Teacher of Design Technology
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Heanor
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- January 2019
- Apply by:
- 19 November 2018
Job overview
TEACHER OF DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Applications from NQTS and experienced teachers are welcome
Required for January 2019 - initially for two terms in the first instance
Heanor Gate Science College, situated on the Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire border, is looking to appoint a dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic professional who combines excellent organisational and teaching skills with the ability to inspire and motivate students. The successful applicant will join a very committed, forward thinking and successful team. We are a ‘good’ school (Ofsted March 2017) with a strong commitment to ongoing professional development.
We have a vacancy for a teacher of Design Technology (with a food specialism) suitable for an experienced teacher or NQT. The successful applicant will be a person with high expectations for all students and have the ability and enthusiasm to ensure that all students achieve their potential and they will have the opportunity to:
- teach all age groups from 11 – 18 years;
- access high quality CPD;
- be part of a team committed to outstanding teaching and learning.
We offer a supportive learning and working environment, allowing all students to make good progress and teachers to continuously develop. There is a comprehensive support package for all teachers who join the school, ensuring they are fully integrated to the ethos of the school and the trust.
Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity and academy sponsor, which is committed to ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to an outstanding education and real choices in life. We have a successful track record of providing high quality teaching and learning which ensures improved outcomes for children and young people. The Trust mission statement reflects our vision and aim for all Trust schools. Our highly successful network of 17 schools (8 secondary and 9 primary) educates students across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Nottingham City, Derby City and Leicestershire.
Vision
Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional trust, which provides an outstanding education for local children. Our Trust is a model of national excellence. We work collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcomes for all young people, in an environment where partnership is valued and success is celebrated. Our education delivers real life experiences for students, promotes independent enquiry and stimulates intellectual curiosity; whilst developing a strong sense of individual responsibility and a personal belief and confidence. All of our students fulfil their potential and make unparalleled progress. They are fully prepared for the next phase of their education and have unrivalled opportunities to become future leaders.
We believe:
- All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
- Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
- We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.
Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for pupils and staff.
If you would like to discuss the role or have any queries, please contact Mrs T Mosley on tmosley@heanorgate.derbyshire.sch.uk or telephone 01773 716396.
Applications for this post must be submitted using our online application form which can be found at http://www.satrust.com/vacancies
In line with safer recruitment policies, references will be called for prior to interview.
Closing date for applications is 12 midday on Monday 19 November 2018
Interviews will take place week commencing 19 November 2018
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list check and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.
Attached documents
About Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Heanor is a small town, situated on the edge of the Peak District National Park and the Derwent Valley World Heritage site within easy reach of Derby, Nottingham and the M1. The school is located in the south-west of the town and its catchment area includes most of Heanor and nearby Loscoe, along with the rural parishes of Smalley, Shipley, Horsley Woodhouse and Morley. The school is popular, with a number of our students coming from outside the catchment area.
At Heanor Gate Spencer Academy, we are very proud of our strong reputation in the community. We will endeavour to continually improve in all aspects of the education we provide and become an outstanding school that everyone can be proud of. Our new school ethos of ‘Aspire, Learn and Achieve’ will permeate throughout everything we do and is a shared vision that every member of the school community can buy into. We will insist on the very highest standards for all of the students in our care.
Our aims for the school are to DEVELOP ALL LEARNERS TO ACHIEVE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL and to CREATE A CULTURE OF ASPIRATION. This is what we all firmly believe in and strive to achieve at all times.
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy has a genuinely comprehensive intake. The eclectic mix of backgrounds makes for a lively, friendly and engaging atmosphere. Parents, visitors, supply teachers and student teachers regularly comment on the calm, purposeful and welcoming environment. Staff and students enjoy working here and as a consequence low staff turnover and a low permanent exclusion rate are defining features of the school.
Teaching and learning is fundamental to our success. We aim to offer the highest quality opportunities for teaching and learning and to develop our staff as outstanding practitioners. We have a clear structure to support teaching and learning in school and robust systems of monitoring and reviewing the success of each curriculum team.
As one of the first converter Academies in the country, a Leading Edge and a co-founder of Challenge Partners we are at the forefront of innovation, individualised learning and teaching excellence. Our designations as an approved Academy Sponsor, National Support School, Teaching School and licensee of the National College’s leadership development programmes reflects the extent of our contribution to system-wide improvement and builds on our excellent reputation for the training and development of teachers and leaders.
A key component of our everyday work is, of course, ensuring that high quality learning is experienced every day within the school; by every student, in every subject and in every lesson. Alongside this we recognise that all students have a range of social, emotional and personal needs that may require support. To this end, Heanor Gate School also gives great weight to the importance of an effective induction programme and on-going guidance for each student in order to try to ensure that each young person is both happy and successful with an Achievement team and tutors that will challenge and support every student to reach their potential.
We value our staff as an essential part of our success and are committed therefore to providing outstanding opportunities for staff development, not only through high quality Inset days, but also within curriculum and pastoral teams and through the Teaching and Learning Coaching Team. All middle and senior leaders are offered the opportunity to take part in NCSL initiatives. There is a dedicated programme of support and continuing professional development for NQTs. In addition, we work in partnership with a number of local universities for Initial Teacher Training and are committed to supporting these beginning teachers in their career.
The success of any school is of course dependent on the contribution made by everyone connected with the school. We are very lucky to have staff who are hard working, committed and willing to go that extra mile, parents who are very supportive and work with the school to ensure their children strive to achieve their best, governors who have the best interests of the school at heart and are actively involved with the school and students who are proud of the school. All of these are a major factor in the school’s success.
We are looking to appoint a talented, committed and hard-working individual who will make a difference to the lives of young people. You will be expected to get involved in all aspects of school life and establish yourself as a valued colleague in the school community. If you are up to the challenge then we look forward to receiving your application.
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