Teacher of English

Lightcliffe Academy, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 8TL

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2024

• Closing date

  10 May 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS - UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for:

• A routinely good/outstanding teacher,
• A colleague looking to develop their career within a supportive team,
• Able to encourage and enthuse students to achieve their full potential,
• Someone who will support the Trust’s Christian ethos as well as our shared mission and values.

You will be:

• A highly motivated and hard-working individual,
• A team-player who can develop positive relationships with children, families, and colleagues,
• Someone who will support the Trust’s Christian ethos as well as our shared mission and values.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• Friendly, welcoming academies with a strong Christian ethos as well as enthusiastic, well-motivated colleagues,
• A 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme,
• Retail discounts/ offers at high street and online retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships, dental care,
• Free secure onsite parking,
• Membership of an excellent pension scheme.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lightcliffe Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share and embody this commitment. As part of the application process safeguarding checks will be undertaken. All roles in our school will involve contact with children/young people and Lightcliffe Academy expects all staff and volunteers to prioritise safeguarding and behave in accordance and promote our values of 'Working in Partnership to educate, nurture and empower'.

Applying for the job

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About Lightcliffe Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 977 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Lightcliffe Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: shardaker@lightcliffeacademy.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lightcliffe-academy (opens in new tab)

Lightcliffe Academy is an ambitious, caring and happy Academy in the east of Calderdale. Our 1000 pupils aged 11-16 come from throughout the local community to receive an education in which we work together to stretch them academically, support them pastorally and help them to develop socially and spiritually, as expressed in our mission statement; ‘In partnership to educate, nurture, empower’

Arranging a visit to Lightcliffe Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email shardaker@lightcliffeacademy.co.uk.

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