Teacher of English
The Roseland Academy
Cornwall
- Expired
- Salary:
- £22,467-£38,250
- Job type:
- Part Time, Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 1.9.17/by negotiation
- Apply by:
- 19 June 2017
Job overview
The Roseland Academy is a high-performing school where every child achieves academic excellence, contributes to their community and enjoys learning. The Roseland is the best performing school in Cornwall and within the top 2.5% in the country, ranking 154th of 6402 schools. This year's GCSE results saw 75% of our students achieve the benchmark of 5 or more A*-C grades, including English and Maths, and more than a third of our Year 11 students received at least three or more A* or A grades.
We are seeking to add to our team of talented, energetic and visionary teachers an enthusiastic and committed Teacher of English (maternity cover). This unique opportunity offers the right candidate the chance to play a wide-ranging and integral role in a highly successful department at The Roseland Academy and across the Multi-Academy Trust. You will have a track record of excellent teaching, collaboration and creativity. You will hold and embody the highest expectations of your students and will have the drive and ambition to create an outstanding environment for learning.
This is a maternity cover contract at either 1.0FTE/0.8FTE to be agreed at interview. Salary will be reduced pro-rata if appointed on 0.8FTE.
The Roseland Academy is looking for its teachers to:
- Be outstanding practitioners who inspire students and colleagues
- Be creative in delivering a rigorous academic curriculum
- Believe that every child can and will succeed regardless of their starting point
- Be flexible, collaborative and resilient
- Be committed to high standards of achievement, behaviour and attendance
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Be excited about helping to design and create every aspect of the school
- Contribute to the whole life of the school through extra-curricular activities
- Have the highest ambitions for your students, the school and yourself
In return we will offer you:
- A unique opportunity to be a key member of staff in a forward-looking, successful school on a rural site on the beautiful Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall
- A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards of staff and students
- An opportunity to pioneer an exciting new Key Stage 3 and 4 curriculum
- Competitive salaries, based on skills and experience
If the challenges of working as part of a successful teaching team appeals to you, then we would like to hear from you.
The Roseland Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our policies we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as 'spent' must be declared when applying. The applicant may post such a declaration in an envelope marked ‘Private & Confidential for the Headteacher'. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level.
Further information is available from our website: www.theroseland.co.uk
Potential candidates are encouraged to contact The Roseland Academy with any questions on 01872 530675 or via email at bmason@theroseland.co.uk.
Closing date for applications: 11am on 20 June
Interviews to take place: 5 July
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About The Roseland Academy
The Roseland Academy is a high achieving school with a fantastic staff team situated on the beautiful Roseland Peninsula on the south coast of Cornwall. The area offers an outstanding quality of life, with beautiful beaches, countryside and the historic city of Truro all within easy reach.
We nurture, challenge and inspire every child to reach their potential. We are an aspirational school that provides a broad and balanced curriculum matched to our students’ needs. We achieve academic success as well as developing students’ emotional and social wellbeing through an exciting and varied school programme.
The Roseland is a small community-centred school of around 640 students. Each year we continue to be oversubscribed in every year group. Our ethos is that students achieve their best when they enjoy their learning. We plan lessons, events and activities that engage our students, challenge them and encourage their thirst for learning. We have high aspirations and our staff, parents and students aim high with us.
The curriculum is designed to meet the needs of all our students. We encourage them to follow the EBACC GCSEs that include languages, the Sciences and Humanities. Our curriculum engages students and offers a wide variety of subjects including Music, Drama, Photography, Media and much more. We also have a range of vocational courses on offer such as Engineering, Business Studies, Physical Education, ICT and Animal Care on our unique farm. There is an exciting and inspiring extracurricular programme. The school runs and develops its own Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. The creative and performing arts have an amazing array of extracurricular events and activities. Although we are a small school we compete well in many sporting events. There are a range of sports, Science, film and games clubs also on offer.
The Roseland Academy feels proud to be part of The Roseland Multi-Academy Trust which consists of three secondary, two small primary schools and a teaching school hub. The Trust’s mission is “to provide outstanding education for our communities, where everyone succeeds” and we put our staff at the heart of everything we do to create a team spirit in our highly successful schools. Continuous Professional Development is prioritised and supported by a variety of initiatives that develop our teachers to be truly outstanding practitioners.
Within the Trust we have been successful in establishing a Teaching School Hub through the recognised outstanding provision provided by The Roseland Academy. In Cornwall, the East Cornwall Teaching School Hub works in partnership with the West Cornwall Teaching School Hub, creating OneCornwall Teaching School Hub. This collaboration has been driven by leaders of education in Cornwall to ensure that all schools have access to the highest quality CPD and teacher training opportunities through OneCornwall. The establishment of the Teaching School Hub has created exciting opportunities for our staff.
We recognise the importance of ensuring staff within our Trust feel valued, and their work is recognised and celebrated. We invest and plan our CPD to ensure quality and opportunity for development. Through our staff development processes, we encourage every member of staff to lead in their role and firmly believe success starts with a great team. The investment in quality staff CPD and staff wellbeing creates the positive learning environment within our school setting that enables our children to thrive and succeed.
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