Teacher of Humanities - History/ Geography or RE (Maternity)
Birches Head Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 8DDThis job expired on 10 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
10 October 2023 at 9am
Date listed
15 September 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subjects
- Geography, History, Humanities, Religious education
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time Teaching Hours
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year in the first instance - Maternity or parental leave cover
Pay scale
- M1 £28000 - UPS 3 £43685
What skills and experience we're looking for
Essential:
• A high level of competence in teaching Humanities.
• Ability to develop new and imaginative units of work.
• Excellent subject knowledge.
Desirable:
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Experience of running extra-curricular activities and trips.
Essential:
- Degree in area relevant to subject teaching or evidence of relevant level of subject knowledge.
- QTS for secondary education.
- PGCE / teaching qualification for secondary education.
- English and Mathematics at G.C.S.E. / ’O’ Level or equivalent and/or sound Literacy and Numeracy
skills (ITT accreditation test level).
Experience
Essential:
- Successful secondary teaching practice / record.
- Creative, engaging lesson planning.
- Experience of, and able to, produce and implement plans and policies
- Experience as a personal tutor / form tutor.
What the school offers its staff
TLR considered for the right candidate
Birches Head Academy is a part of the Frank Field Education Trust and we work collaboratively with others in our FFET family, allowing our students and staff many opportunities to develop. This is embodied in the FFET vision: ‘Social Justice through Excellence in Education’ and in the Academy motto: ‘Aspire to be More’.
Birches Head Academy is looking to appoint a suitably qualified and highly committed Teacher of Humanities, on a fixed term Maternity cover contract, to join this successful and well-resourced department and play a vital role in helping us to ensure our students receive a world-class education, thereby enabling each child to reach their full potential. A TLR may be considered for the right candidate.
The successful candidate should be an outstanding practitioner, experienced in teaching both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. You should have a proven track record of successful outcomes and delivering on your plans. An innovative teacher, you should teach with enthusiasm and vision, and be passionate about your subject, and teaching and learning research and practice.
Applications from both experienced teachers and ECTs (formerly NQTs) are warmly invited.
Closing date for applications: Monday 25th September 2023, 9.30am
Interviews to take place Thursday 28th September 2023
For further information, including the recruitment pack and application form, please visit our website at:www.bircheshead.org.uk.
Completed application forms should be emailed tojbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk
Birches Head Academy requires an application form to be completed in order to be considered for this role. Please note that CVs alone will not be accepted.
Birches Head Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants will, therefore, be subject to stringent vetting and induction processes, including an enhanced DBS disclosure. References will be requested prior to interview.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Birches Head Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1045 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Birches Head Academy website
- Email address
- jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01782233595
This is an exciting time at the Academy, as we
have made dramatic improvements and seen
a complete culture change in recent years,
resulting in growing numbers of children
applying for places.
We are part of the Frank Field Education
Trust, providing a firm foundation to enable us
to flourish. As an Academy within the Frank
Field Education Trust, schools will particularly
benefit from the Trust’s access to services that
will improve the support we can offer to all
students and families and also from the
opportunity to work with like-minded people,
who want the best for children and young
people.
The Academy works in partnership with
a number of schools both locally and
nationally, including our primary feeder
schools and colleges to ensure all students
have the very best opportunities and
outcomes.
Our vision is to provide:
• An exceptional academic education to all
children (Intellectual Capital)
• A values led approach to education for
every child (Cultural Capital)
• The right environment for every
child to flourish by building learning
communities in partnership with parents
and carers (Social Capital)
Achieving these commitments will ensure that,
when pupils leave the Academy, they are
ready for the next step in their journey; leaving
with the necessary skills and knowledge, and
the desire to serve others, to become the next
generation of leaders.
Our determination to do this, in its fullest
sense, resonates with our Academy motto
inspired by the words of Oscar Romero
“Aspire to be More”. I have very high
aspirations for the young people at Birches
Head Academy. I want the very best for them.
I want them to ‘Aspire to be More’.
If you feel you can make a contribution
to this important enterprise and help our
children to be the best that they can be, then I
look forward to receiving your application.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy
or visit the school please contact Mrs J
Bracegirdle, Principal’s PA, by email at:
jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk.
Mr Paul Masher
Principal
Arranging a visit to Birches Head Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jbracegirdle@bircheshead.org.uk.
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