Teacher of Geography
Nishkam High School
Birmingham
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Autumn 2022
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2022
Job overview
Teacher of Geography
DATES: Apply by midday on Friday 20th May 2022
TITLE: Teacher of Geography
SALARY: MPS – suitable for ECTs
LOCATION: Nishkam High School – Birmingham
REPORTING TO: Faculty Leader
TO COMMENCE: Autumn Term 2022
CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time
Nishkam High School, Birmingham
Overview
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join an outstanding school adopting a ‘faith inspired, virtues led’ approach to education with outstanding results and outcomes for children.
The post will support the Faculty Leader of Humanities to ensure:
• high standards of learning and teaching
• a quality curriculum
• excellent preparation, implementation of content and assessment, ensuring all pupils make better than expected progress
The Role
You will be joining a vibrant faculty that is characterised by excellence, passion for their subject and the support of students and each other. There will be a tailored support programme in place for the successful candidate.
Ideally you will be:
• a subject specialist with experience in teaching KS3 and KS4
• an innovative and dedicated classroom practitioner with a record in raising standards and driving progress or the ability to accomplish that over time
• able to inspire pupils to go beyond their expectations with a real passion for your subject
• a creative and inventive professional, committed to being a positive role model for children
• enthusiastic about contributing to the wider life of the school
• keen to play a key role in the interventions and support given to students who require help
We will offer you
• two hours of tailored CPD per week
• bright, enthusiastic pupils who are eager to learn and are proud of their school community
• a school rated ‘outstanding’ in all areas in both its OFSTED Section 5 inspection and its faith Section 48 inspection
• a professional, hardworking and supportive team of staff
• an inspirational work environment
• modern, well-resourced working environment with excellent ICT facilities
• a staff development programme designed to further knowledge and skills
• opportunities for involvement in the wider pastoral and extra -curricular life of the school
• pathways to advance your career
The School
Nishkam High School opened in September 2012. The video footage on YouTube showing the ‘Building of Nishkam High School’ is an essential starting point for any interested candidate. The ‘new’ DfE built school opened in April 2014 and a visit to our truly inspirational building is highly recommended. Please contact the school on: 0121 348 7660 and we will be happy to make arrangements for you to have a socially distanced look around.
OFSTED visited one day after the new school was opened. Read the details of their judgements at:
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/138586
The Trust You will be working with a pioneering group, Nishkam School Trust, which is a flagship DfE Free School Trust, and the first multi-faith academy trust in the UK. At the core of Nishkam education is the triple pursuit of nurturing a strong values-led approach to life, academic excellence and creating a community that supports children throughout their lives
To apply:
• You need to complete an application form, which you can download from our website https://www.nishkamschooltrust.org/about-us/vacancies or contact the school office on 0121 348 7660. Alternatively, you can submit an submit the online application form via TES.
• Applications to be sent to recruitment.nhsb@nishkamschools.org by midday on Friday 20th May 2022
• Successful applicants will be contacted by Monday 23rd May 2022.
• Interviews will be held on Thursday 26th May 2022.
This is a key role within the school but the successful candidate will also be expected to work closely with the Trust Directors and contribute to driving the standards agenda forward in all Nishkam schools. A flexible, innovative and energetic approach is, therefore, an essential requirement, as is a commitment to being a team player.
Nishkam School Trust (NST) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Attached documents
About Nishkam High School
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- Nishkam High School
- Great King Street North, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B19 2LF
- United Kingdom
Nishkam High School is a mixed, comprehensive, Sikh secondary school with sixth form and partnering nursery and primary schools, situated in north-west Birmingham. It is supported by The Nishkam School Trust, which also operates schools in West London, Wolverhampton and Kenya. A smaller than average secondary school, Nishkam High School provides 700 places for students aged 11-18 when fully subscribed.
The Nishkam School Trust has a 30-year history of educating children, working with the government for the past 10 years on schools for the Sikh community. Nishkam High School opened as a free school in September 2012.
Co-Principals
Mr Chris Deeks / Mrs Emma Wilks
Values and vision
Nishkam High School's values are summarised by both the school slogan, "excellence in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well", and the school name, with the word "nishkam" translating as "selflessness". The school emphasises the Sikh value of serving others and welcomes children of all faiths and none.
With a diverse curriculum including music and physical education, the secondary school also has a strong spiritual focus. Its ethos is based on 24 spiritual and moral dispositions on topics such as compassion and creativity. The school is about "more than academic excellence", is "more than a school" and encourages students to look after "more than self".
Ofsted report
“The school provides a rich education for students that include library lessons and opportunities for them to engage in public speaking, as well as providing an extended school day. Students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is promoted outstandingly well. The effectiveness of the sixth form is outstanding and students have courses tailored to their needs which enable them to develop their talents.”
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