Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies
Bournemouth
Salary:
Highly Competitive United Learning Pay Scale
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2025
Apply by:
20 October 2024
Job overview
Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies have gone from strength to strength since joining United Learning in August 2019, with Avonbourne Boys’ achieving an OUTSTANDING Ofsted rating in our inspection in December 2023! This is an excellent opportunity for either an ECT or someone wishing to further develop their career. For the right candidate there may be opportunities for a Lead Practitioner role.
English is a thriving and successful subject area. This summer 2024, the English Department achieved some excellent GCSE results with 84% achieving 4+, 75% achieving 5+ and 33% achieving 7+.
The academies are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.
We are values-driven and our vision is to provide excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives. Our mission is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them.
We value our staff highly, and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.
What we offer:
* An exceptional salary, above the maintained sector.
* One personal day every academic year.
* Access to our health care cash plan and rewards scheme after six months service.
* Over 250 employee exclusive benefits through our partners, Perkbox.
* Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm-strict’ behaviour system.
* Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources.
* Opportunity to teach up to A Level.
* A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies.
* A centralised homework system at KS3.
* Centralised detentions.
* No formal graded lesson observations.
* Excellent ongoing CPD and career development opportunities.
* Up to 9 INSET days per year.
* An unrivalled professional progression model.
* A very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset.
What we are looking for:
* an excellent teacher of English who will play an important role in helping to continue the move of the English Department into its next stage of development
* aligned to our values and mission.
We actively welcome visits and would be delighted to show you around our Academies.
Avonbourne Academies are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor a VISA application for this particular role as it is not one of the shortage occupations listed on the UK Governments website at this current time.
Note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible.
For more information
To apply, please complete the online application form.
For more information about this role or to arrange a visit please contact:
recruitment@avonbourneacademy.org.uk
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 20th October 24
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About Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' Academies
Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies are two 11-16 secondary schools based in East Bournemouth where students share a campus and are taught in predominantly single sex classes.
Disruption-free teaching is the promise at Avonbourne with the notion of continuous improvement underpinning all we do. The Academies advocate a coaching culture, where teachers develop as reflective practitioners.
Pastoral care is superb, with a highly trained team that are morally driven and extremely effective.
Our REACH values of Respect, Equality, Ambition, Community and Hard work & Determination underpin all aspects of academy life for staff and students.
Avonbourne Boys’ and Girls’ Academies benefit from working closely with The Cornerstone, Glenmoor and Winton Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster.
We are #AVBProud and look forward to showing you around our Academies.
United Learning
United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer life-changing education to children and young people across England.
Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could.
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
United Learning values diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating and sustaining a more diverse workforce.
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