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  • Closing date

    31 October 2019 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    2 October 2019

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,373 to £35,971 per year (full-time equivalent)

Additional allowances

We are committed to staff professional learning and leadership development for all staff, at all levels

We provide highly regarded NQT induction and Coaching for Excellence programmes

We have adopted a ‘Fair Workload Charter’

Staff benefit from being members of the PiXL Club and the Princes Teaching Institute

Staff have subsidised access to Highdown Sport and Leisure facilities

Teacher of English with Key Stage Responsibility (TLR 2b) job summary

We are looking for an outstanding, passionate and dynamic practitioner to contribute to the development and leadership of our well-resourced and supportive English department.

You should be a highly motivated and successful practitioner who is willing to contribute to all aspects of the school vision and the many enrichment activities that the department offers.

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 Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1575 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

Highdown was awarded academy status in 2010 and was judged to be a good school by Ofsted in April 2015.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is a thriving school where all students are challenged to reach excellence every day.

Our most important resource is our staff. Therefore, we aim to create the conditions and culture within the academy that make Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre a rewarding place to work. We are committed to investing in staff professional learning and leadership development, taking action to rationalise workload, promote mental and physical health and wellbeing, and encourage collaboration and peer support.

Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, teaching and support staff (including temporary and supply staff), governors and volunteers to share this commitment.

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