Design & Technology Teacher
Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form
Hackney
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Inner London Pay Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 17 May 2024
Job overview
The School
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a successful and popular 11–19 inner-city comprehensive school. The school is especially committed to creative teaching and learning. We aim that every colleague has excellent professional development, which leads to every student having an outstanding education. Stoke Newington School is dedicated to being anti-racist and inclusive by striving hard to challenge through our curriculum. We seek to inculcate and strengthen the knowledge, confidence, and skills for all in our community to challenge racism.
The Post
We are looking for a well-qualified teacher who is creative and dynamic in the classroom, ambitious for all students and committed to inclusion. The successful candidate must be able to teach across the 11–19 age range and will be working in a well-led faculty with an excellent team of teachers.
You will be teaching general Design and Technology and Hospitality and Catering. Design and Technology is a popular subject, with at least four GCSE groups per year and two A level classes.
You will be part of an increasingly successful Design and Technology faculty who have a strong overall record of quality teaching and student achievement with the 11–19 age group. You will be supported throughout by a strong Head of Faculty and a leadership team that is ambitious for every student’s and every staff member’s success.
This is a fixed-term role for one year.
If you are interested in joining our team, please click the Apply button to complete an application.
Closing date: Midday on Friday 17th May 2024.
Interview date: Thursday 23rd May 2024.
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to ensuring diversity in our workforce. As employers, we are committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all students. An enhanced DBS check is a requirement for all staff.
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About Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form
- Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form
- Clissold Road, Stoke Newington
- London
- N16 9EX
- United Kingdom
Welcome to Stoke Newington School & Sixth Form, an excellent 11-19 comprehensive school. Our school has a great reputation and has strong longstanding relationships with the community. During our recent Ofsted inspection (July 2022) the school was recognised as continuing to be a Good school. There were many strengths highlighted in the report including;
“Pupils are proud of the diverse nature and inclusive ethos of their school. Enthusiastic and committed teachers make lessons interesting for pupils”, and “teachers have strong subject knowledge and are passionate about their subjects”.
We pride ourselves in providing our students with inspiring and creative teaching and learning opportunities within the curriculum and through our programme of extra-curricular activities. We aim that every child aspires to and achieves excellence. The fact that so many choose to stay on into our Sixth Form and take the qualifications they need to get into the universities of their choice, is proof of our success.
We are looking for ambitious, energetic, professional staff who are passionate about ensuring every one of our students achieves their full potential.
Our vision and ethos
At Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form we want our students to develop a passion for learning resulting from a memorable school journey, encompassing first-rate teaching and experiences beyond the classroom.
Our culture is rooted in high expectations for all, regardless of background or starting point. Students are encouraged to be ambitious, as we believe everyone can achieve their potential with a commitment to learning and a determination to succeed. Our students achieve brilliant outcomes making them highly marketable individuals with an unwavering sense of civic duty, as they understand everyone has a role in making the world a better place.
We have a strong focus on creativity. We know creativity is the skill of the future and believe everyone has creative capacities. We want our students to be critical thinkers, solution-focused, innovative, resilient, and responsive to our ever-changing world, as well as great team players who understand that diversity is our strength.
The core values that underpin our approach to teaching students at Stoke Newington School are:
Compassion | Ambition | Resilience | Excellence
Working at Stoke Newington School
Working at Stoke Newington School means being part of a community of exceptional practitioners, dedicated to developing high achieving young people with community spirit and a strong sense of civic duty.
Everyone at Stoke Newington School is warm, welcoming and supportive, and there’s a strong community spirit amongst all staff members. We engage with and support our teaching and support staff, providing an inspirational and creative working environment which enables and aids the development of personal and professional excellence.
- At Stoke Newington, some other perks include:
- An excellent staff association that looks after every single staff member
- Bike-to-work scheme
- Teachers receive laptops
- Access to parking upon application
- Discounted membership to the local leisure centre (conveniently situated opposite the school)
- Excellent programme for beginner teachers and NQTs
Stoke Newington School is situated in the stunning area of Stoke Newington, Hackney. We are a one-minute walk from the picturesque Clissold Park, and a two-minute walk from Church Street, which has a number of restaurants and cafes, as well as charity shops and boutiques. Transport links are good – with Stoke Newington and Canonbury overground stations, and Finsbury Park underground station all within 20-minute walks. Bus links are also excellent.
We look forward to your application!
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