What skills and experience we're looking for
• To teach effective lessons and be responsible for this to the Head through the Team Leader.
• To ensure that lessons are well prepared, all work marked regularly, and homework set according to agreed policy.
• To maintain records of pupil attainment, and to be aware of standards achieved, so enabling assessments to be provided whenever necessary.
• To produce effective reports on pupil progress and targets for improvement.
• To ensure high standards of behaviour from students.
• To work as a member of a team, seeking to implement its aims and objectives, extending knowledge and understanding of the curriculum, recognising the need for change, and contributing where necessary to the writing/development of new material and schemes of work.
• To attend all team meetings (subject and pastoral).
• To discuss with the Team Leader and colleagues those aspects of pupils’ performance which are a cause for concern, and to seek advice, guidance or support where appropriate.
• To promote the general progress and personal and social well-being of any assigned group of pupils through the school’s tutorial and PSE programme.
• To participate in performance management – identifying areas for development and accessing appropriate training and professional development.
• To provide work for classes (whenever possible) when absent.
• To communicate and consult with the parents of pupils through attendance at Parents’ Evenings.
• To have regard to the school Health and Safety policy.
• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons across the subject.
What the school offers its staff
There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests and employee assistance helpline. You also have access to an employee benefits platform which offers savings on everyday essentials to special offers on travel, dining, and entertainment.
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.