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Teacher (English)

King Edward VII Academy, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 2QB

This job expired on 22 April 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  22 April 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: 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 and 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

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 King Edward VII Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1194 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: King Edward VII Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@inspirationtrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-edward-vii-academy (opens in new tab)

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