Teacher of English
Samuel Ward Academy
Suffolk
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPR / UPR
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 18 April 2018
Job overview
SAMUEL WARD ACADEMY TRUST, HAVERHILL CB9 0LD
Required from September 2018, you will play a key role in creating an ethos which inspires students of all abilities to enthusiastically engage in English learning and achieve their full potential.
We will offer you:
- a supportive culture where teachers are free to focus on teaching and learning
- a strong focus on student behaviour with all detentions run centrally by SLT
- a wide range of CPD opportunities within school and through our trust of 22 schools
- opportunities for career progression (including the opportunity to participate in the Trust's Leadership Development Programme)
- an ethos of innovation and experimentation; we are currently piloting whole class marking and a new approach to homework.
Samuel Ward is a highly successful oversubscribed 11 - 18 co-educational academy with 1,320 pupil on roll, including sixth form. We are situated in pleasant surroundings on the western edge of Suffolk, within easy reach of Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds. We benefit from excellent facilities, and our new £10m building is due to open in April 2019.
If you would like an informal discussion prior to submitting your application or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact (01440) 760333 or email: mmerch-chammon@samuelward.co.uk
The application form and job description are available on our website: www.samuelward.co.uk/vacancies
Closing date: 19 April 2018.
Interview date: 24 April 2018.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks required for relevant posts. Samuel Ward Academy Trust - welcoming diversity.
All vacancies appear on: www.suffolkjobsdirect.org
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.
About Samuel Ward Academy
Samuel Ward Academy is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form in Suffolk, serving students from the age of 11-18. The secondary school, situated in Haverhill has approximately 1,182 students on record. The Unity Schools Partnership Multi-Academy Trust has a partnership with schools across Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Havering.
Formerly Samuel Ward Arts and Technology College, Samuel Ward Academy converted to academy status in 2010. It was identified as good by Ofsted in its most recent inspection in 2022.
Headteacher
Andy Hunter
Values and vision
Samuel Ward Academy’s vision is to inspire student’s love for learning and build their confidence and responsibility as independent learners, who achieve to the highest of their abilities. The Suffolk secondary school nurtures supportive relationships and wants students to feel valued during their time learning. New students are allocated a learning coach and teamed with a small group of peers, enabling for them to settle into the new environment and develop new friendships. Mutual respect and supportive relationships are fostered at the school, with success celebrated. The school has the core values of compassion, hope, justice, respect, wisdom, courage, resilience, integrity and responsibility. Samuel Ward Academy encourages students to participate in enrichment activities to broaden their opportunities and practice skills in leadership and teamwork. These range from the Duke of Edinburgh Award to drama club.
Ofsted
“Students’ achievement is outstanding. They make excellent progress during their time at the academy, particularly in English and mathematics. The quality of teaching is outstanding. It is consistently at least good and often outstanding, and this results in students making rapid progress in lessons, particularly in the main academy”.
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