Teacher of English

Graham School, Scarborough, YO12 6QW

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2023

• Closing date

  9 June 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 May 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - Working Monday - Friday STPCD
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary from £28,000 - £43,685
• Pay scale: In line with Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

The ideal candidate will be focused on high quality teaching in Subject at Key Stages 3 and 4, and have a passion for working with young people. This post would be suitable for newly qualified or a more experienced teacher.

The successful candidate will be:

• able to inspire and motivate learners and students

• able to work collaboratively with the department and wider school staff

• committed to raising standards of learning for all

• focused on improving teaching and learning

• a creative and innovative thinker

• a team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• keen to engage in their own continuous professional development

We welcome visits to the school. If you would like to come and see our school during a working day please contact hello@gra.hslt.academy. We look forward to meeting you soon!

What the school offers its staff

Graham School is a growing 11 - 16 school in Scarborough. We are very proud of our transformation in the past few years and the huge progress being made by everyone in our community. Everything we do is based on our values Honesty, Empathy, Aspiration, Resilience, Teamwork and our vision is to 'Grow, Learn and Achieve together'. Our aim is for our students to flourish academically and to develop into responsible and resilient young people who will succeed and make a positive contribution to their community. Colleagues are valued and respected, benefiting from support from experienced staff both in school and across the Hope Sentamu Learning Trust. Professional development is important to us and we will support your aspirations and ensure you have every opportunity to develop your career. Join our committed and enthusiastic staff at #TeamGraham and be part of the continued growth of our school.

Working within the Trust gives excellent opportunities; for continuing professional development, to establish a wide ranging network across our primary and secondary schools and to develop your teaching craft.

We work collaboratively as a Trust to share best practice, develop our employees and work to establish environments where young people thrive and reach their potential.

We offer reduced timetabling for ECTs, an employee assistance programme and a Cycle to Work scheme.

Commitment to safeguarding

Hope Sentamu Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

Applying for the job

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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About Graham School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 973 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Graham School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hello@gra.hslt.academy
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/graham-school-scarborough (opens in new tab)

Graham School is a growing 11 - 16 school in Scarborough. We are very proud of our transformation in the past few years and the huge progress being made by everyone in our community. Everything we do is based on our values Honesty, Empathy, Aspiration, Resilience, Teamwork and our vision is to 'Grow, Learn and Achieve together'. Our aim is for our students to flourish academically and to develop into responsible and resilient young people who will succeed and make a positive contribution to their community. Colleagues are valued and respected, benefiting from support from experienced staff both in school and across the Hope Sentamu Learning Trust. Professional development is important to us and we will support your aspirations and ensure you have every opportunity to develop your career. Join our committed and enthusiastic staff at #TeamGraham and be part of the continued growth of our school. We welcome visits to the school. If you would like to come and see our school during a working day please contact hello@gra.hslt.academy. We look forward to meeting you soon! Scarborough is easily accessible and whilst many of our current staff are local, many also travel from York, Hull, Driffield and the surrounding areas. Our staff are our greatest resource and we are proud to be a host school to Teach First and NPQ providers. Staff who have relocated or who have entered teaching through all routes have stayed with us whilst our support staff have successfully applied for internal promotions and careers in teaching – and for us that is a sign of a school on the up!

Arranging a visit to Graham School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hello@gra.hslt.academy.

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