25 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    27 April 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    27 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher

Visa sponsorship

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Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Subject

Psychology

Working pattern

Full time: 40 hours per week, 52.143 weeks per year

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Teacher main pay scale + Mossbourne main pay scale allowance £1,600.00 / UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful applicant will be a Psychology specialist. It would also be desirable if the candidate has the ability to teach Sociology at GCSE and A level and the willingness to teach another Humanities subject at KS3, if required. They will be well organised and willing to go the ‘extra mile’. The candidate will be someone passionate about their subject and keen to develop their teaching and learning and motivate students at any key stage. They will hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), have a proven track record of successful teaching across different key stages and believe that all students can succeed.

What the school offers its staff

Federation staff are rewarded through the comprehensive package of benefits listed in our Federation Recruitment Brochure, including:

  • The Mossbourne Allowance (T&Cs apply)

  • Free lunches (T&Cs apply)

  • Tea, coffee and refreshments provided for staff throughout the week

  • Benenden health membership, to support health and wellbeing, fully paid by the Federation

  • Early finish on Friday – secondary academies

  • Free staff fitness classes

  • Cycle to work and season ticket loan schemes

  • Discounts at local restaurants

  • Discounted gym membership with the ability to spread membership costs

  • Saturday and holiday paid programme

  • Special leave scheme

  • Staff appreciation awards and events

  • First rate professional development and career opportunities

  • Financial support for career development (T&Cs apply)

  • ‘Introduction Bonus’ for current staff (T&Cs apply)

  • Remuneration for exam board marking (T&Cs apply)

Commitment to safeguarding

Mossbourne Federation reserves the right to modify job descriptions to ensure the needs of the Federation & students are met. Mossbourne Federation provides equal employment opportunities to all employment applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or status. The document is not a comprehensive list; it simply outlines expectations of the role. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. The post holder must be committed to safeguarding the welfare of children.

Applying for the job

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Additional documents

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About Mossbourne Community Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1432 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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The Mossbourne Federation’s flagship academy, Mossbourne Community Academy (MCA) is built on high expectations and doing right by the pupils in our care. We are driven to ensure that MCA pupils have future choice and opportunities, succeed in their chosen career pathway and make positive contributions to society. MCA has not only changed the face of education in Hackney, but has also raised the bar in educational expectations to the highest level; we achieve recognition, nationally, and annually, for setting a new benchmark for non-selective comprehensive education. All pupils, regardless of race, gender, background or ability, are encouraged to achieve their true potential and the behaviour of our pupils is exemplary. With outstanding GCSE and A-level results, year on year, Mossbourne Community Academy is placed within the top 1% of schools in the country. We are tremendously proud that our most recent Ofsted Inspection, dated November 2021, judged the academy as ‘outstanding’ and starts with the sentence ‘Mossbourne Community Academy changes pupil’s lives for the better’, because that is what we do, year on year. In 2023, Mossbourne Community Academy was named the top comprehensive school in London in The Sunday Times ‘Good Schools Guide’, the 5th most oversubscribed school in England and the most oversubscribed school in London. Such recognition is testament to the pride, hard work and dedication of our staff body, pupils and parents.

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