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Longsands Academy

Longsands Academy is a successful, fully inclusive secondary school and sixth form serving the community of St Neots and its surrounding area. We pride ourselves on providing an engaging, purposeful and supportive environment in which all of our students feel empowered to reach and embrace their full potential with confidence and become responsible, well rounded citizens.

The academy is at the heart of the community and has pledged to provide a rich, broad and varied education to all the pupils it serves. The academy and Trust are committed to a knowledge-rich curriculum and a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture, influenced by Lemov’s Teach Like A Champion and Tom Bennett.

At Longsands Academy, our curriculum is designed to fulfil our core purpose which aims to secure the best possible experience, learning and outcomes for each young person for whom we have responsibility. As such, we believe that students are entitled to be immersed in ‘the best that has been thought and said’ which is best achieved through a broad and balanced, knowledge-rich curriculum, a Life at Longsands behaviour curriculum and our It Stops Now a strong personal development programme. In addition, our provision is tailored so that all students, whatever their background and ability, can follow suitable pathways, from Years 7 through to Year 13, which maximise their chances to progress their learning and achieve academic excellence and success in public examinations, as well as promoting emotional wellbeing and mental health, enabling them to successfully access the next chapter of their lives.

The creation of a scholarly culture that is warm and strict, disciplined and joyful is at the heart of everything we do. At Longsands we ensure impeccable behaviour, where teachers can focus on teaching and pupils can focus on learning in a disruption-free context.

Why work at Longsands?

• High quality curriculum which is planned with shared resources, so no planning from scratch.
• There are 8 INSET days a year to provide time to develop professionally.
• We focus on feedback that is impactful - we do not mark books.
• Students are polite, well-behaved, and committed to learning.
• All detentions are centralised and organised by pastoral and senior teams leaving you to teach.
• SLT are visible and approachable.
• We believe in strong routines to support simple effective teaching from the front.

Sounds good? Check out the vacancies we have and join a school that is going from strength to strength.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion at Astrea Academy Trust

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.

Astrea Academy Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all requests for flexible working as we know that diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities that we serve.  We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive and building our culture of belonging.  We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in Astrea’s workforce.  These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, prohibition, qualifications, online searches, two references and enhanced DBS check including the Children’s Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974