Teacher of English
Dixons Cottingley Academy, Bingley, BD16 1TZ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 December 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
Why choose Dixons Cottingley Academy?
- Culture of high expectations and a strong belief that all can achieve exceptional progress
- Very clear routines for learning so that teachers can teach and students can learn
- Culture of support and feedback for staff
- Exceptionally visible student-centred SLT
- Schemes of work fully resourced and ready
- Positive, supportive and friendly colleagues
- Weekly CPD and regular opportunities to benefit from working with other outstanding schools in the Trust
The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of determination, integrity and trust and completely committed to our mission: the academy will ensure that all students achieve excellent outcomes and are empowered to lead happy, purposeful and successful lives.
What the school offers its staff
Dixons Academies Trust
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.
- We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
- We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
- We are launching a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back
- We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
- We are always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
- We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
- We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.
Visit our OpenSource platform to learn more about our approaches and culture.
Learn more
Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.
Interviews will be held on 13 January 2025.
Please visit www.dixonsco.com or call us on 01274 089900 and speak to Parveen Purewell, Academy Administration Manager, to discuss the role further.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.
We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this here.
Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Commitment to safeguarding
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Dixons Cottingley Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 872 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Dixons Cottingley Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- askinner@dixonsat.com
The Dixons Academies Trust is a family of 16 schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester: 3 primaries, 10 secondaries, 2 all-through and one standalone sixth form. We are committed to making a difference where it matters most:
Values driven
Over 30 years of challenging educational and social disadvantage
Ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
Always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
Committed to recruiting a diverse workforce
Exceptional colleagues will support you to be your best
Low staff turnover
We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high quality apprenticeship.
Visit youtube.com/dixonsopensource to learn more about our approaches and culture.
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