Manage pupil behaviour in
line with a school policy
• Build and maintain effective
working relationships with
colleagues, pupils, parents
and the wider community
• Organise working time
effectively to ensure that all
requirements of the post are
met punctually and to a high
standard
What the school offers its staff
The Inspiration Trust offers all staff a range of benefits via our ‘my lifestyle' portal. All eligible staff will have access to a range of benefits from salary sacrifice schemes and employee discounts.
Commitment to safeguarding
Inspiration Trust is committed to safeguarding and all staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. You will be required to provide references and undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer.
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About The Thetford Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1305 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Thetford Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@inspirationtrust.org
Thetford Academy is a community secondary school and sixth form, close to the Norfolk-Suffolk border. We help our students get the best possible GCSE results, and guide them through A Levels and vocational studies that prepare them for university and the world of work.
We are part of the Inspiration Trust, a close-knit family of schools in East Anglia, dedicated to providing high-quality education for all of our young people, combining academic attainment with rich cultural experiences.
Arranging a visit to The Thetford Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@inspirationtrust.org.
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