Teaching Partner
Newlands Academy
Southwark, London
- Expired
- Salary:
- 25,152.00
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1/9/2022
- Apply by:
- 10 July 2022
Job overview
Permanent, Full Time
37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
September 2022 Start
Are you looking for a challenge? Our intention is to transform the lives of children from disadvantaged backgrounds!
Newlands Academy is a challenging but extremely rewarding, newly purpose-built special academy for students aged 11-16 who have social, emotional and mental health needs and is part of Academies Enterprise Trust’s network of 58 primary, special and secondary academies. The Academy is based in Southwark, London and currently has ~70 students on roll.
We are looking for a Teaching Partner to provide an efficient and high quality support service to all students.
Our staff have benefited from our collaborative work with our other AET cluster of schools and we will challenge and support you with your career goals while you are part of the ‘Newlands Academy family’.
You will:
- Have experience of working with young people ideally with SEN.
- Be robust, resilient and take pride in helping students who can sometimes find school life challenging.
- Be flexible, positive and have a ‘can do’ attitude.
We can offer you:
- A positive, community driven school where high staff morale and low staff turnover have contributed to the rapid improvements in attainment and progress.
- Happy, enthusiastic and well behaved children
- A leadership team who welcome fresh ideas, and see the retention of staff as a high priority.
- Well supported teachers who are committed to driving high standards
Our school ethos can be summed up by our five key principles.
- We are a caring and accepting community where everyone’s voice is valued
- We see potential in all our students and offer them a fresh start
- The students’ learning and emotional needs are at the centre of every decision we make
- We give students time and space to gain an understanding of their own identity; we strive to nurture, educate and empower them through to adulthood
- We work in the academy with humour, justice, compassion and forgiveness. We understand that all members of the community can make mistakes and that we learn from each other
We passionately believe that every child can discover their own remarkable life. It’s what motivates us around here. We know this vision requires something extra. Which is why at AET, you’ll find more. More opportunities, so you can forge your own path. More care and support, so you can prioritise what matters most. More purpose, for you and for the children we’re inspiring.
We offer:
- More opportunity to grow your career - We’ll support you in developing your career and experience at this school or another AET school.
- More tailored support - We understand every academy is unique. We’ll give you tailored support and flexibility, allowing you to do what’s best for your children.
- More chance to see what’s out there - We create opportunities for teachers to visit other AET academies and learn from outside experience.
- More like minded colleagues, so you can benefit from others’ experience - You’re connected to our network of over 57 academies and thousands of education professionals.
- More technology so you can make more impact - G Suite for Education embedded throughout. Collaborative cloud technology gives you access to the latest tools, when and where it suits you. More tech-enabled classrooms mean less time spent on admin and more time teaching.
- More time - We strive to minimise unnecessary distractions so you can have energy for your job and your life.
Closing date: 10th July 2022
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s. Come inspire their remarkable with us, apply today.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.
Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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AET is recruiting for School Direct placements. Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/aetschools.org/itt/ for further details.
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About Newlands Academy
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Newlands Academy is a special school for students who have social, emotional and mental health needs. We are very proud of our current ‘Good’ Ofsted grade and are on a journey to achieve ‘Outstanding’ at our next inspection. We are passionate about ensuring that, individually, we are continually improving and challenging ourselves and as an academy, striving towards our vision ‘To make our best better’.
Many of our students have had to overcome significant difficulties in their lives and have struggled to succeed in other educational establishments; in some cases, they have been regarded as unteachable.
When they come to Newlands they are offered a fresh start and the opportunity to develop as young people. Our mission is to use our detailed understanding of every child’s personalised needs so that we can best equip them with the skills and values to ensure a successful transition to adult life.
Our Location
Newlands Academy is located in a quiet residential area adjacent to Peckham Rye and the historic Nunhead cemetery in the London Borough of Southwark. There are transport links.
Our Vision
Our school ethos can be summed up by our five key principles.
- We are a caring and accepting community where everyone’s voice is valued
- We see potential in all our students and offer them a fresh start
- The students’ learning and emotional needs are at the centre of every decision we make
- We give students time and space to gain an understanding of their own identity; we strive to nurture, educate and empower them through to adulthood
- We work in the academy with humour, justice, compassion and forgiveness. We understand that all members of the community can make mistakes and that we learn from each other
We believe in the educational role of the family and foster strong links between the home and school environment.
We have onsite partnerships with the Anna Freud Family Project, the Southwark Troubled Families Project, as well as provision for Art therapy and Speech and Language Therapy.
We aim to provide a personalised and stimulating environment, where students can be welcomed and learn safely. We place a high emphasis on the spiritual social and moral development of each student.
Key Priorities
- To ensure that students become independent learners to prepare them for life after Newlands
- To work with families and students to tackle the problems of a small number persistent absentees/non attenders
- To analyse academic and behaviour data in order to inform progress
- To ensure that progress is good across all subjects
- To develop numeracy across the curriculum
- To continue to develop a therapeutic approach to learning
- To ensure that safeguarding is outstanding
- To continue to develop middle leaders
Our Enrichment
Due to the varied and complex needs of our students, Newlands Academy ensures that all students are given opportunities to experience a wide range of enrichment activities that enable students to develop cognitive and practical as well as social and emotional skills. Most students undertake three enrichment activities per week.
These activities give students the opportunity to work with different students and staff in both formal and informal learning learning environments.
The range of activities on offer is dependent on the needs and interests of the current cohort of students as well as the skills and experience of the current staff team (as is established by yearly staff skills audits).
Ofsted
We are judged to be 'good' and we were last inspected in February 2020. To view all our Ofsted reports please click here
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY?
Development:
We are committed to developing all staff at all levels through high quality development opportunities, resources, and experiences that will support you on your professional learning journey with AET.
Lifestyle:
We champion agile/flexible working across the Trust to help our people achieve an optimal work/life balance.
Money:
All staff have access to our pension schemes (Local Government Pension Scheme and Teachers’ Pension Scheme). Everyone has free access to financial advice & support and can access a wide range of retail discounts through our AET Benefits scheme. We also offer Technology Loans to help with any big digital purchases.
Wellbeing:
We recognise that mental wellbeing is just as important as physical and have set up employee assistance programmes which offer free and confidential counselling 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our employees can access our health cash place scheme from BHSF.
OUR TRUST
This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the organisation, and as we pivot from being in turnaround mode to becoming a high performance organisation on the pathway to sustainable excellence. This will see us building our in-house education improvement capacity and expertise, making sure that our schools have all the support they need to deliver an excellent education for every child, every day.
Our people are our single greatest resource and we want to make sure we are creating the optimum environment and conditions so that everyone in AET can do their very best work. We will only deliver on our promise of excellence for all of our children if we attract, develop and retain the very best talent in the country and surround them with exceptional development throughout their careers.
We want people on our team who are excited by scale and the prospect of having a deep and lasting impact on the lives of tens of thousands of children. We also want people who are intellectually rigorous, stay curious, and generous enough to be committed to the messy challenge of collaboration.
AET has an exciting future ahead and by joining us on this journey, you will have an unparalleled opportunity to make a lasting and meaningful impact on the children and young people in our schools.
Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
At AET, we want all of our employees to feel included bringing their passion, creativity and individuality to work. We value all cultures, backgrounds and experiences, and we truly believe that diversity drives innovation.
We also offer teacher training programmes across our network. For more information please click here.
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