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  • Start date details

    Easter 2023

  • Closing date

    20 March 2023 at 9am

  • Date listed

    2 March 2023

Job details

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Contract type

Maternity or parental leave cover - 1 Year

Pay scale

MPS/UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • A strong, ambitious, and intelligent team player who is passionate about their subject and in supporting young people to enjoy and succeed through the study of Humanities.
  • An innovative, resilient, creative and motivated professional with an uncompromising belief that all children deserve an outstanding education.
  • A well-informed subject expert who is up to date with the latest research developments in their subject with an excellent understanding of curriculum design and effective pedagogical approaches.
  • A respected teacher who sets the highest of standards for student behaviour and focus.
  • An organised, reliable colleague who is committed to working with staff and students to help them achieve.

This is an exciting time to join a motivated, friendly and mission aligned growing team in a vibrant and successful school community with many opportunities to develop in the future.

What the school offers its staff

  • Excellent and positive student engagement in lessons supported by strong pastoral system
  • An exceptional CPD programme which is research led, valuable and bespoke
  • A growing school with incredible opportunities to develop, be promoted and take on further responsibility
  • Allocated 16.7% for PPA per week for main scale teachers, giving more time for planning, preparation and assessment.
  • Additional time is allocated for staff with a responsibility.
  • A sensible approach to feedback based on a diet of whole class feedback, peer and self-assessment. No more marking for the sake of it.
  • No implementation of gimmick teaching ideas, only evidence-based research that drives improvement and further innovation is adopted.
  • A Staff Wellbeing group that regularly reviews our approach to workload and operates a wellbeing policy.
  • All staff have access to counselling, mental health support, physio and virtual GPs.
  • A highly experienced, visible, and supportive Senior and Middle Leadership Team
  • A sensible approach to everything that we do, taking staff workload into consideration.

Further details about the role

This post expects the successful candidate to safeguard the welfare of CYP and uphold your professional responsibility.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK-either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children, and applicants will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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About Cockburn School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1273 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Phone number
01132719962

Cockburn School is an inclusive community comprehensive school whose focus on each individual, acknowledging both their rights and responsibilities. Cockburn School is now judged as Outstanding in ALL areas by Ofsted in February 2022.
A strong care, support guidance structure underpins a curriculum that seeks to develop the potential of every student. Academic rigour valued at all stages we strive create learning experiences provide challenge, engagement achievement. Our vision opportunities within beyond enable student so they become confident, independent successful citizens. We seek widen aspirations students, help them reach destinations are attainable fulfilling. have high expectations academic success personal behaviour believe these best achieved in caring environment. promote respect good manners; fundamental our community. recognise importance individual place local specialism enables students more interested involved arts, as part extended schools programme. ethos involves developing students’ enjoyment participation building self-confidence self-esteem creative abilities which often leads lifelong arts related activities. many see performances exhibitions. work raise attainment quality teaching chosen subjects for ways use new technologies improve whole curriculum. equality opportunity celebrating kinds. aim by creative, reflective learners. Arranging visit Contact 0113 2719962 location Parkside, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 5TT If candidates wish please contact us or email recruitment@cockburnschool.org

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