Teacher of Social Sciences
The Kings of Wessex Academy, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3AQThis job expired on 18 November 2024
Job start date
1 January 2025
Closing date
18 November 2024 at 8am
Date listed
4 November 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, Law, Psychology, Social sciences, Sociology
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time. Part time hours maybe considered
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main and Upper Pay Scales
What skills and experience we're looking for
Candidates will need to demonstrate they are:
- An outstanding teacher (or an ECT aspiring to be outstanding) who has vision, drive and a determination to succeed in maximising attainment potential
- Able to deliver high quality teaching and learning
- Organised and have excellent communication skills
- Innovative, enthusiastic and passionate about their subject and able to deliver results
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- The full support of a dedicated committed team of staff.
- The opportunity to work with our wonderful young learners and supportive parents.
- A commitment to offering excellent CPD opportunities.
- Staff benefits, including discounted gym membership and a cycle to work scheme.
- Teacher Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution in excess of 20%, subject to pension eligibility criteria.
- A staff assistance programme with specialist provider, CareFirst who provide a 24/7 free phone helpline, or face-to-face counselling for every employee in the Wessex family.
- The benefit of working in an innovative and forward-thinking Trust.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Wessex Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding young people and promoting the welfare of children, and all staff appointed will undergo online checks and be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
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About The Kings of Wessex Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 13 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1045 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Kings of Wessex Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@kowessex.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01934742608
Kings is a high achieving 13-18 years school. Exam results are consistently high year-on-year, with students making outstanding progress from Key Stage 2 to 4, and after the Sixth Form many students go on to top universities.
Accolades and league tables are important, but there is more to Kings than percentages and statistics.
We believe in every child, and have high expectations for them regardless of their background. We take pride in excellent attendance and behaviour, a positive attitude, and smart uniform. We want every child who attends Kings to be happy in their learning and believe that they can succeed.
Our dedicated and committed staff are here to guide and support students on a daily basis so that they feel loved, cared for and supported.
Kings is very much a community school within the heart of the beautiful Cheddar Valley here in Somerset, and is an Upper School of the family of soon to be 16 First and Middle Schools.
We are part of the Wessex Learning Trust that strives to offer a world class, 21st century education for all young people between the ages of 2 and 18, by providing outstanding learning opportunities and creating centres of educational excellence that meet the needs of all children.
We are passionate that our work in the classroom inspires a love of learning, enquiry and creativity as we strive to develop our young people to prepare them for life and their next steps in our globally competitive world.
As an Upper School, exams are obviously a significant part of our work and goals and, therefore, every lesson and every piece of homework really counts. We encourage students to do their best and take pride in their subjects so that ultimately in the final exams they will realise their true potential.
Students who join Kings at age 13 in Year 9 follow a continuous curriculum, meeting the full suite of subjects, developing their study skills, before embarking fully upon their Key Stage 4 courses for their GCSEs. For the final year of Year 11 each student is assigned a staff Mentor with whom they meet to review progress and extra support and to feel really boosted. Students are also encouraged to attend golden time extra sessions during the year and, as the exam season gets closer, a dedicated programme of revision sessions in the Easter holidays.
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