Teacher of Social & Moral Education (SME) incl. RS, PSHE and Citizenship
Durrington High School
West Sussex
- £28,282 - £44,121 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- DMAT M1 - UPR3 dependent on experience and evidence of impact
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 9 June 2023
Job overview
We are seeking a self-driven and passionate teacher to join our excellent SME team. If you are a great teacher, committed to continuous improvement of your practice so all students achieve outstanding outcomes, we would like to hear from you now.
The Social and Moral Education Department (SME) at Durrington High School has a specialist subject team delivering a broad curriculum including RE, Citizenship and PSHE. A conscientious team, with a deep-rooted passion for Social and Moral Education, we are committed to securing the best possible outcomes for all our students.
Our aim is to continuously improve the standard of teaching and learning, so as to maximise student outcomes. In essence, we want to be one of the best SME teams in the county and the country. In order to achieve this we are continuously evaluating our curriculum and our provision, as well as looking beyond our local area to the work that is conducted by SACRE, the LEA and PSHE Association at a national level. As one of a small number of designated Research Schools across the country, we are at the forefront of using research from the world of education and cognitive science to develop our teaching, and also to support other schools with developing their practice. As such our curriculum and pedagogy is thoroughly evidence informed, with research informed practices such as retrieval practice, spaced practice and metacognition informed teaching.
Applicants must complete the application form and return it, alongside a supporting statement (max. 2 pages A4) to agemel@durring.com or via post to Aggie Gemel, Durrington High School, The Boulevard, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1JX.
If you have any questions about the role or wish to visit the school please feel free to contact Ben Crockett - AHT line manager of SME on bcrockett@durring.com. Other questions should go to Aggie Gemel, Executive Assistant on agemel@durring.com
Closing date for applications is 9am, Friday 9th June 2023.
Durrington High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We support all staff and volunteers through regular training and expect everyone working at the school to be proactive and adhere to our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy at all times.
In addition to the statutory pre-employment checks, this appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and a safeguarding background check and interview.
Durrington Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome the unique contributions that everyone can bring to Durrington Multi Academy Trust in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expressions, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
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About Durrington High School
Working at Durrington
At Durrington we have worked hard to develop a culture in our school where teachers and leaders are looked after, supported and professionally enriched. We would love to hear from you if you think that you might want to play a part in the exciting Durrington journey! In an ever-changing educational landscape, we focus on clear priorities:
- Ensuring all staff are able to have a sensible work/life balance - this means that we constantly review what we do, so teachers and leaders are able to focus on their core purpose.
- An evidence informed approach to teaching and CPD - we don’t want our teachers wasting their time on low-impact, gimmicky approaches to teaching. We want them to shape their teaching around what research evidence says is most likely to work. As one of only 39 Research Schools in the country, we are at the forefront of ensuring everything we do is informed by research evidence.
- Developing and growing our own excellent leaders, who in turn are able to nurture their own high-performing teams.
- Appointing external candidates with shared values, who will thrive in our school.
Looking After Our Staff
At Durrington we know that our staff are our most valuable resource. As a result, we have put in place a number of strategies to alleviate the pressures on staff. These include:
- We have moved away from a ‘tick-box’ approach to teaching and have embraced a ‘tight but loose’ approach. We want teaching to be tight, in terms of focusing on sound, evidence-informed pedagogical principles, but loose in terms of how this is interpreted in classrooms by subject specialists.
- Each department has developed their own streamlined feedback and homework policies, aimed at reducing workload whilst optimising impact.
- Teachers are not expected to write lengthy reports for students, but to record a current and projected grade for students and a judgement grade for effort and homework. •
- Enhanced pay scales and rapid progression opportunities.
- Teacher non-contact time above the national average.
- We have just three data collection points for each year group in a year, informed by ongoing assessment of student progress.
- We do not grade lesson observations.
- Fortnightly joint planning CPD within curriculum teams saves a significant amount of time for individual teachers.
- INSET days are used for collaborative planning in curriculum teams.
- Teachers are not expected to keep lengthy ‘evidence files’ for appraisal.
- All staff are registered with Healthshield for a range of wellbeing and practical support services with benefits including a variety of treatments for musculoskeletal issues, 24/7 GP and Employee Assistance Programme.
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