Teacher/Lead Practitioner of Sociology
Harris Rainham Sixth Form, Rainham, RM13 9XA20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter or September
Closing date
30 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 January 2025
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Sociology
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £37,913 - £55,494 + TLR Available
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS (Outer London) + £1,500 Harris Allowance + TLR
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a hardworking, ambitious and dynamic teacher to join Harris Rainham Sixth Form as a Teacher or Lead Practitioner of Sociology. You will have excellent opportunities to engage in wider Harris Federation academy improvement and professional development activities.
Harris Rainham Sixth Form is open to flexible working so full and part time applications are welcome. We are looking for a strong communicator with proven skills in engaging with, inspiring and motivating, not just the school community but the wider community.
The successful candidate will:
- Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
- Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school
- Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
- Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor
- Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work
- Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff
- Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards
- Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students
- Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary
- Have good written and spoken communication skills
- Be able to lead and manage their own work effectively
- Have excellent time management skills
- Be able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies
What the school offers its staff
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includesour Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS,a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Further details about the role
The purpose of your role will be:
- To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
- To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor
- To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
- To contribute to raising standards of student attainment
- To share and support the academy's responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:
- Operational and strategic planning (including lesson planning, developing resources and syllabuses, and contributing to the departmental plan)
- Curriculum planning
- Staff development (including continuing professional development and engaging fully in the Performance Management Review process)
- Quality assurance (including contributing to the process of monitoring and evaluating the subject area)
- Management of information (including maintaining appropriate records and tracking student progress)
- Communications with students, parents and other stakeholders
- Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)
- Teaching, ensuring a high quality learning experience for students
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Harris Rainham Sixth Form
- School type
- Free School, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- Sixth_form_or_college
- School size
- 95 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Harris Rainham Sixth Form website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@harrisfederation.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02082537777
Harris Rainham Sixth Form is a new sixth form serving the community of Rainham and Wennington. We are a dedicated group of staff who are deeply committed to serving our community and ensuring our students are on the path to the best universities and careers. We have built a school on our core values of Curiosity, Compassion, Commitment. These values are at the heart of our school and all that we do.
What makes us different:
Our values are at the centre of our school and aren't simply a slogan on a website.
We deliver a knowledge rich curriculum that is developed by our staff to meet the needs of our students. We teach beyond our subjects specifications through our electives, guilds and co-curricular programs.
Our leaders are role models, they lead by example, admit mistakes, welcome opinions and love honest conversations.
We are a standalone sixth form but work closely with Harris Academy Rainham an 11 – 16 Academy. This gives us the strengths of an 11-18 school and the benefits of a sixth form only environment.
We are a staff united against educational disadvantage with a fierce determination to show our students the world beyond Havering.
What we can do for you:
Great career progression both within our Academy and the Federation.
Excellent professional development opportunities. We focus our training on the latest educational thinking and research and we believe our people are our greatest asset.
Meaningful measures to manage workload – no graded observations, early finish on a Friday, no onerous marking requirements but sensible feedback policies.
Bespoke support and line management from excellent leaders across the school.
Opportunities for fantastic professional growth due to our close working relationship with Harris Academy Rainham and other academies across the Federation.
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