Humanities Teacher
Pleckgate High School
Blackburn, Lancashire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 8 April 2018
Job overview
Humanities Teacher
Required September 2018
(NQT/MPS/UPS)
Pleckgate High School is celebrating another rapid increase in the progress made by students, with an impressive Progress 8 score of +0.4 placing us in the top 18% of schools nationally. An impressive 52% of students achieved at least a grade 5 in maths and English, significantly above national average. Our students achieved 28 grade 9’s across these two subjects, demonstrating success at the very highest level.
Pleckgate is committed to developing the potential of every student and our ethos revolves around our school motto: Aspire and Believe. Act and Succeed. This is an opportunity to join a highly ambitious school, which has strong and supportive relationships ensuring our expectations and visions are shared with parents, students and staff.
We are seeking an outstanding Humanities teacher to support our educational aims who has the vision, drive and interpersonal skills to motivate our students. You must be able to teach History and Geography to KS3 and History or Geography to KS4. You will benefit from strong and supportive leadership, effective support by colleagues and being part of an ethos that strives to achieve the best possible outcomes for our students. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
All posts are subject to enhanced DBS clearance.
We can offer you:
- An established and successful suite of humanities option subjects within a supportive humanities team.
- Popular option choices at KS4 with a history of strong educational outcomes across the humanities subjects
- A well-established programme of extra-curricular Humanities activities, which engage and motivate students
- A supportive environment with high quality CPD opportunities
- Highly motivated students who are keen to learn and succeed.
We are looking for someone who is:
- A well-qualified teacher educated to degree level in History or Geography
- Passionate and knowledgeable about the teaching and learning of humanities subjects
- Committed to outstanding teaching and learning practices
- Able to think creatively with an excellent understanding of developments in education and History or Geography, specifically the new 9-1 GCSE syllabus
- Able to engage, motivate and inspire students
- Enthusiastic and visionary with regard to curriculum implementation and extra-curricular opportunities
- A successful practitioner with a track record of high expectations and successful outcomes who is committed to their professional development.
We welcome you to visit our school prior to application. Should you wish to discuss the post or arrange a visit, please contact: Mrs R O’Neill, PA to the Headteacher.
An Application form and further details for this post are available from the school website (www.pleckgate.com)
Closing Date: Monday 9th April 2018
Interviews: to be arranged
Attached documents
About Pleckgate High School
Message from the Head Teacher
“Pupils enjoy learning and are kind to each other. They feel happy and safe and part of a caring community and trust staff to support them when they need it”. Ofsted 2023
Dear Candidate,
We are a large secondary school, part of the Education Partnership Trust (EPT), situated on the northern outskirts of Blackburn. Our school community is made up of 1350 students and 180 staff with excellent facilities to benefit both the school and local community. Pleckgate High School is a thriving multicultural community that places the best interests of young people at the heart of everything we do.
At Pleckgate everyone is committed to providing the best educational experiences and opportunities for our students. At the heart of the school's work is a commitment to high quality teaching and learning and achievement for all: for our students to be safe, happy and successful developing as individuals into caring, responsible citizens who participate fully in school life and are proud of their achievements. Every pupil at Pleckgate is encouraged to have ambitious goals and everybody is responsible for creating a culture of high expectations and academic excellence. Our most recent Ofsted report, March 2023, positively reported “Leaders and staff have high expectations & set high standards for staff & pupils’”. A copy of our full report is available from the school website.
We are proud of our achievements - our ambitious curriculum, our examination success, opportunities for pupils' personal development, our charity work and our community involvement. Ofsted also commented, “Subject curriculums are expertly designed with a careful selection of the most important knowledge for pupils”. We are committed to the pursuit of outstanding teaching and learning alongside the highest possible academic, personal and moral standards. This commitment is built upon a shared belief in hard work, self-reflection and a culture of respect and support for others.
We are significantly oversubscribed and pupils achieve positive outcomes at Pleckgate. We are proud of how staff support pupils in achieving success both academically and through sport.
As a staff member of Pleckgate High School, you will be able to take advantage of the staff benefits, available through the EPT, which includes access to both the Simply Health and Discount for Teachers schemes. We also have an Associate member of our Senior Leadership Team whose role is to work with our staff on staff wellbeing, working to ensure you have a balanced home and work life-style.
If you have any questions about our school, or the role itself, please don't hesitate to get in touch and please visit our school website http://www.pleckgate.com to get a flavour of what we have to offer.
Yours sincerely
Aishling McGinty
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