Teacher of History
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7DAThis job expired on 22 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
22 May 2024 at 9am
Date listed
16 May 2024
Job details
Job role
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Subject
- History
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,350.00 - £47,839.00 Annually (FTE)
Teacher of History job summary
Job Title - Teacher of History
Salary - MPS / UPS
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys is an 11-18 year old selective Boys’ Grammar School, with a co-educational sixth form, run jointly with Wilmington Grammar School for Girls.
We are looking to appoint an energetic, enthusiastic, and effective practitioner to join our successful History department from September 2024. We welcome applications from colleagues with all levels of experience including ECTs.
Our ideal candidate will:
- Enable students to achieve the highest possible standards.
- Knowledge of and the ability and desire to regularly display contemporary teaching and learning pedagogies.
- Work motivationally within a team of staff.
Please read the attached job description and person specification for more information on this role.
Career with Endeavour MAT - what we can offer you:
As well as offering a competitive salary: a supportive working environment; modern facilities; allocated parking space; use of school gym and a collegial staff team, we can also offer you the opportunity to advance your career with us.
You will be joining an Academy Trust already established in developing practitioners, and nurturing excellent future leaders, with unrivalled opportunities for progression; whatever your aspirations.
A significant reward of working within our Trust schools is that you will have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented, engaged and motivated students and staff in the country. Our common values of respect, integrity, determination, equality of opportunity and self-management instil in our students a strong work ethic and our supportive culture provides what many of our existing staff describe as a ‘family feel’ within our MAT.
Application Process:
The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday 22nd May 2024, with interviews expected to take place shortly afterwards.
Early applications are encouraged as eligible candidates may be invited to the interview stage on a rolling basis and we may appoint before the stated closing date.
Commitment to safeguarding
As a school we take safeguarding issues very seriously. The following gives an overview:
Safeguarding procedures in school are overseen by a member of the Senior Leadership Team, with a lead Governor responsible for ensuring that these procedures are in place and are monitored regularly.
The school has a designated DSL (Designated Safeguarding Lead) and a Safeguarding Team who meet regularly to discuss any ongoing safeguarding or welfare concerns.
All staff have received recognised training in safeguarding and child protection.
All staff, including non-teaching staff know the procedures for reporting safeguarding or welfare concerns
About Wilmington Grammar School for Boys
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys (often referred to as WGSB) is an extremely considerate school with a wonderful learning environment and atmosphere.
The key focus for ensuring our students gain the best possible education is to provide them with the highest quality teaching within the best learning environments. Continually developing the quality of their teaching and pedagogy is the number one priority for all our staff. The school's senior leadership team prioritises their attention to supporting what is happening day by day in the classroom and there is a relentless focus on continually raising standards and expectations which is equally endorsed and monitored by the school's governing body. The staff and students continually rise to the challenge.
The school is comparatively small with a six form entry in Y7/8 and a five form entry in Y9-11 with a total number of students on roll measuring approximately 1050 including an expanding joint Sixth Form with Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (WGSG). The school’s size and embedded ethos of care and support is the key feature of its reputation in the local community.
WGSB is a member of the Endeavour MAT family of schools, which pride themselves on setting consistently high expectations, securing outstanding outcomes and delivering exceptional standards of teaching and learning for all. Our students are encouraged to develop resilience and are supported to become innovative and thoughtful problem solvers via the Endeavour mindset programme.
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