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  • Job start date

    1 September 2024

  • Closing date

    4 March 2024 at 9am

  • Date listed

    23 February 2024

Job details

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

English

Working pattern

Full time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

MPS/UPS negotiable TLR for experienced candidate willing to take on departmental responsibility

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Magna Academy we have a team of dedicated people who are all working together to achieve our mission of preparing our students for success. Our academy is a vibrant and exciting place to work and was rated as Good with Outstanding Personal Development and an Outstanding Sixth Form by OFSTED in April 2023. We are proud that our outcomes and progress are very strong across the academy.

We are looking to recruit an exceptional and experienced candidate to the role of Teacher of English to join our team at Magna Academy. This will provide an exciting and challenging opportunity for an experienced teacher wishing to further develop their career, to build upon the existing track record of success within English at KS3 - KS5 and make a real impact on further driving up attainment and progress within English.

The successful candidate will be an excellent teacher of English with experience and expertise, who has a passionate belief in the ability for all to succeed. They will be a conscientious and enthusiastic team player keen to join a vibrant department. The post is suitable for those that can teach English to KS5. The successful candidate must have strong subject knowledge and a proven track record.

We are looking for a highly motivated, outstanding classroom practitioner with a strong presence, who is ambitious for students, their colleagues and the academy. Ultimately, we are looking for a committed teacher with an uncompromising belief that all students deserve an outstanding education. They will uphold our inclusive ethos and provide opportunities for all students to progress well.

What the school offers its staff

What we offer:

  • Bespoke support and line management from an experienced Head of Department
  • Professional progression opportunities
  • Great students who conduct themselves impeccably
  • Strong systems and structures meaning students feel safe and secure
  • Measures to reduce staff workload such as centralised detentions and a sensible feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – we do not have onerous/impossible marking policies
  • A centralised homework system at KS3
  • No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop – we believe that trusting our staff with autonomy helps to develop a strong ‘develop and excel’ culture
  • Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
  • CPD starts as soon as you are appointed and is ongoing
  • State of the art facilities and a very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset

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 Magna Academy

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

Secondary

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