Design Technology and Humanities Teacher
Two Boats School
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tris
- Expired
- Salary:
- £16,539 - £20,000 per year (taxable in Ascension Island) dependent on qualifications and experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- No later than the 10th of January 2020 but could start as early as the 7th of August 2019
- Apply by:
- 15 June 2019
Job overview
Two Boats School is looking for a Design Technology and Humanities Teacher on Ascension Island (Package up to c.£40k).
Two Boats School is looking for a successor to our Design Technology teacher who leaves us after 23 years of dedicated service. Two Boats School is the only school on Ascension Island and caters for around 100 children ranging from aged 3 to 16 years. The school follows the English National Curriculum and offers a range of IGCSE’s to our students. Due to the unique nature of the school each secondary teacher is required to teach at least two subjects. We are looking ideally for a Design Technology teacher with additional experience to teach Humanities, though would also consider secondary school experience in taking PE or MFL to iGCSE level.
Ascension is a small volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic, with a warm stable climate (26-34°C). Ascension is part of the wider overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. It is situated some 1,000 miles from the mainland of Africa and it is 800 miles from its nearest neighbour, the island of Saint Helena. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to our future success and to be part of a welcoming and friendly island community.
If successful, you would be expected to:
- Teach Design Technology across years 7-11, up to IGCSE, following the Cambridge syllabus.
- The ability to teach Humanities across years 7-11, up to IGCSE, following the Cambridge syllabus.
- Preferably have the ability to teach an additional subject (eg IT, PE, Modern Foreign Language).
We are offering a two year contract with a salary between £16,539 and £20,000 per year (taxable in Ascension Island) dependent on qualifications and experience. You will also receive benefits worth up to £20,000 per year (dependent upon single or accompanied status):
- Rent free accommodation (with electricity and water allowances)
- Free primary medical and dental care
- Food allowance (£6,175 or £3,089 dependant on accompanied status)
- Relocation package at start and completion of contract (personal effects and vehicle)
- One mid-tour return flight for you and your family
- End of contract bonus on completion of 2 years
This appointment will be subject to:
- Satisfactory Employment References
- Enhanced Criminal Records Check and Prohibition from teaching checks
- Satisfactory Medical Clearance (Ascension Island has limited medical facilities. If you believe that you have a medical condition that may be difficult to treat here please contact our Senior Medical Officer for a confidential discussion via smo.hospital@ascension.gov.ac)
The start date for this role is flexible, however, we would need the successful applicant to start no later than the 10th of January 2020 but could start as early as the 7th of August 2019.
Closing Date: 16th of June 2019
Interviews: Week commencing 24th of June 2019
For more information and to apply visit: www.ascension-island.gov.ac/working-here/
Interviews may be carried out via Skype or teleconference
Attached documents
About Two Boats School
- Two Boats School
- Two Boats Village
- Ascension Island
- ASCN 1ZZ
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
At Two Boats School, we make excellent provision for the educational needs of all children aged 3-16 on Ascension Island. Our class sizes and exam success would be the envy of most schools around the world.
The report of our inspection carried out in November 2014 by School Inspection Service, one of the contractors licensed to conduct inspections under the Ofsted-accredited regime for British Schools Overseas found the school’s provision to be good with many excellent features. Specifically:?
- Two Boats School is highly successful in meeting its aims
- It provides a good education for its pupils, making use of its stimulating location
- Commitment by staff to the interests and education of the pupils is paramount
- Pupils’ behaviour is excellent
- No teaching is less than good and a third of that observed was outstanding
- The curriculum is good, and is broad and balanced
- Pupils make good progress
- Social and moral development of the pupils is excellent and their cultural and spiritual development is good
- The school puts great emphasis on communication with parents
- The school is very well led and managed
- The school is well resourced
- The school is successful in achieving high standards of performance
- Strong emphasis is placed on safeguarding
- Attention to the welfare, health and safety of pupils is excellent.
Pupils follow a curriculum modelled on the National Curriculum for England and take English National Curriculum tests at age seven and eleven followed by IGCSEs at age sixteen. 71% of pupils leaving in 2014 achieved 5 or more A*-C grades including English and Maths, up from 56% in 2013 and 60% in 2012. The other two pupils in the 2014 cohort achieved a range of A-G passes despite their profound special educational needs. These were Two Boats School’s best results ever, and the best results in the South Atlantic by some distance, with very pleasing results at other key stages.
Although this is a state school maintained by the Ascension Island Government, it has many features of a British International School and membership of COBIS. The school enjoys strong support from the island community and a parent group with the high expectations indicated by their decision to move here to work with their families. Ascension has no permanent population so the majority of our pupils are St. Helenian British with significant minorities from mixed and UK backgrounds. We have a committed and supportive staff team from the UK and St. Helena.
In the most positive way possible, this job is like no other, and this school is like no other. The pupils are amongst the most well-behaved, caring, assured and engaged that you are likely to meet anywhere. Whether as prospective pupil, parent, member of staff or interested observer, I commend the work of Two Boats School to you.
Headteacher
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