What skills and experience we're looking for
General Teacher Responsibilities
• To be an ambassador for your subject and the School;
• To model the core values of the School in your professional life;
• To be visible throughout the School – leading and supporting the School community to commit to the core values of the School. This includes participating in and supporting duty teams, emergency cover, and ensuring excellent behaviour, attitudes and standards of students;
• To establish a culture that promotes excellence, equality, and high expectations for all students;
• To communicate effectively with parents and students;
• To work in your subject area to effectively meet the subjects aims and uphold the School’s values;
• To be part of the Performance Management process;
• To contribute positively to discussions leading to the development of effective policies, practices and structures;
• To effectively analyse patterns and trends in data and respond to these via reviews of lessons, teaching delivery and schemes of work;
• To ensure that resources are efficiently and effectively used to achieve the aims of the School and to facilitate its day to day operation;
• To respond professionally to unplanned situations, crises, and emergencies whenever they arise to ensure the safety and efficiency of staff and students of the School and to maintain good discipline;
• To take an equitable share of duty supervision;
• To be part of the pastoral system working as a form tutor;
• To take on additional responsibilities as directed by the Headteacher and/or CEO.
Specific Teacher Responsibilities (To be updated annually or when required)
• To have responsibility for teaching the PE curriculum to class groups, taking into account the School’s mission statement and ethos.
• To follow the Code of Practice for each sporting area to ensure safety of all participants.
• To lead specific areas of PE for GCSE moderation sessions – preferably hockey and netball.
• To ensure that students needs are fully catered for within lessons and appropriate interventions are in place.
• To oversee the changing rooms (gender restrictions apply).
What the school offers its staff
Framingham Earl High School is a member of the Sapientia Education Trust (SET), an expanding multi-academy Trust comprising 13 Primary and 9 Secondary Schools.
The first six months of employment shall be a probationary period and employment may be terminated by the Trust during this period at any time on one week’s prior written notice. The Trust may, at its absolute discretion, extend this period for up to a further six months. During this probationary period, performance and suitability for continued employment will be monitored.
SET is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. This post however is restricted to females due to the requirement to work in female changing rooms. The Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9 (part 1) of the Equality Act 2010 applies.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.