Maths Teacher
Pleckgate High School
Blackburn with Darwen
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019 or earlier
- Apply by:
- 22 February 2019
Job overview
Dear Candidate,
Applications are welcome for the position of mathematics teacher at Pleckgate High School, a high performing academy with Progress 8 scores of +0.40 in 2017 and +0.1 in 2018. This is a special opportunity for an outstanding, ambitious and dynamic teacher to join the school during the most exciting new phase of its journey to outstanding. You will play a vital role in taking the department and school forward on the next stage of our journey.
We are a large secondary school situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn with Darwen, comprising of 1100 students and 200 staff with state of the art facilities that benefit both the school and local community.
Pleckgate High School is a thriving multi-cultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do. Pleckgate is a rapidly improving 11 – 16 high school with outstanding, state of the art facilities. We are also an academy under the sponsorship of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT).
At Pleckgate everyone is committed to providing the best educational experiences and opportunities for our students. At the heart of the school’s work is a commitment to high quality teaching and learning and achievement for all: for our students to be safe, happy and successful developing as individuals into caring, responsible citizens who participate fully in school life and are proud of their achievements. The students, as you will see for yourself should you visit us, are happy, articulate, hard-working and very positive about the school. They are an asset to our community, are incredibly friendly and want to receive a high quality education and to be successful. In addition, we have a highly committed, talented team of teaching and support staff who are both enthusiastic and passionate about providing the students in our care with an exceptional education.
Every student at Pleckgate is encouraged to have ambitious goals and everybody is responsible for creating a culture of high expectations and academic excellence. We are proud of our achievements – our examination success, our extra-curricular programme, our charity work and our community involvement. We are committed to the pursuit of outstanding teaching and
learning alongside the highest possible academic, personal and moral standards. This commitment is built upon a shared belief in hard work, self-reflection and a culture of respect and support for others.
You will be joining a high performing, outstanding department with many strengths and successes.
These strengths include:
• Maths results with an overall positive Progress 8 score of +1.0 in 2017 and +0.6 in 2018.
• Progress of the most-able in mathematics that is in the top 1% of students nationally.
• A track record of delivering the highest outcomes for students and a local and national reputation for excellence.
• A hard working and motivated students and a committed body of teacher and support staff.
If you have any questions about our school, or the role itself, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and please visit our school website www.pleckgate.com to get a flavour of what we have to offer.
Mark Cocker
Attached documents
About Pleckgate High School
Message from the Head Teacher
“Pupils enjoy learning and are kind to each other. They feel happy and safe and part of a caring community and trust staff to support them when they need it”. Ofsted 2023
Dear Candidate,
We are a large secondary school, part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn. Our school community is made up of 1350 students and 180 staff with excellent facilities to benefit both the school and local community. Pleckgate High School is a thriving multicultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do.
At Pleckgate everyone is committed to providing the best educational experiences and opportunities for our students. At the heart of the school's work is a commitment to high quality teaching and learning and achievement for all: for our students to be safe, happy and successful developing as individuals into caring, responsible citizens who participate fully in school life and are proud of their achievements. Every pupil at Pleckgate is encouraged to have ambitious goals and everybody is responsible for creating a culture of high expectations and academic excellence. Our most recent Ofsted report, March 2023, positively reported “Leaders and staff have high expectations & set high standards for staff & pupils’”. A copy of our full report is available from the school website.
We are proud of our achievements - our ambitious curriculum, our examination success, opportunities for pupils' personal development, our charity work and our community involvement. Ofsted also commented, “Subject curriculums are expertly designed with a careful selection of the most important knowledge for pupils”. We are committed to the pursuit of outstanding teaching and learning alongside the highest possible academic, personal and moral standards. This commitment is built upon a shared belief in hard work, self-reflection and a culture of respect and support for others.
We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate. We are proud of how staff support pupils in achieving success both academically and through sport.
As a staff member of Pleckgate High School, you will be able to take advantage of the staff benefits, available through the EPT, which includes access to both the Simply Health and Discount for Teachers schemes. We also have an Associate member of our Senior Leadership Team whose role is to work with our staff on staff wellbeing, working to ensure you have a balanced home and work life-style.
If you have any questions about our school, or the role itself, please don't hesitate to get in touch and please visit our school website http://www.pleckgate.com to get a flavour of what we have to offer.
Yours sincerely
Aishling McGinty
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