Teacher of Accounts & Business
Shireland Collegiate Academy
Smethwick
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- Expired
- Salary:
- TMS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/04/2018
- Apply by:
- 29 January 2018
Job overview
Required for Easter 2018 (July 2018 may be considered for an outstanding NQT)
Shireland is an oversubscribed Academy based in Smethwick in the West Midlands, with a national and international reputation for the use of technology to enhance learning. The successful candidate will join us at an exciting time as our campus expands to meet the increasing demand for places.
In our 2013 inspection Ofsted said:
* This is an exceptional academy, which has maintained and built upon the very high standards seen at the last inspection.
* Students, staff and parents are, quite rightly, proud to be associated with this academy. As one student said, 'I feel privileged to be a student here.'
* Teaching is outstanding. Lessons are planned extremely well to make sure they are demanding, exciting and get the most out of all groups of students.
* The behaviour of students in lessons and around the academy is impeccable. They are keen, lively, questioning and enthusiastic learners who greatly enjoy and appreciate all the academy has to offer.
* Staff are highly ambitious for students and fervent in their aim to get the best from each one, academically and personally.
* The sixth form is outstanding and displays similar high qualities to the rest of the academy.
We wish to appoint an inspiring and enthusiastic Accounts and Business teacher to join our successful Business team.
The successful candidate will:
* Have the ability to teach Accounts and Business, motivating students across all ability ranges and key stages, with Accounts to A Level
* Be a consistently good/outstanding teacher
* An exceptional classroom practitioner with high expectations
* Able to inspire and enthuse students
* Committed to raising standards for all
In return we will offer:
* A well established and supportive team in a thriving and vibrant department
* Excellent career development opportunities and access to a comprehensive programme of CPD.
* An ICT rich environment which allows staff to be innovative in harnessing technology for learning.
The Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Closing date: 8.00am Monday 29th January 2018
Applications are available from our website: www.collegiateacademy.org.uk For an informal discussion please contact our HR Director Melanie Adams on 0121 565 8811
Attached documents
About Shireland Collegiate Academy
- Shireland Collegiate Academy
- Waterloo Road, Smethwick
- West Midlands
- B66 4ND
- United Kingdom
Located in the town of Smethwick, West Midlands, Shireland Collegiate Academy is a large secondary school, with over 1100 pupils aged 11-19. A co-educational academy, the school first opened as an academy in 2007, having been founded a hundred years prior, and is fully managed by the Collegiate Academy Trust. The trust is only responsible for the management of Shireland Collegiate Academy. The school has a large and extremely diverse catchment area, a fact reflected in its student intake. Shireland Collegiate Academy, also has special provision for students with Special Educational Needs, as a result a higher-than-average number of these students attend the school.
Headteacher
Sir Mark Grundy
Values and Vision
The curriculum at Shireland Collegiate Academy is unusual, both in terms of structure and teaching. The school has a very strong focus on technology, with ICT playing a huge role in the education of students across all subjects. In terms of organisation, Key Stage 3 students at the school spend a great deal of time with the same teacher, and older students follow a curriculum focused on equipping students with a diverse skill-set reflective of the modern workplace.
Ofsted
“This is an exceptional academy, which has maintained and built upon the very high standards seen at the last inspection. n Students, staff and parents are, quite rightly, proud to be associated with this academy. As one student said, ‘I feel privileged to be a student here.’”
The full report into Shireland Collegiate Academy can be found here.
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