Teacher in Charge of Child Development and Health & Social Care
Cove School, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 9RNThis job expired on 18 May 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
18 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Health and social care
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dedicated Teacher in Charge of Child Development and Health & Social Care with a love of education to join our team to shape the next generation of health and social care professionals.
With a well-resourced department that is a popular at Key Stage 4, you will deliver engaging and meaningful lessons to pupils for their Key Stage 4 qualification - OCR Cambridge Nationals.
You will help them understand the importance of care, health, and wellbeing in society and how to make a positive impact on people’s lives.You will support pupils in developing key skills in empathy, communication, critical thinking, and professionalism.
Commitment, hard work and passion are highly valued attributes at Cove School. We value and support our staff andyou will have the chance to develop your skills with a comprehensive and varied Professional Studies Programme.
Currently we have the following additional TLR/SEN allowances available in school.
- SEN Allowance - This is for a Teacher of the Deaf to support within the SEN department. The training would be provided and paid for if you do not already hold a Teacher of the Deaf (QTOD) qualification. This would account for 0.3 of your timetable.
- TLR - Duke of Edinburgh Lead
- TLR - New teacher trainee/ECT Coordinator
If you are interested in any of these additional opportunities, please can you indicate as such within your application or please do contact us if you wish to discuss further.
We are looking to appoint a colleague who will:
- Engage, enthuse, motivate and challenge pupils in order for them to excel academically
- Have relentlessly high expectations of themselves and pupils
- Have excellent subject knowledge
- Be willing to teach across the full age range of pupils;year 7 to year 11
- Enhance the quality of teaching and learning in the Department and wider school through sharing resources and good practice, lesson observation, collaborative teaching, mentoring and active participation in continuing professional studies programme
- Teach a standard timetable allocation
- Make a positive contribution to the efficient running of the Department, including, setting and marking examinations, attending departmental meetings and undertaking administrative and other tasks as delegated by the Curriculum Leader
- Actively safeguard and promote the welfare of children
- Support the schools’ aims and objectives for teaching and learning
- Adhere to and promote all school policies and procedures
Person Specification:
- Good level degree in a directly related subject (desirable)
- Thorough knowledge of the (13-16) subject Curriculum (GCSE)
- Recognised teaching qualification, such as a PGCE, or equivalent experience
- Awareness of Safeguarding requirements and good practice
- Good level of IT literacy
- Be capable of delivering inspirational and informative lessons to the full age and ability range of pupils at the school
- Be able to demonstrate a positive and authoritative rapport with pupils
- Excellent and effective classroom management skills
- Have excellent communication skills to enable effective dialogue with pupils, parents, staff and visitors
- Be organised and self-motivated, with a proven record for meeting targets and deadlines
Essential Values, Behaviours and Attitudes
All employees are expected to actively promote and demonstrate the core values of the school:
- Care
- Character
- Academic Excellence
In addition, the school expects all staff to show ambition, professionalism and display a love for learning both personally and professionally with a focus on encouraging these behaviours within pupils.
What the school offers its staff
- Access to an exceptional Professional Studies Programme
- Access to CPD from PiXL, Hampshire Local Authority, Subject Specific CPD and an in-house CPD
- To be part of a school which has a real ‘team approach’ where you will be valued and supported
- A dedicated Behaviour Team who supports teachers with behaviour around the school site daily, run internal exclusions and detentions
- A well-resourced curriculum area including your own laptop
- Contribution to the Teacher’s Pension Scheme
- A dedicated Teaching and Learning training room
- A staff room with complimentary refreshments and food provided on whole school events such as Parents’ Evenings
Commitment to safeguarding
Cove School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
As part of Keeping Children Safe in Education we may perform an online search as part of our due diligence checks on shortlisted candidates. This search could be carried out across publicly accessible social media platforms, blogs, or professional networks.
About Cove School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 979 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cove School website
- Email address
- s.downham@coveschool.uk
- Phone number
- 01252 542397
Arranging a visit to Cove School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.downham@coveschool.uk.
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