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Second in English

Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

Stockton-on-Tees

Salary:
MPS/UPS + TLR2a
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Easter 2023
Apply by:
13 February 2023

Job overview

With a proud tradition of serving the community of Stockton-on-Tees, Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth is a medium-sized school with a big heart. We are an enhanced mainstream school and provide an outstanding education for all young people, including with physical, sensory, cognition and learning needs. We are part of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, one of the highest performing trusts in the country. 

Our vision is to put students first in order to raise standards and transform lives. We innovate constantly to make this happen, including a curriculum that is designed to enable personalised learning in depth and with breadth. We ensure that additional teaching time and resources are provided to support students to leave with a solid foundation of good and better grades.

We are seeking to appoint an ambitious and highly effective Second in the Department of English. This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and inspiring subject specialist to support and lead on identified roles within the department under the guidance of the Head of Department. The successful applicant will be responsible for leading KS3 and teaching English across all key stages.

You will be an excellent teacher with leadership experience and the ability to challenge individuals whilst supporting them to achieve outstanding results.  

You will be joining a highly innovative, inspirational and ambitious department and organisation, therefore we are seeking only outstanding candidates who can raise standards and support our educational vision. Your strong leadership and ability to provide effective support to colleagues will enable the organisation to achieve the best possible outcomes for all of our students.

There are significant opportunities for your development through the Outwood Institute of Education, and we are part of the Outwood Grange Teaching School Alliance which provides high quality professional development for all staff.  

With a holistic view of education, we value vocational, practical, creative and academic talent and focus on building knowledge and transferable skills that result in real-world success. By inspiring students we can create tomorrow’s leaders as well as responsible, caring and engaging citizens. We seek to instil British Values: a passion for democratic participation, individual liberty, mutual respect, and difference and diversity, backed by a commitment to taking responsibility for one’s own conduct and progress. 

The Outwood Grange Family of Schools offers:

  • The opportunity to work and progress across the Family of Schools.
  • The chance to apply for leadership roles in the Deeps working across the whole Academy.
  • A full and detailed programme of support and development for ECTs.
  • A further comprehensive programme of professional development is provided through the Outwood Institute of Education (formerly the teaching school)

For more information and to apply online, please go to: www.outwood.com > Careers.

Closing date: 8.00am on 13 February 2023.

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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

About Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth

+44 1642 586262

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Interim Chief Executive Officer - Lee Wilson

Head of School: Jason Rhodes

We are an 11-16, Ofsted Good rated academy based in the market town of Stockton-on-Tees, in vibrant County Durham and have been a part of the Outwood family of schools since 2016.

We are proud that Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth is rated Good by Ofsted and are delighted that in its report, Ofsted noted ‘the school is being rapidly transformed through the highly effective actions of leaders and the trust’.

As part of this transformation, we aim to innovate with a knowledge-rich curriculum, designed to personalise learning for every student, helping them to reach their potential.

We serve the local community and aim to give its children an excellent start in life by giving them a first-class education. As a smaller school we know all our students, their strengths and how to get the very best out of them.

We have won numerous awards as a school and we have been accredited with the prestigious IQM Award, in addition to being an IQM Centre of Excellence, which highlights that inclusion at all levels is of paramount importance to us. We are also proud to have been awarded Silver Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.

The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.

We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.

As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.

We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.

All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.

If you share our vision, join our family.

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