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  • Job start date

    1 September 2023

  • Closing date

    9 June 2023 at 9am

  • Date listed

    23 May 2023

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

Additional allowances

Recruitment allowance negotiable for exceptional candidate

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required September 2023

Full-time, Permanent

MPS/UPS Recruitment allowance negotiable for exceptional candidate

We are a Multi Academy Trust comprising of six secondary schools and one primary school with over 750 employees and over 5,500 students, based in Dudley, West Midlands.

Kinver High School is seeking to appoint an inspirational and ambitious Teacher of Computer Science / ICT and Business to join our ‘warm and welcoming school’ where ‘pupils behave well in lessons’ and ‘are polite and courteous’ (Ofsted Dec 21).

The ideal candidate will share our student-centered values and be an engaging and proactive teacher with a passion for lifelong learning. You must firmly believe and be driven to ensure that every student, regardless of starting point, can achieve success, enjoy school, and be engaged with wider school life, to become the best that they can be.

Within the Enterprise Department at KS3 we currently offer ICT and have recently introduced Computer Science in Year 9. At KS4, we offer I-Media, GCSE Business and our first GCSE Computer Science cohort are due to commence in September 2023. At A-Level, we also offer Business, ICT, Computer Science, and BTEC Business. Both Business and Computer Science are becoming increasingly popular subjects and are well -liked and supported by our parents and carers.

We are a highly successful and increasingly popular oversubscribed 11-18 comprehensive school of 670 students, situated in the picturesque village location of Kinver on the western fringe of the West Midlands. We consistently achieve above national outcomes at KS4 (P8+0.48) and currently have an ALPs score of a 2.

We would strongly encourage you to get in touch and arrange a visit.

Closing Date: Friday 9th June 2023, 9am

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

What the school offers its staff

We are located in the beautiful, rural village setting of Kinver and serve a wide area also comprising the South Staffordshire villages of Stourton, Swindon, Bobbington and Trysull. Over recent years a substantial number of children have travelled in from the southern and western parts of Stourbridge including Norton, Wollaston, Wordsley and from Cookley in Worcestershire. Kinver is also conveniently located for travel to and from Bridgnorth, Dudley and Kidderminster.

Kinver High School is widely recognised as a friendly and welcoming school community where all are valued. We aim to support and challenge all our students to work hard and have high aspirations for academic success and personal development.

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 Kinver High School and Sixth Form

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
703 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Arranging a visit to Kinver High School and Sixth Form

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