Tutor Fellow (Graduate Teaching Assistant)
King Solomon Academy
Westminster
- Expired
- Salary:
- CIRCA £18,700 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 March 2017
Job overview
A unique opportunity to be part of King Solomon Academy and Ark Paddington Green Primary Academy, preparing to train as a Primary or Secondary teacher.
We are looking for inspirational and committed graduates to join our staff team in King Solomon Academy and Ark Paddington Green and provide individual and small group tutoring to the pupils who need it most. We need exceptional people to serve as inspirational role models to our pupils by mentoring and coaching pupils in the development of their self-confidence and aspirations for their future, in particular, their aspiration to attend and excel at university.
The role of Tutor Fellow is perfect for someone who wants to become a teacher in the future. It acts as a springboard and training ground for graduates who want to learn how to teach and build transformational relationships with pupils. We are also able to offer a very clear pathway of progression into the teaching profession. The Ark Schools School Direct training programme provides a clear route for progression in 2018-19 (http://arkteachertraining.org). In 2015-6 all of our King Solomon Academy Tutor Fellows were successful at gaining a place on the training programme. We are growing a pipeline of great teachers who started with us as Tutor Fellows.
This position provides hands on experience of urban education, an insight into the workings of a high performing start up organisation, and an opportunity to make a difference in pupils’ lives. It is the perfect preparation for those wanting to become a teacher, and leads directly to the opportunity of training to be a teacher at King Solomon Academy and Ark Paddington Green with the Ark Schools Direct programme.
Our schools, King Solomon Academy and Ark Paddington Green, aim to transform the lives of our pupils. Our mission is to provide a rigorous education that prepares our pupils for success at university and beyond, irrespective of their starting point. Our teachers do whatever it takes to change the lives of the pupils we serve.
King Solomon Academy is an all-through school with exceptional results, having achieved the highest GCSE results of any comprehensive in the country in 2015. Ark Paddington Green is a new primary school, which joined the Ark network in September 2016. The school has a uniquely friendly and inclusive community. Together, the schools are aiming to transform the outcomes of the community we serve.
Ideal candidates will:
- have experience working with young people or adults in a paid or voluntary capacity
- be able to lead extra curricular activities
- have a strong academic background in English and mathematics
- have the desire and enthusiasm to help deliver outstanding teaching
Qualification requirements: Qualified to degree level
To apply, follow the link at http://kingsolomonacademy.org/vacancies
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis up until the formal deadline of 11am on Thursday 16th March 2017.
We strongly encourage candidates to apply at the first opportunity to maximise their chance of securing a role.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Francesca Waters, Recruitment Manager at Francesca.Waters@arkonline.org and 0203 116 6345.
Hours: Circa 8.00am to 5.30pm during school term time (with a lunch break)
Contract: 1 year fixed term to August 2018
Ark is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About King Solomon Academy
King Solomon Academy is an all-through school for 3 - 18 year olds in Lisson Grove.
Pupils and their immense potential are at the heart of the academy. They live and work by the philosophy that there are no excuses and no short cuts to success, and promote excellence in every aspect of academy life.
Aims, Vision and Values
Our mission is to provide our pupils with a rigorous and transformational education which prepares them for success at university and beyond. We ensure that every pupil achieves academic success and has the real option of going to university. We want to make university education something which is accessible, exciting and aspirational. We believe our pupils work hard towards this goal because we make it real for them. We name our classes after well-known university cities and we name each year group by the year in which they will graduate from sixth form. We run residential trips to universities to open their eyes to the opportunties that university study can deliver.
In order to make our dreams for our pupils a reality, we foster values and approaches that transform the lives of our pupils. At the heart of our approach is that we are an all-through school with a thriving nursery provision. We believe in investing in knowing our pupils and their families extremely well, and we prioritise our pupils making extraordinary progress in the early years of their education. This sense of long-term commitment is core to our approach.
We have high expectations for all of our pupils, and believe that with great teaching and a lot of love and care, every child here can fulfil their potential.This both warm and strict approach means pupils feel safe and secure in the school but also confident to contribute to the future of the school and their community.
Long term, we aim to play our part in removing the educational disadvantage currently experienced by those born into economic deprivation our country. We strive to create role models and leaders in our community and through them to create a safer, fairer, and happier society.
Our vision
High expectations We are climbing the mountain to university
Excellent teaching We love teaching and learning and place it at the heart of all our work.
A rigorous and transformational curriculum Our all-through curriculum is carefully designed and implemented to ensure that our pupils have a journey from nursery to university
Exemplary Character Our focus on high quality relationships creates a powerful culture which ensures that our pupils develop exemplary behaviour and character.
A long-term commitment to every pupil As one of a handful of all-through schools with consistent cohorts of children across primary and secondary, we are able to develop a unique team and family orientated culture which ensures that each of our pupils and families are known and cared for as individuals.
Investment in our team We choose to work at KSA because we know we will work together to address educational inequality.
Efficient and effective organisation We carefully organise the operational and educational activities in our school to maximise our collective impact and make our work sustainable.
Specialisms
Like all Ark academies, King Solomon Academy has a maths specialism. Proficiency in maths is essential in every sphere of adult life, so we invest in the resources to attract and train the best maths teachers. We aim to produce confident and proficient mathematicians. We will ensure that pupils acquire skills as early as possible. We will help every student to maximise their skills and qualifications and offer those with particular ability the chance to accelerate their achievement in maths and further maths.
King Solomon Academy is a music specialist school. We chose music as a specialism because it is fun and inspiring and can involve every pupil. We believe that being part of the KSA orchestra will create a great sense of shared identity as well enabling our pupils to benefit from the known academic, intellectual and social advantages of musical training.
Ofsted
King Solomon Academy was inspected by Ofsted in May 2013 and was graded as "outstanding" in all areas. You can read the full report here.
Among the points highlighted by the Inspectors in the academy's first full inspection report since opening, they say:
“King Solomon Academy is an outstanding and unique 21st century school". Among many other points Ofsted praise KSA's creation and inspiration of "a community of enthusiastic learners, who are passionate about achieving academic excellence."
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