Teacher of Social Sciences including Health & Social Care, Criminology & Sociology

Ridgeway Academy, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 2AF

43 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2025

• Closing date

  3 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Social Sciences
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: MPS/UPS

Teacher of Social Sciences including Health & Social Care, Criminology & Sociology job summary

Teacher of Social Sciences teaching Health & Social Care, Criminology, Sociology

Pay scale: MPS/UPS

Start date: Easter 2025 (Maternity cover)

The Social Sciences department offering health & social care, criminology & sociology can be personified by its welcoming, supportive and driven staff with collaboration, for the benefit of the students, at the heart of the agenda. We have high aspirations and expectations for our students and this can be seen in the standard of work produced and interactions with staff within the department. Student outcomes within the department are rising, and in turn this is embedding the belief, in the students coming through, that they too can achieve highly. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive faculty with space for all, learners and staff alike. At both Key Stage 4 & 5 Health and Social Care students follow the BTEC specification. Our post 16 offer is growing and we currently offer an AQA Sociology A Level as well as WJEC Criminology course.

We can offer you:

A collaborative, supportive team with a passion for teaching and facilitating progress

Enthusiastic students who are keen to progress

Appropriate professional development

We are looking for someone who:

Has a track record of outstanding teaching and learning and excellent subject knowledge

Passionate Teacher who puts student progress and engagement at the heart of all they do

Be inspiring and dynamic

Can share and deliver in the vision to be outstanding

Is willing to learn and help evolve the good practices already in place

Ridgeway Academy is committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates and encourage those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics, to apply. Ridgeway Academy is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, satisfactory references and medical clearance.

To apply, please submit a completed application via mynewterm https://www.mynewterm.com/ or see school website www.ridgeway.herts.sch.uk if you have an issue completing the application form via mynewterm please contact the HR Officer by email (appointments@ridgeway.herts.sch.uk) or extension 3373.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

Closing date: Monday 3 February 2025

Interview date: TBC

Start date: Easter 2025

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Ridgeway Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 947 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ridgeway Academy website (opens in new tab)
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