Teacher of History
The Aylesbury Vale Academy, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP18 0WSThis job expired on 16 April 2023
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
16 April 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 March 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
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Working pattern
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- 32.5 hours per week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MS/UPS
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are a highly supportive school with strong subject and senior leadership to help you develop. We are looking for a highly ambitious, committed and dynamic professional to join our History department; someone who is passionate about their subject, communicates well with young people and makes a positive impact on their learning. The History department comprises of 3 full-time History teachers, including a Curriculum Leader. Our teachers are all passionate and skilled Historians with our own areas of expertise. We work collaboratively to support each other both with the demands of our work and our wellbeing.
History is a popular GCSE option. The successful candidate will be able to teach up to KS4 across a wide range of abilities and be an inspirational practitioner.
At KS4, our students currently follow AQA:-
- Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
- Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939
- Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
- Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
The successful candidate will make History engaging, relevant and teach students about the world they live in to help them make sense of modern life by linking to past lives and events. The successful candidate will value developing key employability and life skills such as analysing evidence, considering impact, critical thinking, research, reciprocation and value developing literacy.
What the school offers its staff
- Priority admissions for school staff
- 10% discount on pre-school places
- 10% discount on Primary wraparound care
- 25% discount on the use of the Lettings facilities (sport pitches, sports hall, drama studios, Community suite, party rooms)
- State of the art gym for staff use
- Access to Teacher Pension Scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Free employee assistant programme - 24/7 phone line for free emotional, bereavement and financial concerns
- Discount at a local coffee shop
- Free hot drinks in staff room. We love our Wellbeing Wednesdays where we offer free pastries/cookies and fruit to all staff!
- Financial support with any self-directed CPD such as MAs
- Large free car park
- Five minutes' walk to the train station (direct train to London Marylebone in 40 minutes)
- 30 minutes to Bicester shopping village
Commitment to safeguarding
Our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children will be reflected throughout the recruitment process and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check and an online screening check. We also carry out Enhanced DBS checks every five years.
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About The Aylesbury Vale Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 19
- Education phase
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- School size
- 1814 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Aylesbury Vale Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- eperrin@theacademy.me
- Phone number
- 01296 428551
Thank you for expressing your interest in the post of Teacher of IT. This is a school where we aim to go beyond the expected to ensure that students' life chances are enhanced.
We are proud of our non-selective, fully inclusive status and believe that children and young people, regardless of their background, ability or circumstances can thrive and succeed here. That is why we place respect, aspiration and resilience at the heart of everything we do.
Arranging a visit to The Aylesbury Vale Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email eperrin@theacademy.me.
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