Teacher of English
Humberston Academy
North East Lincolnshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (£23,720-£39,406)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 1 February 2019
Job overview
Humberston Academy is now recruiting for a Teacher of English. This role could be the ideal next step in your career.
If you are ambitious, inspirational, creative, open-minded, and want to be part of our success then we want to hear from you.
Providing our young people access to a world-class education and enrichment experiences is what drives us. Our students benefit from a wealth of opportunities to develop, learn and lead. From the classroom, to cultural visits, sports, music and arts and engaging with our local communities, the rich and varied experiences we create help fuel ambition and unlock potential. The education and experiences equips our young people with the leadership skills, team spirit, resilience and confidence to become outstanding citizens.
We work alongside outstanding organisations and individuals who are happy to share their expertise and skills in supporting the Trust’s vision, to give children better life chances through access to the best education and support we can give them.
About the role
To maintain a thorough and up to date knowledge of the teaching of your subject(s) and take account of wider curriculum developments which are relevant to your work.
To plan lessons/activities/tutorials and sequences of lessons to meet students’ individual learning needs
To use a range of appropriate strategies and follow Academy policies for teaching/tutoring, behaviour management and classroom management
To do all that you can to ensure that you safeguard and promote the welfare of students in the Academy
To set well-grounded consistent expectations for students in your teaching and tutorial groups using information about prior attainment
To assess, monitor and record the progress of students in your teaching (and tutorial groups) and give them clear and constructive feedback
To do all you can to ensure that, as a result of your teaching (and tutoring), your students achieve well relative to their prior attainment, making progress as good as or better than similar students nationally and in the Academy
To take responsibility for your own professional development and use the outcomes to improve your teaching (and tutoring) and your students’ learning
To make an active contribution to the policies, aspirations and plans of your year group, and your curriculum team and of the Academy.
About our Academy
We are an outstanding Academy and proud of our exceptionally high standards and traditional ethos. However, it is not all about academic achievement; we also offer an exceptional enrichment programme in order to develop skills outside of the classroom. We are a growing, oversubscribed, hard-working Academy, with a positive, business-like and purposeful atmosphere where students can develop and broaden their horizons.
Salary & Benefits
MPS/UPS (£23,720-£39,406)
Access to Teachers’ Pension Scheme
An excellent provision for your professional development and Leadership Development programme
Who we are looking for
Teaching KS3/KS4
Teaching students of all abilities
Knowledge of National Strategy
Working to the expected standards for students at each Key Stage
Defining how the subject can contribute to students’ spiritual, cultural, moral, emotional, social and citizenship development
Build successful relationships with Students, Staff and Parents/Carers
Full details are available in the job description
About The David Ross Education Trust
The David Ross Education Trust (DRET) has grown to a network of 34 academies, incorporating primary, secondary and grammar, and special schools. We employ over 2000 people with the primary focus of raising the standards of education for 13,000 young people. Whatever your role, you should know you are contributing to achieving our vision of inspiring the next generation of young people to be the best they can in whatever they choose. Our aim is to be the country’s leading academy chain, committed to delivering the highest educational standards alongside an unrivaled package of sporting and cultural enrichment.
We are incredibly lucky to be able to work alongside outstanding organisations and individuals who are happy to share their expertise and skills in supporting the David Ross Foundation's vision to give children better life chances through access to the best education and support we can give them.
While each academy is unique, we share common goals, aspirations, values and methods that enable us to work collaboratively and collectively to achieve our mission. We operate regional hubs, whereby academies work with other schools who are part of the Trust so we can share skills and knowledge, allowing them to benefit and learn from each other. We offer high quality programmes for CPD and Leadership Development to support our practitioners to deliver high quality teaching and learning across our academies.
Apply now
To complete our application form, please visit our website. Please note we cannot accept CVs without a completed application form.
Humberston Academy is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
About Humberston Academy
- Humberston Academy
- Humberston Avenue, Humberston, Grimsby
- North East Lincolnshire
- DN36 4TF
- United Kingdom
At Humberston Academy we are proud to be a leading education provider in our local community. We seek to broaden the horizons of each and every one of our students, helping them to achieve at the highest level both academically and within their talents outside the classroom, upholding our vision of Excellence for All.
We understand that every student needs a strong academic foundation in order to achieve their full potential. At our Academy we combine an innovative curriculum with a strong house structure, which ensures that students receive all the support and guidance they need to succeed.
At Humberston the values of respect and good behaviour are instilled from the outset and high attendance is a priority. Ensuring that students leave the Academy as young people that the whole community can be proud of, is a crucial part of our educational offer.
Over the last few years Humberston Academy has continued to strengthen and develop but we do not rest on our previous successes. We are proud of the significant investment that has been made in our buildings and environment and the impact that this is having on our students.
The Academy, a member of the David Ross Education Trust, became the first in North East Lincolnshire to be designated “outstanding” under Ofsted’s stricter guidelines.
Our focus is on first class teaching and recruiting outstanding practitioners. Quality teachers are the people who inspire our students to great things.
Another year of excellent results 2018.
A total of 84% of students at Humberston Academy achieved 4 to 9 in GCSE Maths this summer. In English, the figure was 88%. 82% of students achieved above grade 4 in the combine Maths and English measure. These results once again confirms our place among the top-performing schools in the area.
We are an outstanding Academy and proud of our exceptionally high standards. But it is not all about academic achievement. We are a growing oversubscribed, hard-working Academy, with a positive, business-like and purposeful atmosphere where students can develop and broaden their horizons.
Humberston also offers:
- Outstanding behaviour
- An ethos of mutual respect and love of learning
- Outstanding teaching and learning
- A small, caring environment
- Every student is treated as individual
- Broadening horizons by being part of the David Ross Education Trust, which provides the students with exceptional sporting and cultural opportunities.
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