Teacher of Maths
Graham School
North Yorkshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 7 June 2018
Job overview
‘Staff are more positive about improvements in the school and the leadership’ Ofsted 2017
‘A great school on a journey to outstanding’
Graham School is an 11-16 school of 1015 students situated in Scarborough. Our staff team travel not just locally but from York, Hull, Driffield and surrounding areas. We are an inclusive school at the heart of our community.
Let’s be honest, in June 2017 our school was graded ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted and placed into special measure. We know where we stand and have high aspirations and a rigorous plan to turn the school around to a grading of ‘good’ within two years. With a positive monitoring inspection in December 2017 and a school that is very different to a year ago now is the time to get on board and make a real difference to our children and to your career.
Overview and career development recruitment incentives:
- Tailored career paths
- Opportunities to access in your early stages NPQML, Ambition School Leadership and SLE involvement.
- Teachers in the early stages of their career are welcome to apply, as well as from experienced colleagues.
- We advise you to come in and speak with the Principal to discuss the above and shape the next stage of your career.
Since our last full inspection in June 2017 we have had a change in leadership and in September 2017 we welcomed our new Principal Paul Brockwell. Much hard work has already been undertaken including embedding a new curriculum, re-modelling pastoral structures and ensuring that all members of the school community understand our mission. We believe that whilst there remains much to do the school is now well placed to quickly move towards our aim of being a 'good' school and better.
Our three main challenges moving forward are continuing to embed the highest expectations of all members of our learning community, delivering challenge and pace in the classroom and ensuring that all of our developmental work is underpinned by quality assurance with accountability. You will play a key role in this and will work closely with our talented and committed teams of leaders at middle and senior levels.
Graham School is part of the North Yorkshire Opportunity agenda that is a true partnership between the Local Authority, NYBEP, schools, colleges and local employers to improve the life chances of our children and young people on the Coast.
The date of commencement for this post will be September 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the closing date.
Closing date: Friday 8 June 2018
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
For an informal conversation about the role, to arrange a visit and for an application pack please contact James Annetts at Resourcing Solutions (North Yorkshire County Council)
E james.annetts@northyorks.gov.uk
T: 01609 534939 : Mobile: 07966261249
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.
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About Graham School
I am delighted you are interested in joining the team at Graham School. We have a highly ambitious, aspirational group of professionals who are raising standards and significantly improving the life chances of the young people of Scarborough and the Yorkshire Coast. I am delighted to be the Headteacher here and although there have been recent challenges, you could not find a more supportive, inclusive school to work in.
My staff team believe that learning conquers all and we are very much moving towards becoming the outstanding school that our young people and community deserve. Our school is a very special learning community filled with talented and creative staff, all of whom share my vision for excellence in teaching and learning and building character for our students.
It has been a year since Ofsted visited and in that time we have seen a positive transformation of almost every aspect of our work and last month we had a positive and very encouraging monitoring visit from Ofsted. We are now on one site, we’ve adopted a uniform that our students are proud to wear and improved our outcomes and attitudes for learning – no mean feat, but we are by no means complacent.
In 2019 we will join the Hope Learning Trust along with our coastal secondary partner, George Pindar School. Being part of a growing, successful multi-academy trust of both secondary and primary schools where we can share resources, develop our staff and support each other will bring huge improvements to our school improvement journey. Internally we have developed a strong CPD offer led by our Deputy Head for Teaching and Learning and we are able to take advantage of the SLE and NLE specialists that are part of Hope.
It is a privilege to lead Graham School. The school has a shared sense of purpose and a vision for success which inspires me on a daily basis. If you are appointed, you will join a truly aspirational body of professionals who really care about our young people. I encourage you to come and visit and learn more about us and thank you for taking the time to apply to join Graham School.
With kindest regards Emma Robins | Headteacher
Welcome to Graham School
Our motto ‘omnia vincit doctrina’ which means ‘learning conquers all’ underlies everything we do here at Graham School. We have high aspirations for our students and our coastal community. Being part of a coastal community which is starting to see the benefits of accessing funding through the North Yorkshire Opportunity Area is exciting and rewarding. Our students thrive on teaching that excites them and are enthused by teachers who believe that learning conquers all.
Graham School is part of the North Yorkshire Opportunity Area that is prioritising improvements to early years education and numeracy and literacy outcomes, alongside a drive to recruit and retain high-quality, motivated teachers to the area. Teachers on the North Yorkshire Coast will have unique opportunities to engage in additional professional and leadership development through this programme, as well as access to fully-funded national professional qualifications.
Why join our team?
The students at Graham School are a wonderful group of young people. They are lively, outgoing and have much to say for themselves, a characteristic we encourage! We believe they deserve an education that is outstanding, full of ambition, aspiration and character. That is what you commit to providing. If you come to work at Graham School, you will commit to providing our young people with a first-class education. The Scarborough community Scarborough is a learning community where great things are happening!
Graham School serves the town’s community and our staff travel to our stunning coastal setting from the East Riding, York and Hull, as well as from the local area. We are dedicated to being an outstanding employer. Our robust recruitment and selection process is designed to ensure that excellent professionals are appointed so that they drive attainment and raise standards in our progression to becoming a good and ultimately outstanding school.
Graham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Our investment in staff The health and wellbeing of our employees is of high importance to us. We recognise our workforce perform at a high pace to ensure our children exceed expectations and achieve outstanding results.
We are passionate about nurturing and supporting our team throughout their career through providing tailored CPD programmes and in-house health and wellbeing provisions.
Ofsted
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