Teacher of History and Politics
Southfield School for Girls
Northamptonshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 26 February 2020
Job overview
SOUTHFIELD SCHOOL
Number on roll 1070 (11-18)
TEACHER OF HISTORY AND POLITICS – MPS/UPS
Southfield School is an excellent girls’ school with a vibrant Sixth Form, with a record of above average progress 8 scores for the past 3 years. We are committed to providing a world class education that focuses on every student achieving their potential through a challenging and balanced curriculum, set within a calm, safe and stimulating learning environment.
History is offered at all 3 Key Stages with over half the cohort at KS4 being entered for History GCSE. At KS5, History has always been a popular choice and Politics also attracts good numbers of students. Most of our students go on to study related degrees at top universities.
This successful department is committed to stimulating students’ interest and enjoyment in their studies in addition to producing good examination results. Students’ progress in History is very good. In 2019, 69% of year 11 students who studied GCSE History achieved grades 9-4 at GCSE, above the national average for girls and well above their targets.
You would be joining a friendly, hard-working team, with an ethos of collaborative planning and shared resources. We would recommend that you come and visit us during a working day and we are confident that you would be impressed.
The school has a key focus on staff wellbeing and has numerous initiatives in place to support this. They include time for planning off-site for all teachers, yoga sessions and many more. We are preparing all of our students for a world of exciting possibilities. At Southfield, we place significant emphasis on working collegiately as a staff to share our expertise and subsequently enhance the learning experience with our students. Every member of the staff is involved in a variety of professional learning programmes that take place every Wednesday across the academic year. All teachers are members of the Chartered College of Teaching. We believe that our school provides something unique and the perfect environment in which both staff and students have opportunities to flourish and grow.
We are seeking to appoint an inspirational, highly motivated and innovative committed teacher of History and Politics. The successful candidate will be able to teach throughout all key stages 3, 4 and 5 with support for A Level teaching in Politics being given to newly qualified teachers. The vacancy is available from September 2020.
Closing date for applications is Wednesday 26 February 2020 at 9.00 am.
Please apply in writing, not more than one side of A4, with your completed application form.
Southfield School
Lewis Road
Kettering
Northants
NN15 6HE
t: 01536 513063
e: ccollings@southfieldsch.co.uk
Southfield School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undergo enhanced DBS clearance. The school is committed to Equal Opportunities in Employment.
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About Southfield School for Girls
- Southfield School for Girls
- Lewis Road, Kettering
- Northamptonshire
- NN15 6HE
- United Kingdom
Southfield School is a girls-only, comprehensive, non-denominational secondary school with co-educational sixth form situated in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
The school first opened in 1976 as an amalgamation of Kettering High School for Girls and Rockingham Road Senior Girls School. It fought off closure declarations from the local authority and went on to thrive, gaining specialist sports status in 2004 and science college status in 2009. In 2021 Southfield School became part of Orbis Education Trust which comprises of:
- Southfield School, 11-18 years of age, single sex (mixed sixth form), 1,200 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, with outstanding features (April 23).
- Kingsthorpe College, 11-18 years of age, mixed sex, 1,500 place secondary school (Ofsted rating – Good, December 2019).
- A third school will soon join the Orbis family: Hanwood Park School, 900 place secondary school.
Headteacher
Scott Nevett
Values and vision
Southfield aims to provide for the future needs of our students. Careers and types of employment opportunities are evolving and changing continually. Some are yet to be created and so we see it as our obligation to prepare our students to be competitive in anticipation of the unknown. Therefore, our strong focus on academic attainment is equalled by our commitment to develop transferable skills and personal characteristics through the many opportunities we provide.
We provide an education that prepares our young people for a future in which they will need to be adaptable, resourceful and ethical in facing complex challenges. Being a Southfield student will mean the chance to be successful and have a positive influence on the global community. We aim for all of our students to be able to make an impact and leave a positive imprint on the world.
We nurture our students with the future in mind today.
Our shared values of Optimism, Resilience, Balance, Individuality and Synergy.
Ofsted report
As you will read, we continue to be a good school with two aspects of the inspection judgements deemed to be ‘Outstanding’. The first is the superb Personal Development our students receive, which includes opportunities such as; our bespoke Healthy Living and form time curriculums, careers guidance, our enrichment and electives programme, clubs, trips, DofE, and the CCF. The second area is the exemplary Sixth Form provision we provide for all of our Post-16 students.
We are immensely proud of the wealth of positive aspects of our school highlighted in the report and would like to thank the whole school community for their continued support and positive engagement with our journey.
Even though we are proud of how this report shows the best of Southfield, we are not complacent. It goes without saying that everyone involved with the school wants to continue moving the school forward, positively, with high expectations across the board.
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