The Gateway Academy: Deputy Director of English

The Gateway Academy, Grays, Essex, RM16 4LU

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  6 January 2024

• Closing date

  9 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 31,973 - 47,852

The Gateway Academy: Deputy Director of English job summary

Deputy Director Of English

GLC Academy: The Gateway Academy [Secondary]

Salary: Negotiable

Contract: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full Time

Closing Date: 9 October 2024

The Gateway Academy is part of the Gateway Learning Community (GLC), a partnership of one secondary academy and four primary academies located in Tilbury, within the borough of Thurrock, east of London. We are a vibrant, innovative, and highly successful secondary academy: the place of choice for work and learning.

We are currently seeking a Deputy Director of English to support our exceptional English faculty and play a key role in ensuring that the subject continues to go from strength to strength. Currently, students in English are performing above the national average in both attainment and progress.

The successful candidate will be passionate about education for all students, regardless of their background, and, above all, will be an inspirational practitioner. Our staff are incredibly passionate, dedicated, and make a significant difference in the lives of the young people in our care. If this sounds like you, come and join our team.

Watch our video for an insight in to our academy:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDFOVP3_K7w

You can read our latest Ofsted Report here: https://www.theglc.org.uk/page/?title=Ofsted+Reports&pid=21

Additional Benefits for Working for the GLC:

·        Generous non-contact time;

·        Financial assistance for Masters and further degrees;

·        An outstanding record of staff achieving promotion;

·        Working as part of an exceptional team;

·        £1000 Golden Hello for successful candidates;

·        Staff well-being programme: Including access to Perkbox and Westfield Health Insurance;

·        Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Electric Car Scheme and Cycle to work Scheme;

·        Long service awards after: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and years of service;

·        State of the art facilities and access to high quality resources to support learning;

·        A paid 'My Day' each year;

·        Excellent career development and training;

·        2-week October half term break;

·        A supportive central team [reprographics, ICT, HR, Finance] which enables teachers to focus on teaching;

·        Paid opportunities to teach during school holiday clubs;

·        Subsidised holiday provision for children of staff.

 We warmly welcome applicants who are interested in this position to visit our school prior to making an application. Please contact jo.jaffa@theglc.org.uk to arrange a visit.

 

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Gateway Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1077 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Gateway Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-gateway-academy (opens in new tab)

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