Teacher of Drama and English

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Q3 Academy Great Barr is a highly successful, oversubscribed Academy located in Great Barr, committed to raising achievement and curriculum innovation. Our GCSE headline results continue to be among the best in Sandwell, and this success is underpinned by a relentless focus on raising standards, developing the whole child, and improving the quality of teaching and learning. We are seeking a self-motivated, creative, and inspiring teacher who has experience in curriculum planning and delivery across Key Stages 3-4 and either has experience of Key Stage 5 or is interested in developing their teaching into Key Stage 5. You will be an outstanding teacher who is passionate about your subject and able to inspire and motivate. The successful candidate will be joining one of our consistently high achieving subject areas, which continues to be a popular choice with students as one of their A-Levels. We welcome applications from ECTs and experienced colleagues.

Our preferred candidate has the ability to teach both subjects up to GCSE level

The Academy is looking for someone who has:

• Excellent subject knowledge;

• A passion that inspires students, enabling them to achieve outstanding results;

• Engaging and creative ideas to make learning accessible to a range of abilities;

• The ability to understand and work with assessment data to monitor and intervene as appropriate with students.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

To be responsible for adding value to every learner in each teaching group benchmarked against national criteria and data;

to deliver, plan, and prepare lessons in accordance with the planned curriculum;

to deliver learning by utilising Academy Policies;

to work as part of, and contribute to, an exceptional area that ensures creative and innovative learning and teaching occurs in every lesson.

Q3 Great Barr Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying. 

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.