Teacher of History
Felixstowe School
Suffolk
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPR/UPR (£30,000 to £46,525)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 1 May 2024
Job overview
Felixstowe School
Teacher of History
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: MPR/UPR (£30,000 to £46,525)
Start date: September 2024
We are looking to appoint an inspirational Teacher of History with a passion for accelerating progress within our Humanities Faculty. You will be joining a hard-working, well-qualified and very friendly group of teachers who want the Humanities subjects to be seen as lively and exciting. You will have the ability to teach History across the full age and ability range and will be able to enthuse, engage and motivate our students to achieve their full potential.
Our school is an amazing place, full of wonderful students and staff. We pride ourselves on taking an evidence-based approach to innovation, meaning that we choose strategies that impact on student progress and teacher workload.
Our sensible and realistic policies include an excellent behaviour policy, and a whole class feedback policy.
Our modern facilities provide an excellent environment to work in, and our thriving Sixth Form continues to grow, as do the numbers in other year groups.
We welcome a visit to meet our staff and students. Please contact Shane Hurren on 01394 288228 or shurren@fxs.org.uk.
The ideal candidate will:
- Be an excellent History teacher who truly is passionate about the subject;
- Be a committed team player;
- Have the ability to engage and inspire pupils and build excellent relationships;
- Be committed to Felixstowe School's ethos;
- Be passionate and ambitious about their own career development.
This is an opportunity for an existing Teacher of History to further their development as part of a forward-thinking MAT to benefit from our supportive model for staff CPD and career development.
It is important to belong at work and the work you do is relied upon by our pupils, so even small positive differences which are made, make people very happy. We want to ensure you have a good work life balance and one of the ways we achieve this is by having a two-week autumn half term break.
In return we will offer:
- Job satisfaction through making a positive impact on our student’s lives
- Friendly and supportive working environment
- Supportive and positive management
- Investment in your training and development
- Bespoke teacher development programmes supported by our Teaching School Hub
- Excellent career development opportunities in our school and across the trust including secondments to other trust schools
- Evidence informed research opportunities via our Research School and programmes to reduce teacher workload including the development of the CUSP curriculum and other programmes the staff within our schools benefit from
- Wellbeing support service
- Trust wide professional development
You can view a full list of requirements in the job description. If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don’t meet all the requirements, please apply as we may be able to support you in any areas for development or we may have alternative roles that are a good fit for you. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
At Unity Schools Partnership our objective is to smash through barriers to make remarkable change happen. We pride ourselves on being an educational organisation that puts children first, going the extra mile for the vulnerable and disadvantaged, and every one of us has an impact on unlocking our pupils’ potential. We are committed to providing a working environment where our employees can grow and thrive. We value collaboration, wellbeing, diversity, equality and work-life balance. Throughout our diverse family of schools and within our vibrant central hub we nurture talent, whether you are at the beginning of your career or looking to grow your expertise.
Unity Schools Partnership has created a subsidiary trading company Unity Schools Partnership Education. Having a separate legal entity that is free to trade independently with other commercial organisations as well as schools, gives scope and opportunities for greater impact and reach within the wider sphere of education. In return, income is invested into our trust to improve educational outcomes for the children in our schools. By working with Unity Schools Partnership, you may have the opportunity to work on a commission basis beyond a standard career in education and develop some ideas of your own.
For more information about the school, visit the School website www.fxa.org.uk
For more information on our Trust, Unity Schools Partnership, visit the Trust website www.unitysp.co.uk
All applications must be submitted via our Trust online application portal.
Closing date: 9:00am, 1st May 2024
Interviews: TBC
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.
Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safer recruitment, equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required.
We care deeply about inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, we’ll facilitate this wherever we can – whether to help you meet other commitments or to help you strike a great work-life balance. We’re keen to ensure we’re designing an organisation that works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented groups.
Unity Schools Partnership, welcoming diversity.
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About Felixstowe School
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Our School
Felixstowe School opened in September 2011, is located in an impressive 21st century education centre – a centre the whole community can be proud of. The building itself opened in April 2014, and provide impressive teaching premises.
