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  • Job start date

    1 September 2020

  • Closing date

    30 March 2020 at 9am

  • Date listed

    12 March 2020

Job details

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Full-time equivalent salary

Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £30,480 to £49,571 per year (full-time equivalent)

Additional allowances

As a Woodmansterne staff member, you can expect regular and relevant professional development, opportunities to work across phases, be creative and risk taking in your teaching, work closely with colleagues in planning and training. You will be an integral part of this wonderful school and supported by an experienced and supportive leadership team.

Why should you come and work with us?
- we have fantastic children and families (many schools say that, but we really do);
- half-price wrap around care if your child/ren attend Kids' City after school club provision (either at Woodmansterne or another school).
- we have an amazing new buildings with two fantastic libraries, dedicated ICT suites, specialist food rooms, science labs, music provision and well-resourced ICT rich learning spaces and a huge playing field;
- our exciting, enriched curriculum is pupil-centered aimed at capturing every child's full learning potential;
- we are committed to staff well-being alongside professional and career development;
- we are a cohesive, friendly, highly-skilled and passionate staff body, committed to Woodmansterne’s values and ethos;
- the uniqueness of our all-though provision means exciting opportunities for cross-phase collaboration, leadership and management;
- our strong partnerships with families, the local community, other Lambeth schools and Teaching Alliances.

Teacher of Textiles or Textiles/Food Technology (Secondary) job summary

Purpose of Post
1. To be an effective and reflective classroom teacher able to demonstrate and share good practice.
2. To plan and prepare lessons with regard to individual need, with reference to school policies, national requirements and local policies.
3. To contribute to the development of an exciting secondary curriculum to fully engage students in the learning of DT in order to secure outstanding progress for every child.

Main Duties/Responsibilities
Teacher’s duties
To work in collaboration with all staff to:
• promote the general progress and well-being of individual students through ensuring the maintenance of good order and discipline among all students and safeguard their Health and Safety, both on school premises and when they are engaged in authorised activities elsewhere;
• plan engaging lessons and home learning according to the educational needs, abilities and achievement of individual students which develop a culture of enquiry and dialogue within a knowledge based curriculum;
• assess, record and report on the progress, attainment, attendance and behaviour of students;
• ensure teaching builds on the success of the primary phase, working with primary teachers both inside and outside the classroom;
• promote high standards of learning, teaching and student achievement and progression through active engagement in and contribution to the schools’ CPD program;
• work with the Senior Leadership Team and SENDCo, ensuring that the needs of all children are met;
• fully engage with the school’s pastoral system within lessons and as a form tutor;
• ensure regular and effective communication with parents, governors and other key stakeholders in supporting and improving students’ achievement and personal development;
• create and promote positive strategies for challenging all forms of prejudice and harassment and promoting British values.

Assist in;
• delivering an exciting, cohesive and integrated curriculum that bridges the gap between KS2 and KS3, eliminates transition regression and ensures continued relevance to the needs of the students and the school’s values;
• developing the KS4/5 curriculum, instilling a love of Textiles and/or Textiles/Food Technology and ensuring sustained and accelerated progress in order to best prepare students for the demands of the examining and awarding bodies;
• developing the school’s partnerships with parents, the local community, businesses, other organisations and schools, to enhance and enrich the school and its values to the wider community;
• building a school culture and curriculum that takes account of the richness and diversity of the school’s communities;
• promoting the concept of lifelong learning and family engagement with learning through partnership.

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 Woodmansterne School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 18
School size
1548 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 18

Working at Woodmansterne is never dull. Creative ideas are listened to and considered and challenge is encouraged. Staff here are keen and confident to go the extra mile, knowing that their input is valued and respected. Woodmansterne is a special place, ask anyone who has walked through our doors, the learning environment is calm and enriched; pupils, staff and parents are happy.
Our goal is simple, to ‘achieve excellence together’, we do this by supporting each other and a relentless focus on inspiring our young people (and each other) to be the very best version of themselves that they can be. Woodmansterne has a diverse and vibrant community and as a school we benefit from this rich variety of cultures and traditions .

Working closely across phases has ensured cohesion between staff, a greater understanding of effective transition and how children learn and flourish. It has been a pioneering journey, one that we have embraced as a community, we have learnt from each other, risen to challenges and overcome obstacles together.

As a Woodmansterne staff member, you can expect regular and relevant professional development, opportunities to work across phases, be creative and risk taking in your teaching, work closely with colleagues in planning and training. You will be an integral part of this wonderful school and supported by an experienced and supportive leadership team.

Prospective applicants are always welcome to come and visit, please contact the Emma-Louise King at recruitment@woodmansterne.london or by phoning the School Office on 02087641825

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