Teacher of Humanities (Beckfoot Upper Heaton School)
Education Phase: Secondary
Job Role: Teacher
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Application Deadline: Sunday, 23rd February 2025
Interview Date: 27/02/2025
About Us
We are a smaller than average Ofsted Good (May 2023) culturally diverse local 11-16 secondary school. We know our students and staff well and we work hard to accept and embrace each other’s differences and to live our values of integrity, kindness, and excellence. We are genuinely ambitious for our students and strive to make a difference to the community that we serve. We are committed to being a People-First organisation and we listen to the authentic voice of our community, and we embrace kind and candid feedback as a gift. We invest in the professional growth of our staff.
Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers.
If you have any questions, please contact centralrecruitment@beckfoottrust.org.
Job Description
We are seeking to appoint a Teacher of Humanities role. The right candidate will be a highly valued member of our Global team at Beckfoot Upper Heaton. We are a local trust with a national outward focus, determined to make a difference to the community that we are so privileged to serve. We would urge you to take the opportunity to visit us or speak to us to find out more.
1. We are small enough to feel very connected, yet large enough for all to feel the benefit of scale.
2. As a minimum we meet national pay and conditions.
3. We have a great reputation as a local employer and we work positively with unions, with an emphasis on fairness and equity.
4. We find ways to reduce unnecessary workload.
5. We are positive about flexible working requests and are constantly seeking out best practice to enhance employee experience.
6. We consult on any big changes to policy.
7. We listen carefully to our employees through an annual nationally benchmarked survey and through many opportunities to hear the voice of the individual.
8. We are compassionate when colleagues face difficulties and seek to remove barriers to enhance employee engagement.
9. We have a free Employee Assistance Programme that provides confidential counselling and advice for employees and their family.
10. We dedicate time to teamwork.
11. We authentically value staff through specific praise, recognising what they do to make a difference to the lives of young people daily.
12. We understand the need for psychological safety, and we work hard to remove the barriers to true inclusion for all.
13. Our people matter, being a People First Organisation is a key strategic aim and our People Charter frames our commitment.
14. We value clarity of communication so that all can belong.
15. Our leaders are highly visible and committed to providing calm, purposeful and motivational environments where teachers can teach, and learners can learn.
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