With these fantastic resources, the school currently delivers education to over 1200 students, with approximately 150 in the school's sixth form.
We offer 21st century resources which serve to deliver a diverse range of exciting and challenging courses to our students across all Key Stages. We have a suite of well equipped ICT suites, along with a number of Chromebook trolleys as bookable resources to aid learning. We are pleased our students are at the forefront of the progression of technology in the classroom.
The school has an excellent range of purpose built sport facilities; this includes two sports halls, County and Sport England standard netball courts, an all weather pitch, tennis courts and vast open grounds that cater for Football, Rugby, Cricket and Athletics.
Within the Arts, our music suite offers up to date facilities for music composition, performance and recording, whilst our Performance and Production Arts students benefit from two large performance areas alongside a well-equipped 440 seat Main Hall.
With the best Science resources, Art and Photography studios, Technology rooms, AV Media Studio, Computing suites, alongside classroom and teaching resources in place for the next generation of students, we believe in partnership with parents and carers we will enable all students to receive an excellent education.
Felixstowe School is a special place with caring staff who genuinely want the very best for every student. We hope you choose to become part of our school community that has everything in place to provide a perfect platform for our students to fulfil their hopes, dreams and aspirations.
We very much hope that if you decide to join our community here at Felixstowe School you will see all of this in action! Our students are bright, articulate young people and they will be only too willing to invite you in and show you around their school. Please contact the PA to the Headteacher, Miss K Adams, at office@fxs.org.uk to arrange a tour!
The area
Felixstowe is an Edwardian seaside town the River Orwell and River Deben on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The Port of Felixstowe is the largest container port in the United Kingdom.
Our Vision
We are proud to be a comprehensive school, where students from all backgrounds and abilities can come together to be part of our school. Students can be proud to be a member of the Felixstowe School community, and of the wider community within Felixstowe. We want our students to achieve their full potential, enjoying an education that develops their skills and enhances their strengths and aptitudes. We also recognise that each student is part of a wider, national and global community outside of Felixstowe, and to this end we want our students also to develop into outstanding citizens, and contribute to the society in which they live.
Inspiration, Influence, Integrity
We asked staff and students to think about the creation of a vision statement, reflecting aspects already achieved by the community at Felixstowe School as well as our aspirations for the school.
The process included an opportunity for us to reflect on the what the values of 'Inspiration', 'Influence' and 'Integrity' meant to us as a community and as individuals, before developing the words and ideas that would form our Vision. These values along with our vision will enable us to provide the excellent education provision that this community deserves.
Resilience - Independence - Confidence - Happiness
Much of our focus now is around raising standards, improving the quality of teaching and learning, improved curriculum provision and excellent care, guidance and support. We have unrelenting high standards of all members of our school community. Our key aim is to provide a unique balance of fun, excitement and a love of learning with high expectations and aspirations. This will culminate in a rich and vibrant learning environment where students work hard and dream big!
Felixstowe School is a special place with caring staff who genuinely want the very best for every child. We hope who you choose to become part of this wonderful school community that will provide a perfect platform for your child to fulfil their hopes, dreams and aspirations.
We very much hope that if you decide to join our community here at Felixstowe School you will see all of this in action! Our students are bright, articulate young people and they will be only too willing to invite you in and show you around their school.
Ofsted
To view our Ofsted reports please click here.
Our Trust
We are proud to be part of Unity Schools Partnership.
Unity Schools Partnership is a family of secondary, primary and special schools located mainly in Suffolk, and also on the Essex and Cambridgeshire borders as well as Romford in East London.
We share the same values and face similar issues, while providing a close network of support and challenge.
We recognise the unique characteristics of each of the communities we work in and how they are reflected in distinctive school cultures.
We are committed to a partnership that respects, sustains and supports. We encourage cultural diversity, celebrate the special qualities of each of our schools and recognise that communities must develop and grow to become sustainable.
Our central belief is that every young life is special – open to possibility, gifted with the potential to change the world for the better. Our ambition is to unlock the potential of all children, remove the barriers to aspiration and ensure that all our children succeed.
To find out more about our Trust, visit https://www.unitysp.co.uk
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