Teacher of Dance
St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 6HNThis job expired on 27 February 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
29 August 2023
Closing date
27 February 2023 at 9am
Date listed
3 February 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Dance
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until the post-holder returns - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- MPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
St Paul’s is seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Teacher of Dance (Maternity Cover) from August 2023.
The successful candidate will enjoy the support and collaboration of a very supportive well established team.
St Paul’s is a thriving and successful 11-18 Catholic School, with 1140 students from a variety of backgrounds and faiths. It was judged good at its last inspection with Sixth form being outstanding. St Paul’s is ambitious for its students and staff and the school has continued to improve in all areas since the 2018 inspection. Ofsted described the school as “inclusive and caring” and students as “polite, caring and helpful.”
We can offer the successful candidate:
- The opportunity to be part of a warm inclusive community
- A respectful and ethical working environment with a supportive culture
- A belief and commitment to work life balance for all staff
- A strong centralised behaviour system with an embedded culture of respect and hard work, allowing teachers to teach effectively, free from low-level disruption.
- A robust approach to assessment, which is not reliant on ineffective burdensome marking.
- The opportunity to teach across key stages 3, 4 and 5
- Membership of the Medicash health care scheme
- Employer pension contributions of over 20%
- Nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay
- Access to our Electric Car Scheme
- Career enhancement and development opportunities which include:
Funded NCE courses at all levels
Professional development via the Leicestershire and Rutland Teaching School Hub
What the school offers its staff
To be our ideal candidate you will:
- be passionate about your subject
- be excited and ready to implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
- have the vision to facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
- be up-to-date with the latest research on effective teaching in Dance
- have experience of teaching at KS3 and 4
- be ambitious and collaborative
- Contribute to raising standards of student attainment
Application Process
To apply for this post please complete the application via the Trust Vacancies page by the closing date stated.
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested, prior to interview, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, medical check, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the right to work in the UK. We value equality and diversity and welcome applications from all sectors of the community including those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the school’s Catholic character and Christian ethos.
The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.
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.
About St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1086 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy website
- Email address
- office@st-pauls.leicester.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01162414057
Arranging a visit to St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@st-pauls.leicester.sch.uk.
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