Teacher of German The Leigh UTC, Dartford, Kent
Job description
The Leigh UTC and Inspiration Academy have an exciting opportunity available and are looking for a Teacher of German to start as soon as possible; a brand new role within the department to reflect the continuing growth in student numbers since widening our student intake. Teaching predominantly Key Stage 3 and IB, this is a truly fantastic opportunity for a passionate teacher to become part of a well-established, highly collaborative and successful academy as we are confident that our teaching and support teams, our facilities and most importantly our students will inspire you. There is also real scope for this role to become a Coordinator of Learning position for the department as this subject area continues to grow in years to come.
Join us for a visit at a time to suit you and allow us to demonstrate exactly what we have on offer. We are keen to hear from experienced teachers seeking a successful academy, and we can offer bespoke professional development depending on your motivations. As an IB World School, applicants that have previous experience in delivering IB are of strong interest to us, but please note that this criterion is not essential as training will be offered.
Essential educational requirements
Undergraduate degree
Essential qualifications
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Essential skills and experience
Experience teaching this subject area
Employee benefits
Working with us: Having opened in September 2014 with state-of-the-art facilities originally for Key Stage 4 and 5, The Leigh UTC provides an exciting, innovative, business-led, problem-solving curriculum, enabling students to achieve relevant work-related qualifications and transferable skills for future training or employment. The most unique feature of The Leigh UTC is its business ethos that are emphasised by our students' behaviours and supported by our sponsors.
In September 2017, following the request of the Department for Education due to our continued success, The Leigh UTC marked history by expanding its student intake to incorporate Key Stage 3 – the first UTC in the UK to do this. Furthermore, being the first UTC to have IB World School Status has enabled us to develop strong links in Germany and Qatar. Having IB Status will enable us to further develop the mid-years programme (MYP) for our Key Stage 3 students and thus providing a joined-up pathway from ages 11 to 19. The overarching mission of the Inspiration Academy is to develop curious, academically-skilled young people who aspire to be principled, compassionate learners. Our curriculum strives to create students who are self-motivated, competent, willing to take risks and lifelong learners.
Our key successes and features that our successful candidate can be part of are as follows;
-The promotion of pupils’ personal development and welfare is outstanding
-Pupils, including the disadvantaged and those who have special educational needs and/or disabilities, catch up from previous underachievement and make strong and often rapid progress in a range of subjects and disciplines
-Application to learning is often exemplary
-The Leigh UTC makes a real difference for its pupils and surrounding area. Pupils become motivated to find and follow their passions. They leave well equipped to succeed in engineering and related technical and design careers and contribute to the economy.
-The Principal, with his leaders and staff team, model a high-quality working environment. This rubs off on pupils, who value the supportive ethos, work-like atmosphere.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of September 2019, our Trust is comprised of 25 geographically organised academies (11 secondaries, 13 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 between September 2020-2021. 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.
About The Leigh UTC
- Address
- Brunel Way, Dartford, Kent, DA1 5TF
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free School
- Website
- The Leigh UTC website (opens in a new window)