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Deputy Leader of Humanities

Deputy Leader of Humanities

Durrington High School

West Sussex

Salary:
DMAT M1 – UPR3 + TLR (£2,599 - £4,324) depending on impact and experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2015
Apply by:
19 March 2015

Job overview

DURRINGTON HIGH SCHOOL GOING BEYOND OUR BEST

WHERE LEARNING IS ENRICHED, WHERE DIFFERENCE IS VALUED, WHERE POTENTIAL IS REALISED.

A SCHOOL GOING PLACES - 2014 75% 5+ A* - C 64% INC ENGLISH AND MATHS

Do you want to work at a successful and forward thinking school being part of an outstanding team of staff? The Durrington Multi Academy Trust places high regard on recruiting and retaining excellent staff and we have our own salary scales above national rates with additional benefits for staff. Due to the continuing success in History and Geography we are delighted to create this new role; part of which will include leading and teaching History. Humanities was placed in the top 4% of schools nationally (RAISE 2015).

You will be an excellent history teacher who is able to demonstrate successful student outcomes and progress, and who is now eager for the next step in their career. Seeking your first leadership role or your next leadership challenge; with a minimum of at least two years’ strong GCSE outcomes, you will work closely with the Director of Humanities to further enhance our outcomes, curriculum and enrichment provision. This post offers an excellent platform to further promotion. We are proud of our school and relentless in our efforts to give our students the very best. If you feel you can bring something special to our school, we want to hear from you now!

Please contact jkentfield@durring.com (Justine Kentfield)– visits are welcome.

Closing date 9am 19 March 2015

Durrington High School as part of the Durrington Multi Academy trust has a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. WSCC application forms are not accepted.

Durrington High School
The Boulevard
Worthing
West Sussex
BN13 1JX
Tel: 01903 705610
Fax: 01903 705612
Email jkentfield@durring.com
Headteacher - Sue Marooney

12-16 Mixed
Comprehensive
1444 on roll

The school has a commitment to safeguarding children and all staff posts are subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check

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About Durrington High School

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+44 1903 244 957

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Working at Durrington

At Durrington we have worked hard to develop a culture in our school where teachers and leaders are looked after, supported and professionally enriched. We would love to hear from you if you think that you might want to play a part in the exciting Durrington journey! In an ever-changing educational landscape, we focus on clear priorities:

  • Ensuring all staff are able to have a sensible work/life balance - this means that we constantly review what we do, so teachers and leaders are able to focus on their core purpose.
  • An evidence informed approach to teaching and CPD - we don’t want our teachers wasting their time on low-impact, gimmicky approaches to teaching. We want them to shape their teaching around what research evidence says is most likely to work.  As one of only 39 Research Schools in the country, we are at the forefront of ensuring everything we do is informed by research evidence.
  • Developing and growing our own excellent leaders, who in turn are able to nurture their own high-performing teams.
  • Appointing external candidates with shared values, who will thrive in our school.

Looking After Our Staff

At Durrington we know that our staff are our most valuable resource.  As a result, we have put in place a number of strategies to alleviate the pressures on staff. These include:

  • We have moved away from a ‘tick-box’ approach to teaching and have embraced a ‘tight but loose’ approach. We want teaching to be tight, in terms of focusing on sound, evidence-informed pedagogical principles, but loose in terms of how this is interpreted in classrooms by subject specialists.
  • Each department has developed their own streamlined feedback and homework policies, aimed at reducing workload whilst optimising impact.
  • Teachers are not expected to write lengthy reports for students, but to record a current and projected grade for students and a judgement grade for effort and homework. •
  • Enhanced pay scales and rapid progression opportunities.
  • Teacher non-contact time above the national average.
  • We have just three data collection points for each year group in a year, informed by ongoing assessment of student progress.
  • We do not grade lesson observations.
  • Fortnightly joint planning CPD within curriculum teams saves a significant amount of time for individual teachers.
  • INSET days are used for collaborative planning in curriculum teams.
  • Teachers are not expected to keep lengthy ‘evidence files’ for appraisal.
  • All staff are registered with Healthshield for a range of wellbeing and practical support services with benefits including a variety of treatments for musculoskeletal issues, 24/7 GP and Employee Assistance Programme.

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