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Teacher of English

Strood Academy, Rochester, Kent, ME2 2SX

This job expired on 30 September 2019 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  4 November 2019

• Closing date

  30 September 2019 at 1am

• Date listed

  13 September 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490
• Additional allowances:

  Working for Strood Academy: Since opening in 2009, our academy has transformed the educational opportunities and outcomes for girls and boys in Strood. The improvement in academic performance has been driven by a talented and committed workforce, the hard work of our students, and support from parents and our community. Our new buildings in Carnation Road were designed in partnership with Nicholas Hare and built by BAM as our main contractor at a cost of £26m. They opened in September 2012 and have outstanding learning environments and outside play areas as well as fantastic sports facilities. The buildings reflect our education vision of creating a mature and purposeful educational environment where children of all abilities can learn and thrive.

  Our core value is “Building ambition; inspiring pride” and our purpose at Strood Academy is to:

  - nurture students’ aspirations and build resilience within an environment of tolerance, respect and empathy; ; - shape leaders within a global community; ; - develop and celebrate knowledgeable and inquiring minds to promote lifelong learning and; ; - help young people develop into well educated, considerate and caring citizens.

  We have a growing roll call of 1400 children, including 200 in Sixth Form. Working in our academy takes a lot of dedication and hard work, but for the right individuals, it can be an incredibly rewarding experience and contribute significantly to personal and professional development.

  Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st January 2019, our Trust is comprised of 23 geographically organised academies (11 secondaries, 11 primaries and 1 special) educating over 15,000 students, and employing over 2,500 talented staff. We also have three further academies in development phase, due to open in September 2020. The Trust is establishing four ‘clusters’ of academies: North West Kent; Central Kent; South East London; Medway. In addition, the Trust is responsible for one of the region’s biggest initial teaching training providers and a large teaching school.

  As part of Leigh Academies Trust you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.

  We strive to offer a range of benefits that all employees can take advantage of which we regularly review and add to - click here to view what you’d receive as a member of staff with Leigh Academies Trust.

  Diversity at our core: As a Trust we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals we all bring something unique to the role regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs or disabilities which is why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.

  The academy is committed to safeguarding children and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Our commitment to safeguarding is underpinned by robust processes and checks which are in place across the Trust.

Teacher of English job summary

Strood Academy has an opportunity to appoint a talented Teacher of English to join our collaborative and close-knit department, commencing November 2019. With responsibility for teaching across all three key stages across the academy, our successful teacher will be joining a committed team of experienced, newly qualified and trainee teachers and also be in receipt of incredibly strong and positive leadership of the faculty. Whilst this role is initially offered on a fixed term maternity cover contract, every effort will be made to offer a substantive position thereafter.

Our results demonstrate that a very high proportion of our pupils make expected progress and moving forward, we aim for all students to have a positive Progress 8 score. Our successful teacher will demonstrate the ability to self-review and make changes as necessary.

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 Strood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1273 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Strood Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: talent@latrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/strood-academy (opens in new tab)

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