Teacher of Social Sciences
Northfleet School for Girls, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8AQThis job expired on 31 January 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
31 January 2023 at 5pm
Date listed
12 January 2023
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Subject
- Social sciences
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week / 52 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS (£28,000 - £43,684 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to appoint a full time teacher who has the ability to teach any or all of the following subjects: Psychology, Sociology, Criminology and has a genuine passion for these subjects. They should be willing to be part of an established and effective team.
The successful candidate will be committed to further raising standards and have an enthusiasm for teaching, learning and the progression of young people.
To be considered you must:
- Have Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or an Early Careers Teacher (ECT)
- Strong knowledge of the KS3 – KS5 curriculum
- Work well with staff and pupils alike
- Be motivated to get the best out of the pupils
- Have strong classroom management skills
What the school offers its staff
- A comprehensive induction
- Extensive professional development based on your needs and aspirations
- The opportunity to be part of a subject and whole school team which believes in working together to achieve excellence
- A school which values everyindividuals’contribution and seeks to develop teachers skills and talents across all areas of school life
- A school which believes that students and staff should ‘enjoy the journey!’
Further details about the role
We reserve the right to withdraw this advert before the published closing date should a suitable candidate be appointed before.
Commitment to safeguarding
Northfleet School for Girls and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check. For any candidate who is shortlisted, an online search will be conducted in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024 statutory guidance.
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About Northfleet School for Girls
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1283 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Northfleet School for Girls website
- Email address
- personnel@nsfg.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01474 831020
Northfleet School for Girls is a vibrant and caring school with a great community feel. Over recent years we have been growing rapidly (62% increase in student roll since 2017) and we believe this is down to the following key areas:
- A real passion to develop the whole student as well as achieve excellent academic progress
- A dedicated staffing team who really care and a clear commitment by leaders to staff wellbeing
- Great student behaviour and engagement, allowing staff and students to flourish
Our vision is that all students should "dream big and achieve" through the following:
- High expectations in all aspects of school life including uniform, attendance, behaviour and academic achievement
- Working together through truly valuing positive working relationships with staff, students and parents
- Enjoying the journey, we strongly believe that all involved in our community can enjoy being at our school and create lasting positive memories.
We are at a very exciting stage of realising our aspirational vision through the following:
- Very strong academic achievement, significantly above Kent similar school averages
- Continued oversubscription across school
- A key emphasis that we are not an exam factory, we seek to develop the whole person with equal importance to academic performance
- Valuing and developing our committed staff team through wellbeing support and further career opportunities
- A strong financial position allowing us to invest for the future
Arranging a visit to Northfleet School for Girls
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email personnel@nsfg.org.uk.
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