Key Stage 2 Specialist Teacher and Subject Leader
Ark John Keats Academy
Enfield
- Expired
- Salary:
- Ark MPS or UPS (Outer London) £29,064-£41,036 or £43,078-£46,326 depending on experience, plus TLR possibility.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 27 April 2020
Job overview
Ark John Keats is an exceptional school looking to hire exceptional people.
We are a genuinely all-through school, from Nursery to 6th Form, providing an exciting and innovative education for the local community we serve. Ofsted state we are outstanding, our GCSE outcomes show our pupils make brilliant progress and our application numbers make us one of the most over-subscribed schools. Our staff are incredibly aligned and motivated. Our approach is underpinned by our six pillars – A Mastery Curriculum, High Quality Teaching, Strong Discipline, Character Development, Raising Aspirations & Enrichment and Developing Education Leaders.
We work to ensure our pupils have the same opportunities for success as those in affluent areas with expensive private schooling. We know our pupils will need more than just great exam results to be successful and have carefully planned each stage of development to support them to build the character, independence and discipline to make the most of the opportunities their academic qualifications will provide.
Our curriculum is at a very exciting stage of its development. We have planned backwards from the knowledge and skills needed to study these subjects at university. It is coherent, content rich and cumulative with excellent planning, resources and assessment materials. We now need inspirational teachers to help our team bring our curriculum alive in the classroom, enabling our pupils to become great readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, historians and geographers.
We are currently searching for inspiring and knowledgeable Key Stage 2 specialist teachers for English and math to join our primary team. Our unique model means that teachers in KS2 teach the subjects they are most passionate about. Depending on your specialisms, the role will involve teaching all aspects of English or Mathematics in the mornings and then teaching additional subjects in the afternoons, for example science, history art or computing. We also have subject leadership opportunities available depending on your area of expertise
Joining Ark John Keats means being part of a kind and supportive team, who are always working hard to be even better. As a school, we make more time for professional development and do all we can to priorities our staffs’ well being.
At Ark John Keats, we are moving all our recruitment online for the period of school closure. In advance of applying please do explore our website.
To apply please submit your application by 8am on Monday 27th April 2020. In advance of applying please do explore our website and see our relevant phase briefings. For further information, technical queries regarding the application system or to arrange to discuss the role please contact us at recruitment@arkjohnkeatsacademy.org or call us on 020 8443 311.
For further information or to arrange to discuss the role please contact us at recruitment@arkjohnkeatsacademy.org or call us on 0208 443 3113
Closing date: 8am on Monday 27th April 2020
Start Date: September 2020
Salary: Ark MPS or UPS (Outer London) £29,064-£41,036 or £43,078-£46,326 depending on experience, plus TLR possibility.
We value diversity and are committed to safeguarding and promoting child welfare. The successful candidate will be subject to DBS and any other relevant employment check.
Attached documents
About Ark John Keats Academy
We are delighted to introduce you to Ark John Keats Academy. The academy is a 3 to 18 all-through school in Enfield, with a mixed comprehensive intake. We opened our doors to our first Reception classes in September 2013 and our first cohort of year 7 pupils joined us in September 2014. We currently have over 1700 pupils on roll from Nursery to Year 13.
Ark John Keats is a very proud member of the successful Ark network of schools. Our curriculum is academic, planned to prepare pupils for the best universities by emphasising mastery of knowledge and skills. Our teaching staff are experts in their subject areas and all staff at the academy share a commitment to upholding the highest expectations. We have created an academy that is renowned for its calm, orderly and purposeful environment and where pupils behave maturely and respectfully.
We have developed a character programme to support the development of our pupils, and we ensure pupils develop their wider interests and passions by allowing our pupils access to a variety of enrichment activities, ranging from chess and coding to football and political art. We support pupils in raising their aspirations by helping them understand the structure, importance and value of school. We inspire their thinking about their futures through university and workplace visits and through our external speaker programme, where visitors speak to pupils about their career choices and educational experiences. We are also committed to developing our staff and we ensure they master all aspects of their work and are brilliantly prepared for the next stage of their careers. The academy has first class facilities having undergone an £18 million rebuilding and refurbishment programme that was completed in December 2015.
We are very excited by what we have achieved so far and new staff and pupils will be joining a school with a wonderful ethos, where local children are provided with a first class education. We are intent on developing a school that will match the very best in both the state and private sectors and is a source of pride for the people of north east Enfield.
Principal
Katie Marshall
Primary Headteacher
Emma Penzer
Vision and Values
At Ark John Keats, we aspire for all our children to have the academic knowledge necessary to enable them to progress to university, for pupils to have a love of learning and curiosity about the world, and for them to be polite, well-mannered young people who take responsibility for their choices and drive their own destinies.
The academy’s approach to achieving this is based on our six pillars:
- High expectations: Every adult who works at AJK believes in the limitless potential of all children.
- Excellent teaching: Subject specialists plan lessons focused on rigorous content which make pupils work hard and think deeply about the subject, fostering their curiosity and love of learning.
- Exemplary behaviour: Pupils are unfailingly polite and well-mannered individuals who take responsibility for their own actions and seek to help others whenever they can.
- Depth for breadth: Our rich, challenging curriculum builds pupils’ cultural capital to ensure they can all be knowledgeable, articulate and university ready.
- Knowing every child: Our teachers know and care about every child they interact with, proactively building strong and positive relationships between school and home.
- Always learning: Our continuous professional development, co-planning meetings and coaching ensure teachers feel stretched and supported, able to develop as teachers and leaders in a long-term career at Ark John Keats.
Ofsted and Performance Data
The academy was inspected in April 2015 and was judged outstanding in every area
We see the outstanding judgement only as a validation of the progress we have made to date. We are determined to provide an unrivalled standard of education for local children and know we have more to do to achieve this. Our focus will remain unwaveringly on the further development of exceptional practice within each of our pillars:
- A curriculum that provides challenge, academic rigour, cultural literacy and systematic progression as well as opportunities for pupils to develop key learning dispositions and their literacy and numeracy skills.
- Teaching that is highly effective and high quality support for staff in developing their practice.
- Strong discipline through the highly consistent application of our routines and techniques by all staff. Development of character through the Character programme.
- Raising aspirations through high quality teaching, the speaker programme, university visits and working with external partners.
- Widening pupils’ horizons through a high quality enrichment programme that all staff contribute to.
- Setting high expectations in everything we do and working collaboratively to ensure staff and pupils can meet these expectations.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.