Teacher of Business (MPS)
Sidney Stringer Academy
Coventry
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- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
- Apply by:
- 28 October 2019
Job overview
Responsible for:
Carrying out the duties of a subject teacher as set out in the most recent Teacher’s Pay & Conditions Document. Your aim is to be an effective teacher and tutor who challenges and supports all our students to do their best and achieve their potential in the ethos of Sidney Stringer Academy.
Core purpose:
To meet high professional standards in respect of:
Relationships with young people
Communicating and working with others
Knowledge and understanding
Skills to achieve consistent high quality learning and teaching across the Academy
Promotion of a love of learning.
General teaching duties:
To plan effective courses and prepare good lessons by:
Developing Schemes of Work and planning lessons to implement the Academy learning and teaching policy
Matching the design of lessons to the ability of students
Taking account of the need for progression in students’ learning experience.
To teach and manage pupils’ learning by:
Ensuring effective teaching of whole class groups or individuals
Establishing a purposeful and safe learning environment conducive to learning and identify opportunities for learning in out-of-school contexts
Setting high expectations of students’ behaviour, through good classroom discipline, adherence to Academy climate for learning policy, focused teaching and productive relationships
Setting homework as an integral part of students’ learning
Using teaching methods which take account of different learning styles
Use skills in literacy, numeracy and ICT to support teaching and wider professional activities.
To ensure students progress and that they meet or exceed their targets by:
Having high expectations of students, based on a sound knowledge of their prior and potential attainment
Marking and assessing in line with Academy policy
Recording marks efficiently and reporting to parents in line with Academy policy
Being clear about the level at which a student is working
Giving clear and constructive feedback to students on how to move on to the next grade or level.
To manage one’s own performance and enhance the working atmosphere and ethos in the Academy by:
Applying Academy policies and practices consistently
Working as a team member, identifying opportunities for working with colleagues and sharing development of effective practice
Setting an example to students in work ethic, conduct, dress, punctuality and attendance
Taking responsibility for one’s own professional development, setting objectives for improvement and keeping up to date in subject expertise and teaching skills
Maintaining effective working relationships with teaching and support staff.
To be a form tutor to a group of students by:
Keeping an accurate register of attendance
Mentoring them according to the planned Academy programme
Delivering the tutorial programme
Monitoring their progress across subjects and liaising with House heads as appropriate
To support the wider life of the Academy community and its individuals:
Work to published timescales for reports, publications and events
Carry out procedures to satisfy Academy policy and practice
Carry out weekly duties.
Other Duties
To undertake such other duties, training and/or hours of work as may well be reasonably required and which are consistent with the role.
To participate in performance management arrangements.
To adhere to published school policies and procedures.
To attend regular meetings with line manager.
Attached documents
About Sidney Stringer Academy
- Sidney Stringer Academy
- 2 Primrose Hill Street, Coventry
- West Midlands
- CV1 5LY
- United Kingdom
Sidney Stringer Academy is a large, multicultural, non-denominational school that is highly regarded within its community. Despite the fact that it serves a deprived area, the high expectations permeate all parts of school life and all students achieve incredibly well.
Building on Sidney Stringer’s reputation for innovation and success, and its commitment to meeting the needs of its diverse student population, the Academy offers a fresh approach to learning, a flexible and rich curriculum, investment in the latest ICT equipment and learning support systems, and state-of-the-art facilities in new buildings, to help raise standards of achievement among all students. All students at Sidney Stringer Academy have their own Chromebooks and these are used very well in lessons to enhance learning and progress.
Student places
There are 1450 students including a new sixth-form offering 350 places. The Academy is an all-inclusive school, welcoming students from all backgrounds, of all faiths or none, and of all abilities, operating under Coventry City Council’s Admissions policy.
Standards
Student achievement at Sidney Stringer is high, particularly in reference to their starting points. The Progress 8 score is well above the national average. Results at Key Stages 4 in 2022 were the highest they have ever been, despite the fact that students had experienced the Covid lockdowns. During Covid lockdowns, our remote attendance was 96% and so, students did not fall behind during this time at all. Staff are constantly striving to give students the very best and this makes our academy quite special. Sidney Stringer Academy is a remarkable and inspirational place to work.
Ethos, vision, and values
Our aim is to raise every student’s expectations and achievements, whatever their needs, talents, strengths, and weaknesses, by providing high-quality inclusive education in every curriculum area. The Academy will also foster in them a sense of the value of education in school and, as they look to their futures, in the worlds of work and further and higher education. Diversity is a real strength of the Academy, with respect at the heart of our values; to be expected of and owed to everyone in the community. Students will also be encouraged to have a sense of pride and belonging in their community. All students and staff live by our DRIVE values of Determination, Respect, Integrity, Virtue, and Equality.
Curriculum
The academy has a two-year KS3 curriculum and a three-year KS4 programme with pathways for students to enable all to achieve. There will be additional numeracy and literacy support for those students who need it to achieve the expected levels. Students will sit exams each year in many subjects with the opportunity to take new options on an annual basis.
We offer a wide range of courses including BTEC and diplomas. The range of options for our students is excellent so that students can choose something in which they have a genuine interest.
At post 16 we are continuing to expand our offer and we are offering T levels starting from September 2023. We are one of the first 6th form providers to do this nationally.
History of the predecessor school
Stringer School opened in 1971 as the first urban community school in England. Its mission as a community school was to serve the whole population of the community, not just the children, through open access to educational provision and all facilities seven days a week, for most of the year. Learners of all ages worked together, and a crèche supported those adults with young children.
The school was named after Alderman Sidney Stringer, a former mayor of Coventry who dedicated himself to the rebuilding of the city after the devastation of the Second World War. The school was Coventry’s expression of commitment to one of its poorest communities, very much in the spirit of Sidney Stringer’s own vision of hope and renewal.
This attachment to the school has never wavered, despite some difficult times in the 1980s and early 1990s when hardship, deprivation, and crime were all too common features of the local area.
A serious fire in September 2007 destroyed 40% of the building. However, the school was quickly equipped with high new quality accommodation, which will serve us well until we move into the new buildings.
As an Academy, it is important that we do not lose sight of these values and ethos but we build on them.
Reasons to Choose Sidney Stringer Academy
Below is a list of reasons to choose Sidney Stringer Academy:
• Excellent progress at KS4
• Excellent value added at KS5
• Outstanding sixth from
Outstanding Leadership and Management
Outstanding Personal Development
• All of our students who wanted to go to University were accepted on courses
• Fully staffed with qualified teachers. We are our own teacher training provider ensuring a constant flow of teachers into our school
• Largest number of support staff to assist students in the city
• Tutor groups of no more than 20 so excellent pastoral care with a Year Lead and Year assistant to support
• Student leadership opportunities
• A rich diversity of extracurricular activities
• All staff and students have a Chromebook
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