Teacher of History

Teacher of History + Possible Head of Year Role

Closing Date: Monday 1st April 2019

Salary: MPS + TLR2 (for HOY)

Our Academy

The Academy became Atlantic Academy in September 2017, joining Aspirations Academies Trust.  We are quite unique in that we are a truly ‘all through’ Academy, with all years housed within the same school building. This allows for many opportunities and shared planning chances.

At Atlantic we are passionate about excellence in all aspects of a child’s life, giving students the very best start possible. We have high aspirations, and believe students should:

● Believe in themselves

● Be actively engaged in their learning

● See the connection in what they want to become and what they are doing

● Have disruption free learning

● Have access to a challenging academic curriculum offer

● Not dwell on barriers but seek solutions

We positively encourage you to come and visit, we love showing people around the Academy!

Our success so far

We have witnessed a remarkable turnaround in all aspects of the Academy, with the expectations having immediately raised outcomes.  The calm and purposeful atmosphere supports all aspects of learning, the mantra of Work Hard, Be Kind permeates throughout the buildings and into the community. The success and recognition has created growing numbers on roll, and next year we expect both reception and Year 7 to be at capacity. We have year groups of 60 in Primary and 120 in Secondary which helps promote the unique and supportive atmosphere at the Academy.

In 2018, after one year as an Academy:

o Top 13 most improved (based on P8) Secondary schools in the country

o 2nd most improved (based on P8) Secondary school in Dorset

o Best performing school in Weymouth and Portland

o Top 1 % of Primary schools (based on combined KS2) in Dorset

o Top 8% Nationally for Reading

o Most progress, and top performing in reading in all Weymouth and Portland schools, 3rd highest performing school in Dorset. 

o Moderated progress in Writing,TOP performing school in Weymouth and Portland, 3rd  in whole of Dorset.Top 10% of schools nationally

o Top 20% of schools nationally for Maths - Primary

Work life balance – not burnout

We believe in creating a lifelong career and supporting teachers to achieve this and their own personal ambitions.

For example:

● Feedback policy NOT marking policy, allowing for whole class feedback, using a visualiser. Saving hours from NOT having to write personalised comments in every exercise book

● Collaborative planning, centralised shared units of work – carved out planning time 

● No written end of year reports – data report 3 times per year

● Homework is standardised to Knowledge Organiser – Practice books, and reading. Removing any marking expectations and detentions set and run centrally by SLT

● Expectation of disruption free learning, high SLT visibility ALL day, focus on students. Allowing staff to teach without low level disruption

● Visualiser (mini iPad) in every classroom – allowing for booklets, feedback, student work etc to be projected – as the teacher decides

● Full equipment and perfect uniform. Checked every morning, students will not attend lessons if full equipment is not present. You will never have to lend a pen, or look for a calculator again!

● Highly visible and supportive SLT, supporting you to keep high expectations

● Very clear and transparent sanctions – all detentions centralised and run by SLT each day. Allowing staff to focus on what really matters – the classroom

● No graded lessons, no high stakes observations. We believe in a coaching approach and ‘leverage leadership’ approach

● No work emails in the evening, weekends, or holidays

If you believe that this may sound like the school for you would thrive in, are ambitious for all students, then here is information specifically about the vacancy:

Teacher of History

You will be part of a successful Humanities team and will deliver History lessons from across the academy, with a possibility of teaching some primary History. The department is lead by the Subject Co-ordinator for Humanities and the successful candidate will be part of a small and successful team.

We are fortunate to live in a location steeped in History:  the Jurassic Coast’s and the many fossils that can be found on our beaches, Portland’s Maritime past and the links from Portland Castle to Henry VIII and the Napoleonic Wars, the strategic importance of Weymouth’s Fleet lagoon to the bouncing bomb and the launching of the D-Day Landings from Weymouth and Portland.  Our students have a wonderful opportunity to learn about and from the world on their doorstep. We are looking for a History teacher with a commitment to an exceptionally high quality, knowledge based curriculum who will challenge and inspire a love for History in our students.

The Humanities team is fully staffed with excellent an and supportive, fully qualified team, and each teacher has their own dedicated classroom within the department. History is well resourced and we encourage best practice through CPD and visits to high performing schools and departments. Students have a genuine love of History, and has excellent up-take at GCSE.  We are anticipating good results this summer and ongoing.

How to Apply:

Please complete the online TES application form.

We very much look forward to hearing from you.

Please contact Clare Butler cbutler@atlantic-aspirations.org or 01305 820262