Teacher of English
St John's Academy
Perth and Kinross
- £27,498 - £41,412 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 24 January 2022
Job overview
Job Description
Teacher of English (Fixed Term for up to 12 Months) - PKC08247
£27,498 - £41,412
St. John's RC Academy, Perth
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Teacher of English to join St John’s RC Academy. The department delivers courses to pupils in S1-S6.
Set at the top of Perth’s North Inch and overlooking the River Tay, St John's RC Academy is at the heart of the North Inch Community Campus. The 2-18 all-through school provides education for over one thousand children and young people from nursery to S6. The campus is a hub of opportunities for the local community, utilising state of the art sports and cultural facilities, offering a wide range of services for all ages.
St John’s RC Academy’s success is built on respectful relationships, strong partnership working, a culture of self-evaluation for improvement and effective leadership at all levels. The school offers a wide range of excellent learning experiences for children and young people and achievement is significantly improving across the school year-on-year. ;
As a Catholic school, the school’s vision and values are rooted in the Gospel. St John’s RC Academy is also a Fairtrade School and the first all-through school in the UK to achieve UNICEF’s Rights Respecting Schools Level 2 Award.
The Individual
Can you make a difference to the future lives of the children and young people in Perth & Kinross?
Do you have aspirations to be one of our next leaders in education?
If so, we have an opportunity you will not want to miss as a Teacher of English at St John’s RC Academy.
You will be a teacher who can demonstrate a proven track record in achieving better outcomes for a range of learners.
You must be able to demonstrate the ability to motivate, engage and earn the trust of young people as you support their individual and collective needs.
You will be a dynamic and enthusiastic individual, keen to take on new challenges and work creatively with new technologies.
You will be supported by our PT of English and other staff to ensure that young people's needs are met.
Please note the successful applicant will be required to attain the necessary paperwork from https://sces.org.uk to obtain RC approval from the Catholic Church Authorities.
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If you would like any more information regarding this vacancy, please contact Robert Staines, Head Teacher on 01738 454300.
When completing your application for this post, please ensure that you provide contact details for two referees, including email addresses. One should be your current or most recent employer. If you are already employed as a teacher with Perth & Kinross Council, you are only required to provide 1 reference, which must be from your current Head Teacher.
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About St John's Academy
- St John's Academy
- Gowans Terrace, Perth
- Scotland
- PH1 5BF
- United Kingdom
North Inch Community Campus will provide a new 'all-through' nursery, primary and secondary school to replace St Columba's RC High School and St John's RC Nursery and Primary School on the current and extended St Columba's site.
The new school will be named St John's Academy and will have the following pupil capacities:
- Nursery: 50 morning and 50 afternoon places
- Primary: 418
- Secondary: 650
Community provision on site will comprise meeting rooms, community library, conference suite, art, design and craft rooms, lecture theatre, assembly hall with cinema-style projection facilities, sports halls, football pitch, dance studio, fitness suite, music rooms and recording studio all-weather sports pitch and drama studios. Wraparound and out-of-school care will also be provided. The campus will be operational Monday to Friday between 7am and 10pm and between 8am and 5pm at weekends.
The Campus Leader will be appointed from October 2009, shadowing the current Headteachers at St Columba's High School and St John's Primary School before taking up full leadership responsibilities for St John's Academy in January 2010.
The campus will be handed over to the Council in two stages; the first stage will be the secondary school on 29/03/2010 and the second the primary school on 31/10/2011.
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