Teacher of Social Science with Psychology Specialism
Eckington School, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4GNThis job expired on 29 May 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
29 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 May 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subjects
- Health and social care, Psychology, Social sciences, Sociology
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Temp 1 year to 31.08.2025
Pay scale
- MPS1 to UPS3
What skills and experience we're looking for
Eckington School is seeking an outstanding teacher of Social Sciences with a specialism in Psychology. The Social Sciences faculty delivers psychology, sociology, health & social care and criminology. This role would suit an ECT or established teacher.
The successful candidate will teach psychology with some sociology and health and social care.
Benefits include:
- CPD support from one of the largest Teaching Schools, the Sheffield Teacher Training Alliance, throughout your career.
- Opportunities to develop skills and experience as part of a growing, local Trust.
Chorus Education Trust is proud to support flexible working arrangements.
What the school offers its staff
Thank you for expressing an interest in the position of Teacher of Social Science with Psychology specialism. Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in Derbyshire with circa 1260 students on role.
This is an exciting and unique time at Eckington School. On 1st April 2023, Eckington School joined Chorus Academy Trust and on 17th April 2023, it welcomed a new Headteacher. In September 2023, the school also welcomed two new Deputy Headteachers and three new Assistant Headteachers. If successfully appointed, you will be joining a school determined to make rapid improvements to ensure all of Eckington’s students receive the very best education that enables them to maximise their full potential.
As part of our values, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at Chorus. We actively celebrate colleagues’ different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.
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 Eckington School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- Up to 1453 pupils
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Eckington School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- sfoster@chorustrust.org
- Phone number
- 01246 432849
Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in North-East Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including 150 in the school’s Sixth Form. In April 2023, Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust, also welcoming a new Headteacher.
Eckington School is part of Chorus Education Trust, and as such all appointees may be required to work at any Trust site in the future.
You can view the school website at: www.eckington.net
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