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Teacher of English

Teacher of English

Harris Academy South Norwood

2 Cumberlow Avenue, London, SE25 6AE

Salary:
MPS (Outer London) + Harris Allowance £1,500 + Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2018
Apply by:
22 May 2018

Job overview

We are looking for a qualified teacher who is a strong practitioner with a passion for English to join our outstanding team at Harris Academy South Norwood. 

Located five minutes from Norwood Junction train station, a transport hub ten minutes' train journey from London Bridge, Harris Academy South Norwood has belonging and personal growth as our touchstones. We believe that teaching students powerful knowledge and developing their understanding of the world will help them become the best version of themselves: to help them to turn mirrors into windows. 

What we are looking for:

We are looking for a creative and dynamic teacher who will be able to contribute to the development of the English curriculum at KS3/4 and 5.

Strong subject knowledge and being able to teach up to and including A-level is essential, and you must hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree. The appointed candidate will be well supported by an excellent induction programme and access to excellent facilities for teaching and learning.

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Candidate Information Pack via the apply link.

Why work at Harris Academy South Norwood?

Harris Academy South Norwood is an Outstanding academy with excellent facilities for teaching and learning, operating across two sites and one Governing Body. We have the highest standards of behaviour and expectations and have been recognised by the DFE as being one of the best schools in England for our type of intake, and one of the most effective schools in the country. Our programmes for professionally developing staff are first class.

  • A dynamic curriculum, delivered through an ethos of business and enterprise and the very best in technology and resources across our two sites
  • A warm, ambitious family of staff and governors with a passion for learning
  • Excellent personal and professional development opportunities through the Harris Federation network
  • Generous Harris benefits and rewards package - see our benefits page for further information

For more information about this position or to arrange a visit to the academy, please telephone 0208 4055131.

For NQTs, we provide our highly successful Harris Federation NQT programme where you will train alongside other NQTs from across the Federation. This enables aspiring teachers to support and learn from each other, in the true collaborative spirit of Harris. There is a structure of support and challenge with customised professional learning, and every NQT has a professional mentor.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE NOW.

Harris academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. In line with our commitments to safeguarding, the Harris Federation uses preferred agencies and is unable to work with any agencies where Terms of Business have not been agreed by both parties prior to an engagement.

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About Harris Academy South Norwood

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+44 20 8405 5070

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Harris Academy South Norwood is an 11-18 Academy for 1,100 students that opened in September 2007, located in a purpose built, state-of-the-art new building.

Harris Academy South Norwood is an outstanding Academy and has excellent facilities for teaching and learning. We have the highest standards of behaviour and expectations. We have been recognised by the DFE as being one of the best schools in England for our type of intake and one of the most effective schools in the country, with pupil progress in the top 1% nationally. Our programmes for professionally developing staff are first class.

The Academy is a happy, hard-working and highly ambitious community in which students and staff treat one another with care and respect. It combines traditional values of discipline and good-manners with contemporary best practice in teaching and technology. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum with a specialism in Enterprise.

Our Sixth Form has grown to be the largest in the Federation, from 43 students in 2007 to 380 in 2013. We are full in all other year groups and we believe this is a testament to the reputation and continued success of the academy.

Academy Ethos

A vision for every teacher, every student and every leader to be outstanding: the expectation is to foster a culture of academic excellence, ambition and aspiration. All students yet in particular our most vulnerable are nurtured and cared for in a holistic way.

There is a culture of high expectations for all students, which underpins every development in the Academy. Harris Academy South Norwood has developed flexible and creative approaches to teaching and learning that raises standards for all.

Using the specialism of Business and Enterprise six core principles have been established that are recognised across the Academy as promoting enterprising learning:

· Learning first

· High aspirations

· Business environment

· Celebrate success

· Growing confidence

· Spirit of enterprise

An Academy ethos of encouragement is central to the promotion of good learning. Rewards are one of the means of achieving this, playing a motivational role in helping students to realise that good behaviour and high achievement is valued.

Academy Specialism

Enterprise

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