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  • Job start date

    1 September 2020

  • Closing date

    21 April 2020 at 10am

  • Date listed

    3 April 2020

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

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Working pattern

Full-time equivalent salary

Teachers Main/Upper

Teacher of English job summary

Required for September 2020
Applications are welcomed from NQTs

To support our growing and expanding school, we are seeking applications from a dedicated and hardworking teacher to join our English department within a highly successful and supportive non-selective 11-18 Academy.

We are a split-site, rural, mixed 11-18 non-selective converter academy with approximately 1380 students, including over 240 students in our Sixth Form. We are situated centrally in Crowborough, on the outskirts of the Ashdown Forest, an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Tunbridge Wells and the South Coast.

We work meticulously to secure a culture of unapologetically high expectations that are underpinned by our collective, uncompromising belief and ambition for the students of Beacon Academy, and for the experienced, loyal, highly-skilled and highly-effective team of staff that teach them, allowing teachers to teach and students to learn in a school where leadership, management, behaviour and welfare are all judged as outstanding. The Academy and the Department of English are committed to the development of both its staff and students.

We secure excellent outcomes for our students. For the last 3 years, Beacon Academy has been the number one school in East Sussex for the Government’s headline measure Progress 8. In 2019 our progress was 0.97, which places us in the top 1.6% of schools nationally. As a non-selective, non-denominational, non-fee-paying school, we are delighted to have received this confirmation, once again, of our high-ranking position. This places us in an esteemed group of 6% of schools nationally who are categorised as well above average for three years in a row. We know this is a clearly a result of our vision and our determination to consistently provide the best possible education for all of our students, and to become an exceptional school for our community.

We have been a National Teaching School and National Support School since 2017 and most recently we have been designated as part of the Beacon Partnership to deliver the Chartered College CTeach Programme. Our Headteacher, Ms Robinson is also a designated National Leader of Education, a Consultant Headteacher for East Sussex County Council and a member of the South East Ofsted Reference Group.

The closing date for applications is 10am on Tuesday 21st April 2020

Despite the challenges we face, we will do everything we can to continue with most recruitment at Beacon Academy at this time, following all guidance and using all the resources available to us that could include Zoom and other online platforms. Interview activities may vary, but our recruitment will be fair and in line with safeguarding policy.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance and suitable references.

NB: we advise applying promptly for this post as we reserve the right to close and interview early if sufficient suitable applications have been received.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to Enhanced DBS clearance and suitable references.

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About Beacon Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1592 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

We are a split site, semi-rural, mixed 11-18 non-selective converter academy with approximately 1630 students, including over 250 students in our Sixth Form. We are situated centrally in Crowborough on the outskirts of the Ashdown Forest, an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Tunbridge Wells and the South Coast. The vast majority of our staff travel to Beacon from a variety of destinations within the South East, including Brighton, Eastbourne, Lewes and Tunbridge Wells.

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