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Teacher of Science
Post: Teacher of Science
Starting date: September 2020 or earlier
Salary: MPS/UPS (£24,373 – £40,490)
Location: Southmoor Multi Academy Trust
Contract type: Full time
Contract Term: Permanent
Are you a highly committed teacher who genuinely wants to make a difference to the lives of young people? As an experienced teacher, someone in the early stages of their career, or an ITT student, would you like to join a Multi Academy Trust that wants you to be happy and successful, and implements innovative strategies to support this? If so, read on!
We are a highly successful Multi Academy Trust currently comprising of two secondary schools: Southmoor Academy; a very successful and rapidly expanding 11-18 academy with a successful Sixth Form, and Sandhill View Academy; a rapidly improving 11-16 academy.
In November 2017, Ofsted said, “Southmoor Academy is a good and improving school where pupils are achieving well. The headteacher provides strong and effective leadership… effectively assisted by leaders at all levels. Good teaching, learning and assessment enable all groups of pupils to progress well.”
In March 2018, Ofsted said of Sandhill View Academy, “Leaders have taken firm action to improve the quality of subject leadership across the school, with the result that there is now a strong team with clarity about the areas that they need to improve further. Teachers, subject leaders and staff are enthusiastic and positive about the school’s current position and its ability to improve further.”
We are looking for an exceptional Teacher of Science. The best people can teach across the Multi Academy Trust and you will certainly have the opportunity to lead initiatives and possibly aspire to lead and teach in BOTH schools to contribute to the provision of an effective and consistent curriculum across the Trust. You must have the ability therefore to develop highly effective working relationships within schools in different contexts. However, we will work with you in order to match your aspirations and preferences to the school you feel most comfortable in.
You will be:
- A well-qualified practitioner with a passion for the subject
- A team-player who will take full advantage of working with an extended team across the MAT
- Able to teach Science with drive and enthusiasm to secure outstanding pupil outcomes
In return we offer:
- The opportunity to work with other highly successful leaders and teachers
- A-level teaching within your specialism if you want development in this area
- Support to grow within an organisation that wants you to be happy and successful, and implements really innovative strategies to support this
- Ambitious pupils taught in an environment where outstanding academic progression is the highest priority; over half of all KS4 pupils at Southmoor Academy (and an increasing number of pupils from Sandhill View Academy and schools across Sunderland) go on to study ‘A’ levels within the Trust, with a quarter of all sixth formers who took up university courses in September 2019 now attending a Russell Group institution.
- Please visit Southmoor Academy Trust Way of Working for further information on what makes us different.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 9.00 am Monday 2nd December 2019 at 9:00am. Applications should be returned to Sam Ferry, HR Manager: Ferry.S@sandhillview.com
Prospective applicants are warmly invited to have an informal chat about the role and/or arrange a visit to our schools prior to application/interview. Please contact Sam Ferry on the email address above.
Southmoor Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
• Teacher of Science Application Pack
Assistant Headteacher (Science)
Post: Assistant Headteacher (Science)
Starting date: Negotiable
Salary: L11-15 (£52,643 -£57,986)
Location: Southmoor Multi Academy Trust
Contract type: Full time
Contract Term: Permanent
The Southmoor Multi Academy Trust are seeking to appoint an outstanding Assistant Headteacher to add capacity to the senior leadership team at Sandhill View Academy, with a particular focus on securing the highest possible outcomes for our students, families and our wider school community.
We need an ambitious, determined and excellent leader to secure the very best outcomes in science for all of our students. If you lead by example by being committed to your own classroom practice, if you can motivate students and staff to be the best they can be, if you can think strategically and yet are committed to a ‘hands on’ approach to leadership, then you are the exceptional candidate we need!
There’s never an ‘easy’ or a ‘right’ time to take the next step but this opportunity will certainly offer you a chance to take a step forward. You will become a strategic leader with responsibility for Science and in so doing you will make a start on a career route to deputy headship and beyond.
We are seeking the very best talent and to this end we are in no rush and will not compromise on quality. We only want the best – for our students, staff and the community we serve. That is easy to say but we have a strong track record of achieving success.
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Excellence in both the art and science of teaching. By that we mean building positive relationships, having excellent subject knowledge and using your strong pedagogical understanding to plan and deliver lessons of the highest quality.
- Statistical evidence to illustrate the impact of your teaching on student outcomes over time
- Evidence to illustrate the impact of your leadership on student outcomes over time
- Drive and ambition to gain above average student results (in terms of attainment and progress) for your own classes and your team
- High levels of leadership capability, with the interpersonal skills required to lead and manage a team of staff.
- A personal desire to be the best.
In return we offer:
- A highly experienced senior team
- Mentoring and support through the close partnership you will develop with our Deputy Headteacher
- Additional holiday as part of our unique Smart and flexible Working initiatives. Talk to our staff who benefit from additional flexibility and the ability to finally get cheaper flights!
- A two-week October half term and seven-week summer holiday!
- A key post in a successful academy with the opportunity for further promotion and development within a growing trust.
- A supportive working environment within a team of highly effective practitioners who already achieve high standards
- The opportunity to shape your own future career path in close consultation with Trust Senior Leadership.
- A recognised share in our success.
We are a highly successful Multi Academy Trust currently comprising of two secondary schools: Southmoor Academy; a very successful 11-18 academy with a sixth form in the top 20% nationally, and Sandhill View Academy; a rapidly improving 11-16 academy.
In November 2017, Ofsted said, “Southmoor Academy is a good and improving school where pupils are achieving well. The headteacher provides strong and effective leadership… effectively assisted by leaders at all levels. Good teaching, learning and assessment enable all groups of pupils to progress well.”
In March 2018, Ofsted said of Sandhill View Academy, “Leaders have taken firm action to improve the quality of subject leadership across the school, with the result that there is now a strong team with clarity about the areas that they need to improve further. Teachers, subject leaders and staff are enthusiastic and positive about the school’s current position and its ability to improve further.”
Closing date for receipt of applications is 9.00 am on Tuesday 26th November 2019. Applications should be returned to Sam Ferry, HR Manager: Ferry.S@sandhillview.com
Prospective applicants are warmly invited to have an informal chat about the role and/or arrange a visit to our schools prior to application/interview. Please contact Sam Ferry on the email address above.
If you require an application pack via email, please contact Sam Ferry Ferry.S@sandhillview.com
Southmoor Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
• Assistant Headteacher Application Pack