Teacher

Range of subject interest (1.0FTE, fixed term – January start)

Thank you for your interest in Dartmouth Academy and joining our team. We are in a position to be exploring exciting ways to expand our teaching team and curriculum offer and are interested in hearing from practitioners who are aspirational and keen to develop their subject specialisms. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from individuals with experience teaching PE, Computing/ICT, Maths or Technology. However, we welcome applications from individuals with other specialisms who are interested in expanding this and would look forward to speaking with you further about how you could support our curriculum at Dartmouth Academy.

As a small, all-through Academy, we believe in building long-lasting relationships with pupils and their families and take pride in being at the heart of our community. We share the view that being an all-through school, from ages 3-16, creates the ideal conditions in which to support a child at every stage of their early life in ensuring their current and future happiness and success. Children flourish when they feel safe and secure; care underpins all that we do.

Woven throughout both our aspirational curriculum and ethos of empathy and understanding is the drive for every child to be a scholar in their learning. Staff create and teach academically-rich schema whilst understanding, and planning to overcome, the barriers a child may face. The concept of scholarship drives the role which staff play in being instrumental to every child’s development, not simply in their academic achievements but also as a person. From the moment pupils arrive into our Early Years Foundation Stage, we share with them the school mantra that fosters academic success as not a measure of ability but an indication of how hard pupils work: Be Your Best Self.

This is also an opportunity to join the school at an exciting point in our journey. In January 2017, we merged our Multi Academy Trust to form Education South West, with 10 schools spanning primary, all-through and secondary: nearly 5,000 students and 600 staff in total.  The aim of the Trust is simple: to work together so that children can lead great lives. 

ESW is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.