Join Strood Academy as a Teacher of English and inspire young minds with the power of literature and language. Our English department is passionate about transforming lives, fostering creativity, and equipping students with the skills to navigate and influence the modern world.
We seek a dedicated, dynamic, and innovative teacher to join our supportive and collaborative team. Whether you're an experienced educator or an Early Career Teacher (ECT), this is your chance to work alongside like-minded colleagues who share your passion for making a difference.
This permanent, full-time role starts in September 2025 and offers MPS/UPS, depending on experience.
Working for Strood Academy: Since opening in 2009, our academy has transformed the educational opportunities and outcomes for girls and boys in Strood. The improvement in academic performance has been driven by a talented and committed workforce, the hard work of our students, and support from parents and our community.
Our vision is to be an inclusive community where we are all kind, respectful and resilient in our journey towards excellence. Our students thrive through an enriching and diverse curriculum that offers a global perspective, empowering all to become inquisitive lifelong learners.
Our core values are to be:
* Inquisitive
* Respectful
* Resilient
* Kind
Our purpose at Strood Academy is to:
* nurture students’ aspirations and build resilience within an environment of tolerance, respect and empathy;
* shape leaders within a global community;
* develop and celebrate knowledgeable and inquiring minds to promote lifelong learning;
* help young people develop into well-educated, considerate and caring citizens.
Why work at Strood Academy?
* Our recent OFSTED inspection has confirmed that the academy continues to be judged ‘Good’ and is very strong in many aspects and areas.
* Centralised behaviour system and detentions - simple for teachers to follow allowing disruption-free classrooms.
* Our commitment to the development of all staff - CPD on Wednesday afternoons and the opportunity to collaborate with staff from other schools in the LAT.
* Strood Academy is easily accessible by A2 and the high-speed train can allow for travel into London in less than 30 minutes.
* We have a common sense approach to workload. All teachers are expected to feedback or live-mark.
Being part of Leigh Academies Trust: As of 1st September 2024, our Trust comprises 33 geographically organised academies (17 secondaries, 14 primaries and 2 special) educating more than 24,000 students and employing 4,000 talented staff.
As part of Leigh Academies Trust, you will have ample opportunity to collaborate with your peers both within the academy and across the whole Trust. This is an important part of our vision as we know through experience that we perform better when we work together. You are supported to undertake regular self-development to continue your professional development and hopefully progress further within the organisation.
Our commitment to safeguarding: Leigh Academies Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Our commitment to equality and diversity: As a Trust, we are passionate about diversity and recognise that as individuals, we all bring something unique to the role regardless of any protected characteristics which are why we treat all of our people equally, without compromise.
Based on the quality and quantity of applications received, Leigh Academies Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy sooner than the specified closing date. Applicants will be notified of this where possible. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
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