Leading Teacher - English
Oldbury Academy
Sandwell
- Expired
- Salary:
- TMS/UPS + TLR2C (£6,322)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2015
- Apply by:
- 5 May 2015
Job overview
Are you an ambitious and high flying English practitioner who consistently teaches good or outstanding lessons and gets the best from your pupils? Highly motivated, with a passion for English, you are ready to lead with an ability to effectively develop the pedagogy and practice of others.
We need an outstanding classroom practitioner in English with the skills, expertise and tenacity to raise standards of teaching and learning across the whole school.
You will need to have a proven track-record of raising standards and excellent examination results and will join a team of colleagues working across the whole school to model, share and develop engaging and challenging teaching strategies to promote learning and inspire our students.
Please apply now for a September start.
Application forms and further details are available to download from www.oldburyacademy.co.uk
Oldbury Academy expects all its employees to share its commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of its pupils. Your attention is drawn to the details of our Safer Recruitment process and the rigorous pre-employment checking that we will undertake in order to demonstrate that commitment.
Closing Date for applications noon Tuesday 5 May 2015
Email address: jobs@oldburyacademy.org.uk
Telephone: 0121 533 3750 ext 5019
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About Oldbury Academy
Thank you for your interest in our school.
As Headteacher, I am dedicated to building opportunities for students to achieve the highest academic standards, ensuring that they are regarded as individuals in their own right and that their unique personality, talents and interests are nurtured and developed in full.
Education at Oldbury Academy is about developing the whole child and providing opportunities for them to flourish within and beyond the classroom. Instilling the values of respect, courtesy, tolerance and cooperation are an important part of our role as educators as we prepare our students for their path into higher education and the world of work.
Our mission is, through a balanced curriculum and within an ethos of tolerance, equality of opportunity and morality, to develop the talents of all students so that they may enter an ever changing world with appropriate skills, attitudes and standards.
Our vision ‘CARE’ underpins everything we do at Oldbury Academy
Celebrate together
•Rewarding those who consistently ‘get it right’ in all aspects of school life
•Every person being active in their contribution to our community
•Working together to shape a brighter future
Achievement for all
•Creating bright futures regardless of background and abilities
•Shaping exceptional citizens, well equipped for the wider world
•Supporting young people by offering a wide range of valuable, educational pathways
Respect each other
•A culture of tolerance, diversity, understanding and equality
•An environment where everyone feels safe, secure and included
•All members of our community being independent and making positive, well informed choices
Expectations to succeed
•High levels of challenge, expectation and accountability
•Developing a culture of success, positivity and happiness
•Aspirational ‘thinking and doing’ to reach and exceed your own goals
We apply the same standards to our staff and place a high value on professional development, regarding it as a key part of our approach to school improvement. All staff are entitled to training and development to make sure that they can fulfil their responsibilities confidently and competently. We recognise that staff engaging in additional training opportunities can have enrichment benefits for our school and each application for time and/ or funding is looked at individually.
A key aspect of our school ethos is the importance of saying thank you. All staff are responsible for ensuring that they thank and acknowledge people for their work. We are first and foremost a team and as such must recognise the value that each one of us brings to the others.
Thaks again for you interest in our school.
Phil Shackleton
Headteacher
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