Teacher of Economics/History/Politics
Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 7PHThis job expired on 15 April 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
15 April 2024 at 9am
Date listed
12 March 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Economics, History, Politics
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours a week
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 September 2024 to 31 December 2024
Pay scale
- M1 - UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
- An outstanding subject knowledge and its place within the national curriculum
- The ability to teach good and outstanding lessons
- The ability to communicate how to teach outstanding lessons
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly effective time management, organisational and administrative skills
- Up-to-date knowledge of best pedagogic practice and an understanding of strategies to improve Teaching & Learning
- Familiarity with or understanding of specific subject focused curriculum development initiatives for students aged 11-19
- Advanced ICT skills and an imagination about the future impact of ICT on learning
- Aware of how to deal effectively with child protection issues
- Teaching across two Key Stages
- Experience of planning and managing change within an aspect of subject based school work
- Experience of teaching good and outstanding lessons
- Experience of raising student attainment in an aspect of school work
- Experience of working with a group of students offering pastoral support
What the school offers its staff
Working with high attaining and committed young men and women;
Joining an established cross trust team of professionals;
Access to a Charter Marked CPD programme (Silver Status);
Amenities and benefits including onsite parking; Ride to Work Scheme; Employee Assistance Programme and a School gym;
A firm commitment to staff wellbeing and work life balance;
A leafy setting on the edge of the beautiful Beddington Park easy access to both central London and the Surrey countryside.
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 Wallington County Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1102 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- personnel@wcgs.foliotrust.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 647 2235
Wallington County Grammar School is one of the most successful schools in the country. Our motto is Per Ardua ad Summa, Through Difficulties to the Heights, which our exceptional students exemplify each and every day. Their success and that of our staff has been recognised by Ofsted, grading the school ‘outstanding’ in all areas, and more recently by the Secretary of State for Education who presented the school with the 2019 Evening Standard Award for School Achievement. This success is born from a strong set of values centred around compassion for one another, commitment to all we do, courage in facing life’s many challenges and creativity to succeed in a global 21st century society.
We are a highly selective school, admitting 150 young men from across London and the South East into Year 7 and admitting young women into the Sixth Form. We have a well balanced, academic curriculum centred around developing scholarship and creativity which, when combined with innovative and forward thinking pedagogy, makes Wallington County Grammar School an extremely stimulating place to work.
Arranging a visit to Wallington County Grammar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@wcgs.foliotrust.uk.
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