Teacher of Religious Studies
Chelsea Academy
London
- Expired
- Salary:
- Inner London Main Scale +TLR + Private Healthcare +Chelsea Academy Benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 17 April 2018
Job overview
Chelsea Academy is looking to appoint an outstanding teacher of RS. The Academy is a happy and successful school which is committed to staff development. The RS department is high performing and seen as a beacon of excellent teaching and learning practice across the Academy. All students study RS full course GCSE and our A level in Philosophy and Ethics is a popular and successful course.
We are looking for a candidates who have:
- an excellent track record of teaching and developing RS at KS3 and GCSE demonstrated through exemplary examination results. Experience of teaching AS/A2 level is desirable. (for NQTs, the ability to articulate how to achieve outstanding examination success).
- high expectations of students in terms of learning, achievement and behaviour
- a clear understanding of the latest curriculum and pedagogical developments in RS.
- a good sense of humour and moral purpose that will go the extra mile for our wonderful young people.
Applications from NQTs are welcome and will be considered.
Chelsea Academy is a high performing, inspirational community of learning with high expectations, underpinned by a culture of “no excuses”. We are currently graded Outstanding by Ofsted and SIAMS, a World Class School and are a member of the SSAT Leading Edge network. We are significantly oversubscribed at year 7 and year 12 and currently have over 1100 students on roll. We are proud of our high academic standards and are celebrating our best ever GCSE and A-Level results, placing us in the top 10% of schools nationally for progress. Our guiding Christian ethos and values of joy, perseverance, servant leadership, charity and forgiveness underpin everything we stand for and are the foundation of our success.
Chelsea Academy is a great place to work (100% if staff in the past four annual staff surveys say that they are proud to work at the Academy). We are genuinely caring Christian community, with friendly and supportive staff and commitment to staff wellbeing and work-life balance. Evidence of this commitment to staff is demonstrated by our Investors in People Gold Award (achieved in 2011, 2014 and 2017). We offer a wide range of continuing professional development opportunities, no matter what stage you are at in your career.
We want all of our teachers to be typically outstanding and so offer unrivalled professional development and support. This includes a CPD session every week (including opportunities to regularly visit other schools for newly qualified teachers) and a thriving in house Lead Practitioner team that coach and support staff across the Academy. Through the Chelsea Academy Way for Learning we have a simple, flexible and consistent way of developing typically outstanding teaching. We offer internal and external training through NPQML, NPQSL and Teaching Leaders - your professional development is important to us.
In addition to the above, Academy staff have access to a wide range of benefits which include a private healthcare package, 24 hour GP service, physiotherapy and a confidential well-being support line as well as a laptop and free lunch.
How to apply
Please visit our website for an application form that needs to be completed and returned to the Academy. Sorry but we do not accept CV’s. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 18th April 2018 at 12:00 pm Interviews will take place on Wednesday 25th April 2018. If you have any further questions about this post, then please feel free to contact Anisha Yatally (HR Adviser) on recruitment@chelsea-academy.org, who can put you in contact with the relevant staff member.
Equal Opportunities and Safer Recruitment
Chelsea Academy is an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from suitable candidates no matter their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability, however, we do expect all our staff to note and follow our Christian ethos which is outlined on our website. Please note that Chelsea Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to satisfy successful references, an enhanced police / Security Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and right to work in the UK prior to starting employment with the Academy.
We are an Outstanding academy with results at both GCSE and A level in the top 10% of schools, where the well being and happiness of our staff and students are at the core of everything we do. If you love teaching, want to learn and grow and believe that you can make a positive difference to our students, we look forward to hearing from you!
Matt Williams
Principal
Attached documents
About Chelsea Academy
Introduction
Thank you for your interest in joining Chelsea Academy as a member of staff. We hope that the information below, our website, corporate video and careers video will give you a flavour of our Academy. We are a warm and inclusive place to work and have a settled and happy staff. We invest time, energy and resources into all our staff so that they feel happy and professionally stimulated as well as supported as employees. Everyone who works at Chelsea Academy gets the following benefits:
- Private healthcare
- A laptop
- A free lunch
- Access to employee assistance
- Flourish Wednesday activities
- Bespoke professional development
- Access to a cutting edge learning platform
- Relentless focus on pedagogy and curriculum development
- Working in a fabulous building with amazing facilities
As well as taking care of you as a person we also offer fantastic students and embedded behaviour and teaching and learning policies. We know our students well and we know what works in the classroom and what doesn't. Through a network of support we ensure that all staff have an induction period and are given training and development on how we do things at Chelsea Academy. Whilst there is no 'one way' of doing things here, teaching staff work collaboratively to ensure a rigorous focus on teaching, learning and assessment. Our approach works, our results improved year on year and at both GCSE and A level we are now in the top 20% of schools nationally.
As well as a commitment to academic success for all of our students we also ensure that we have an Extended Curriculum programme. We work with many agencies and organisations to support our students and have strong links with both local and national employers. We want all our students to flourish and be prepared for their next steps.
Our vision, mission and values
Chelsea Academy is Anchored in Christ
Our Vision: Learning together to flourish
Our Mission: Work Hard, Be Kind, No Excuses
Our Values: Servant Leadership, Perseverance, Joy, Forgiveness, Charity
Throughout their time at Chelsea Academy each student will flourish, benefitting from a rich academic curriculum and strong pastoral care. Learning will excite, inspire and challenge. Beyond the taught curriculum there will be many opportunities for students to develop their interests and passions. We aspire to acknowledge and embrace vulnerability. All students will develop: resilience, wisdom, hope and skills with which to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
Further Information
Chelsea Academy is sponsored by the London Diocesan Board for Schools and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. We are a warm, friendly and inclusive school with a strong Christian ethos and have a track record of excellent examination success and first class staff development. We combine traditional values and high standards with an innovative approach to learning and teaching and a strong commitment to staff development. The Academy’s specialism is the sciences and we also offer 10% of our places to students with a musical aptitude. Visitors to the school have consistently commented on the high standards of behaviour, enthusiasm for learning and confidence of our students, as well as the Academy’s stunning new £43m building.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection in September 2023, saw us being judged strongly good in all areas. Our current SIAMS grading is outstanding. Recent outcomes at GCSE and A Level demonstrate strong progress for all students with the Academy’s GCSE results this summer being the highest the Academy has ever achieved. However, we are much more than a successful, academically focused school. We believe in educating the whole child and our Christian values of joy, perseverance, servant leadership, charity and forgiveness underpin everything we stand for. It is important that all of our staff, whether they are teachers or not, work closely with our young people and ensure that they are successful in all that they do. We are looking for staff who will always go the extra mile for our young people and believe that education happens both in and out of the classroom.
Chelsea Academy is an excellent place to work and we are looking for talented individuals to join our team. If you don't see a post that you are interested in then please do contact us and ask to be kept on our recruitment database.
Current Awards and Accreditation
We are currently the proud holders of the following awards or accreditation:
- SIAMS Outstanding - July 2012 and July 2017
- Investors in People Gold - expires 2020
- SSAT TEEP Ambassador School
- Quality in Careers Award - July 2018
- NACE Challenge Award - 2021
- Rolls Royce Science Finalist 2018-2019
- Ofsted Good - September 2023
You can find further information about the Academy on our website. Links from this section of the website include our SIAMS report, Ofsted report and performance data.
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