Pastoral Year Leader
George Abbot School
Guildford, Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS plus TLR 0C (£8,000)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
- Apply by:
- 15 October 2019
Job overview
If you relish the opportunity of working with highly motivated students in a supportive and stimulating professional environment, George Abbot School would welcome your application.
We are seeking a teacher to lead the pastoral care of one of our year groups of 300 students. At George Abbot, these roles are known as Inclusion Managers. You will be assisted by a full-time non-teaching Head of Year in addition.
It is essential that you are committed to the comprehensive education system and believe that every young person should be expertly supported and taught to achieve their full potential. You will have excellent communication skills, empathy, excellent behaviour management and relish a challenge.
You will be a strong and motivational teacher. You will be efficient and have suitable experience to provide expert pastoral support. We can accommodate any subject specialism, though would particularly welcome teachers of PE or English. However, please do not let this discourage you from applying. We have a teaching staff of 135 (FTE) and so have a considerable degree of flexibility for the right candidate.
George Abbot School is an outstanding 11-18 mixed comprehensive, situated on the north side of Guildford with an established reputation for high academic standards and exemplary pastoral care. Within easy reach of the town, the A3 and London Road railway station, we are an innovative and dynamic school which has a reputation for excellence in every area. George Abbot became an Academy on 1 July 2011 and went on to be a founding member of the GEP multi academy trust. We are a school committed to ongoing professional development and our Teaching School status provides opportunities to develop, too.
Further details and an application form can be downloaded from the website: www.georgeabbot.surrey.sch.uk – please click Recruitment.
Closing date: 9.00am on Wednesday 16 October 2019
Interview date: To follow
George Abbot School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful applicant will be subjected to an enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About George Abbot School
George Abbot School is a forward thinking academy providing an inclusive education, for around 2,000 young people, aged 11-18. We are located in Burpham, Guildford with good transport links to the surrounding area.
We have a highly skilled and motivated staff team and, as a school, are constantly seeking to refine our teaching practice. This means that our students benefit from an exceptional learning experience. We are part of a network of successful schools and are able to provide Initial Teacher Training and deliver the Early Career Framework programme to early career teachers across Surrey. We prioritise the provision of highest quality continuing professional development for all teaching and support staff.
We are proud of our excellent resources and have great facilities for sport, visual and performing arts, ICT, as well as a range of well equipped science labs and general classrooms. We remain ambitious and continually seek ways to improve the school environment.
We are a member of the Learning Partners Academy Trust and work closely with a number of partner schools, not only within the trust but nationally.
Ofsted (December 2019) said: “Pupils happily attend George Abbot School. They respect their teachers and behave well in lessons. Pupils take their studying seriously and try to get the most out of their experiences at school. Teachers expect a lot from pupils.”
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