Teacher of English – Lead for Key Stage 3
Great Western Academy, Swindon, SN25 2PPThis job expired on 2 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
2 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
25 April 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
This post attracts a permanent TLR 2a (£3,214) as Lead for Key Stage 3 but also offers the chance to temporarily replace this with a TLR 2b (£5,529) in order to cover the maternity leave of the current second in faculty
What skills and experience we're looking for
- With the Head of Faculty, to ensure high quality teaching, learning and wider activities so that all students find their learning challenging, engaging and motivating and make excellent progress
- To take responsibility for an area of leadership in the Faculty, as agreed with the Head of Faculty
- To line manage members of the Faculty, as agreed with the Head of Faculty
- To contribute fully to the ethos of Great Western Academy and to promote the Academy’s values
- To be a learner themselves, reviewing and developing their practice and furthering their professional and career development
What the school offers its staff
- Average class sizes of 26 in years 7 to 11
- Flexible working opportunities
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- State of the art facilities
- Leading edge ICT, including a laptop provided for all staff
- Free Health and Wellbeing Support Service
- Cycle to work scheme through Cyclescheme
- Access to EV charging on site. Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice scheme
- Easy access to the A419, and free parking
Commitment to safeguarding
Great Western Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. All posts within the Trust are therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS and barred list check.
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About Great Western Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 878 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Great Western Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@gwacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01793 209700
Great Western Academy opened in brand new, state-of-the-art facilities in North Swindon in September 2018. The Academy is heavily oversubscribed in years 7,8,9,10 and 11 and our first two cohorts of A-level students celebrated their exceptional results in summer 2021 and 2022
Arranging a visit to Great Western Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@gwacademy.co.uk.
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