Science Teacher
The Gateway Academy
Thurrock
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Start date negotiable
- Apply by:
- 6 July 2022
Job overview
The Gateway Academy is the secondary provision within the Gateway Learning Community [GLC] which is a partnership between one secondary and four primary Academies located within Tilbury and Chadwell in the borough of Thurrock to the east of London.
We are a vibrant, innovative and highly successful organisation: the place of choice to work and learn. Across the 5 Academies of the GLC, we pledge that everyone enjoys an equality of opportunity. We work tirelessly to ensure that individual different characteristics including age, ethnicity, socio-economic background, academic ability, disability, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation are not discriminated against in any way. We create environments characterised by mutual respect where difference is celebrated and where individual differences do not act as a barrier to success.
Our staff retention rate at the Gateway Academy is currently above 90% and staff attendance is extremely high at over 96%. Our wellbeing programme for staff is held in very high regard and our teacher CPD programme is extremely successful with all staff expected to constantly ‘improve upon their best’.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dynamic teacher of Science. The candidates applying for this post should be hardworking professionals committed to thorough lesson planning, enthusiastic delivery and careful assessment. We welcome applications from committed and ambitious teachers seeking opportunities in an environment with a very active CPD programme and opportunities for career advancement.
The Gateway Academy is a friendly school that values teamwork and high achievement in all areas of our work with young people.
If you would like further information, to arrange a visit or to request an application pack, we would love to hear from you. Please return completed applications to Katie.Creighton@theglc.org.uk or visit our website at www.theglc.org.uk.
Closing date for applications: Midday on the 6th July 2022
Interviews to be held: TBC
What we can offer you:
Academic excellence
Research-driven professional development
Bespoke coaching
Support with professional qualifications
Support from local and national leaders of education
Opportunities to get involved across the Trust, working with our GLC primary schools
Benefits for teachers working within the Gateway Academy:
Over 90% staff retention
£1,000 Golden Hello for successful candidates (teachers paid on Main Scale 1-6 only) applying directly to the GLC only after a qualifying period of six months.
State of the art facilities and resources
Two-week October Half Term
My Day (1 additional day off in the academic year)
Long Service Policy which rewards 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years' service
Visit our teacher development site for more information on teaching and working for the GLC www.glcteaching.co.uk
The Gateway Learning Community is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment. Following safer recruitment procedures, the appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and enhanced DBS disclosure
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About The Gateway Academy
Our highest priority is to provide an environment to our students that excites, motivates and challenges them and encourages lifelong learning and an interest in the world around them.
Diligence, self-discipline, good manners and a concern for others are the values that are the foundation of all our work.
The mission of The Gateway Academy is to offer everyone opportunities to develop as: high achieving, confident, healthy, caring and fulfilled members of society.
Aims of The Gateway Academy
We are an ambitious Academy, keen for all our students to do well. We seek to be a place of learning, where students and staff work hard and also enjoy themselves.
Among many other things, we aim:
- to enable and encourage all our students to realise their full potential and develop their self esteem;
- to develop each individual, taking into account specific needs, aspirations and talents, within a context of equality of
opportunity for all;
- to demand from all members of the Gateway community a sense of fairness, integrity, tolerance, respect for others
and for the environment;
- to develop a sense of togetherness, characterised by shared values and an enthusiasm for learning;
- to celebrate success across the full range of worthwhile endeavours.
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