Teacher of English

Job Summary

Contract Type:

Permanent

Working Pattern:

Please see advert text

Advert Start Date:

31/10/2018

Advert End Date:

Closed for applications on 19/11/2018 10:00

Salary:

MPS

Job Category:

Schools - Teaching

Vacancy ID:

180989

Employment Location:

Sunderland

Closing date:

19 Nov

Further Information

Academy 360
Sunderland
SR4 9BA

Teacher of English

MPS/UPS
Permanent
Full time/Part time

The Trustees are seeking to appoint a Teacher of English for Academy 360 with effect from January 2019 or sooner. Academy 360 is a rapidly improving secondary school in Sunderland at the heart of its local community. The Academy has recently joined Laidlaw School Trust (LST). The Laidlaw Schools Trust is a growing family of six schools helping transform thousands of young lives in North East England. LST invests significantly in the training and development of all staff and is able to offer all staff a wide range of opportunities and benefits.

An opportunity has arisen for an ambitious and outstanding English Teacher to join our Academy. The successful candidate will be an outstanding, passionate and dynamic teacher to join our hard working, well-resourced English department. The ideal candidate will offer high quality teaching at KS3 and KS4 and have a passion for working with young people. Applicants will be expected to have excellent subject knowledge and enjoy working as part of a creative team which continually looks to deepen its understanding of the new GCSEs and to improve its delivery of content through sharing of best practice.

Academy 360 is an All through Academy providing education for pupils aged 4 – 16. It also includes a specialist school for pupils with MLD. As a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust Academy 360 benefits from the support of being a partner in a small local Multi Academy Trust which also includes one of the main feeder Primary schools for the academy’s Secondary school. Staff and pupils benefit from the many advantages of All through education

Trustees invite applications from suitably qualified and experienced and teachers of Science to lead the development of Science through the secondary school. The successful candidate will be part of the Academy’s All through Middle Leadership team. You will also work with LST’s Senior Strategic Leader for Science and leaders of Science in the trust’s other academies and partners.

The successful candidate will join a successful MAT where all Academies support each other to the benefit of our pupils and their families. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website www.laidlawschoolstrust.com/careers/.

Interested candidates are welcome to tour the school, please contact Louise Doran, Business Manager, at the Academy office on 0191 300 6506 to arrange a visit. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Ms R Donohue, Secondary Head Teacher or Keeley Wood at Academy 360.

Closing Date: 10am, Monday 19th November 2018.
Candidates who have not been contacted by Friday 23rd November 2018 may assume they have been unsuccessful.
Applications should be returned to: louise.doran@academy360.co.uk

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and a range of other recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding.