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Maths Teacher

Maths Teacher

Two Boats School

Ascension Island

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
9 April 2017

Job overview

Have you ever wanted to work on a tropical island? 

Two Boats School is looking for a Maths Teacher (Secondary)
on Ascension Island (Package up to c.£40k)

The Ascension Island Government is currently looking for a Maths Teacher at Two Boats School.  Two Boats School is a small school with around 100 pupils ranging from pre-school to 16.  Pupils follow a curriculum modelled on the National Curriculum for England and take English National Curriculum tests at 7 and 11 followed by IGCSEs at 16.  In 2015, 83% of pupils left with 5 or more A-C grades including English and Maths.

Ascension is a small volcanic island situated in the sub-tropical South Atlantic with a warm stable climate (26-34°C), excellent beaches and unique biodiversity. 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 Key Stages 3 and 4 Maths in the secondary school to meet the requirements of the UK National Curriculum up to IGCSE level.
  • Liaise with the Primary maths co-ordinator to ensure progression across the whole school
  • Write schemes of work, and keep these under review.
  • Be a form tutor to a group of children, and be responsible for the pastoral care as well as deliver a Personal, Health and Social Education programme.
  • Contribute to the wider life of the school

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)
  • Food allowance (£5936 or £2969)
  • Relocation package
  • Return flights for you and your family during the contract duration
  • End of contract bonus on completion of 2 years

This appointment will be subject to:.

  • Satisfactory Employment References
  • Enhanced Criminal Records Check
  • Satisfactory Medical Clearance

Closing Date:    10th April 2017
Interviews:        28th April 2017

For more information and to apply visit: www.ascension-island.gov.ac/working-here/

Interviews may be carried out via Skype or teleconference

About Two Boats School

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  • Two Boats School
  • Two Boats Village
  • Ascension Island
  • ASCN 1ZZ
  • Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
+247 4432

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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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