Trainee Geography Teacher
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Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
5 November 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £21,933.00 Annually (Actual)
Trainee Geography Teacher job summary
This role is based at The John Warner School in Hoddesdon EN11 0QF. This is a 15 month FTC.
Teacher Apprenticeship with QTS + PGCE (level 7)
This is funded by the employer levy account for the Apprenticeship and QTS element, with an additional assessment charge for the PGCE qualification of £600. Please note the additional charge for the PGCE qualification must be funded by the employing school or trainee but cannot be paid through the apprenticeship levy fund. If you complete Route 1 successfully you will achieve:
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Teacher Apprenticeship (Level 6)
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE, Level 7)
This is fully funded by the employer levy account for the Apprenticeship and QTS, there is no PGCE qualification gained through this route*. If you complete Route 2 successfully you will achieve:
Qualified Teacher Status
Teacher Apprenticeship (Level 6)
*Please note you cannot transfer from route 2 to route 1 once you have started the course.
Entry Requirements
- Have a UK degree*
- For entry onto our apprenticeship you need English and Maths GCSE (and science if Primary). Equivalences are acceptable IF approved by the Department for Education, including overseas qualifications. To complete the End Point Assessment, GCSE English, Maths (and science for Primary) is required. Failing that you need Functional Skills level 2 in English and/or Maths. See the gov.uk website.
- You must be teaching your subject for a minimum of 13 hours per week across two consecutive key stages and 6 weeks at 80% of a typical timetable in your school
- You must be eligible to work in England as an unqualified teacher
- You do not already have QTS but are working in a school in England.
On the programme:
- we will train your mentor, a teacher in your school
- you will be assigned a tutor from The University of Buckingham
- a handbook will be issued to guide you through the programme
- you will be trained in the Core Content Framework to meet the Teachers’ Standards
- every week one or more of your lessons will be observed by your mentor and you are set targets
- every week you do some set reading on a part of the syllabus
- training is delivered online in half or full days regularly throughout the programme
- there are monthly meetings with your tutor/assessor to monitor and record progress
- once every term (at least every 10-12 weeks) you have a formal Progress Review with your tutor and employer representative (usually your mentor) to assess your progress and set next targets
- three times a year your Tutor will come to your school, observe your lessons, meet with you and your mentor and write a report.
On successful completion of the course:
- After the 12 months of direct training, you will be nominated for the Qualified Teacher Status to the Department for Education and be eligible to proceed to the End Point Assessment
- During the following 3 months, you will take the End Point Assessment (EPA) involving a lesson observation and an interview. If this is successful you will be awarded the Apprenticeship Certificate by the ESFA (Education and Skills Funding Agency), and for those who successfully passed the PGCE route, your PGCE award from The University of Buckingham as well.
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.
About The John Warner School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 997 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The John Warner School website (opens in new tab)
Thank you for your interest in The John Warner School.
For information about the school, please visit: www.johnwarner.herts.sch.uk
For information about Danes Educational Trust, please visit: www.daneseducationaltrust.org.uk
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate that they share our values, are highly motivated to work with colleagues within school to continuously develop their skills, pursue professional excellence, and are able to enable pupils to make excellent progress. If this is you then we would be delighted to receive your application.
If you would like to organise a visit to the school or if you would like to discuss any position in more detail then please contact the recruitment team at recruitment@danesedtrust.org.uk.
The Trust’s core values are:
• We value joy in working, teaching and learning together
• We encourage everyone within our Trust to feel optimistic about the future and how they can shape it
• We support all individuals in developing resilience to enable them to respond to change and grow as a result
• We value and support the wellbeing of all individuals who learn and work in our schools
• We provide equality of opportunity and experience for all
• We provide a safe and secure learning environment for all
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