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Teacher of Psychology (0.60FTE)

Torquay Girls Grammar School, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 7DY

This job expired on 12 October 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 January 2021

• Closing date

  12 October 2020 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  22 September 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Psychology
• Working pattern: Part time
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS (£24,373 - £40,490) x 0.60FTE - pay award pending
• Additional allowances:

  Access to the Teachers' Pension Scheme ; Free use of the Fitness Suite

Teacher of Psychology (0.60FTE) job summary

Are you looking to teach Psychology in a very successful school? Our vacancy has arisen because of the upcoming retirement of the current postholder. This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding teacher with vision and dynamism to join us teaching bright, motivated girls in a beautiful part of the country.

Results place TGGS in the top 20 girls’ schools nationally; we were the Sunday Times South West State School of the Year 2019, and we are Ofsted Outstanding.

What We’re Looking For:
• A proven highly successful teaching record of teaching Psychology with understanding of recent developments in the curriculum.
• Subject knowledge sufficient to challenge the most able students up to A Level.
• An enthusiastic approach to teaching & learning, and maximising the full potential of all students. Ability to motivate and inspire a passion for Psychology in others.
• A confident and competent user of IT for teaching.

For further information, please see the Person Specification and Job Description.

TGGS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Commitment to safeguarding

Torquay Girls' Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. As part of our safer recruitment procedures, references will be taken up for all shortlisted applicants, and online searches will be completed. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service and other employment checks. Torquay Girls' Grammar School promotes equal opportunities for staff and students.

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About Torquay Girls Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 997 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Torquay Girls Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: personnel@tggsacademy.org
• Phone number: 01803 613215
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/torquay-girls-grammar-school-torquay (opens in new tab)

Torquay Girls’ Grammar school is the Sunday Times South West Secondary School of the Year 2019 and the 2020 Real Schools Guide Top School in Devon & Cornwall.

There are currently 935 pupils in the school, 240 of them in the 6th form. There are two major points of entry: 150 places in Y7, where the pupils must take the 11+, and the Sixth Form where we take in about 50 external students. At both points of entry we are heavily oversubscribed.

We take in students from a wide geographical catchment with approximately half coming from Torbay and half from Devon.

We have a healthy balance of staff from NQTs to very experienced teachers, as well as a wide spread across the age range; this mix of experience and background provides for a happy, stimulating and rewarding environment.

The role is to nurture the academic and personal development of our students.

The teaching timetable is based on a 50 period fortnight with an average teaching load of 42 periods. The daily routine is from 8.40am to 3.45pm with after-school and lunchtime activities.

We are one of the top performing state schools nationally and, for the past 3 years, we have received a written letter of congratulations from the Minister for Schools for our high Progress scores.

We were inspected by Ofsted in September 2011 and they judged us to be outstanding in all 22 key judgements and hence Outstanding overall. They wrote in the report that “Staff morale is very high.”

95%+ of pupils go on to top universities with some 10+ applying to Oxford or Cambridge each year. The school is extremely fortunate in attracting and retaining staff of the highest quality.

Arranging a visit to Torquay Girls Grammar School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@tggsacademy.org.

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