Teacher of Maths
The Wensleydale School & Sixth Form, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5HYThis job expired on 19 February 2024
Start date details
Required for September 2024, but may be able to have June 2024 start date
Closing date
19 February 2024 at 9am
Date listed
15 January 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- Mathematics
Working pattern
- Full time: Full-time non-leadership You are employed on a full-time basis to work, as directed by the Headteacher, for up to 1265 hours allocated reasonably throughout the 195 days per annum you are required to be available for work
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main scale to UPR
What skills and experience we're looking for
Post-Graduate Certificate of Education
Degree in relevant subject area
Teaching experience across Key Stage 3& 4
Track record of being a consistently Good Teacher (minimum)
Excellent subject knowledge
Calm, compassionate and resilient
Track record of exam success at individual and team level
Knowledge and experience of school and Faculty self-evaluation processes and OfSTED
Knowledge and understanding of target setting processes
Have high expectations of all students, and self
Ability to motivate students of all performance levels
Secure behaviour management skills ensuring any disruption to learning is minimal
Ability to use a range of collaborative learning styles
What the school offers its staff
Do you want to work in a school that is friendly, supportive and close-knit, but whose ambitions for our students are not limited by our size?
Are you excited by the opportunity to help a school move from being a Good one (widely praised in our 2017 and 2022 Ofsted inspections), to one that is recognised as Outstanding in all areas?
If so, The Wensleydale School is the school for you.
We are situated in the heart of the picturesque Yorkshire Dales, a spectacular place to live and work. Wensleydale is a happy place in which students and teachers expect to treat one another with respect. We are fiercely ambitious for our students, care deeply about all aspects of their success and value everyone’s unique differences.
In debating, we compete against leading independent schools in national finals. We are very proud of our successes on the sports field, taking home trophies from many of the local sporting competitions. Our enrichment activities and trips are the envy of other schools.
We are not just looking for an individual who can inspire in the classroom, but someone who can add to our strong sense of community by embracing the possibilities we offer.
Further information about the job
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.
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About The Wensleydale School & Sixth Form
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 388 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Wensleydale School & Sixth Form website
- Email address
- julia.polley@wensleydaleschool.net
- Phone number
- 01969621007
Our school has a strong community feel and is set in a beautiful part of North Yorkshire countryside. It is a spectacular place to live and work. Our exceptional students make the school a welcoming and friendly learning environment and all stakeholders adhere to 4 key behaviours that shape the school’s mission and ethos.
Successful
Positive
Respectful
Hardworking
Arranging a visit to The Wensleydale School & Sixth Form
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email julia.polley@wensleydaleschool.net.
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