Teacher of English
Dixons Allerton Academy
Bradford
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 5 December 2024
Job overview
Why choose Dixons Allerton Academy?
- Culture of high expectations; teachers can teach and students can learn
- Focus on students being scholarly
- Weekly coaching and CPD
- Highly visible senior leadership team
- High staff morale
The right candidate will be totally aligned to our values of happiness, industry and responsibility and completely committed to our mission: to ensure our students leave saying "I developed good moral principles and achieved exceptional outcomes that allowed me to have ambitious life choices"
Dixons Academies Trust
Our mission is to challenge educational and social disadvantage in the North. As a school trust of 17 schools, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most through delivering exceptional education in our schools in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester, which include primaries, secondaries, all-throughs and a standalone sixth form.
- We are values driven: our values of work hard, be nice, be good underpin everything we do
- We have been challenging educational and social disadvantage for over 30 years
- We are launching a bold flexible working policy to give our teachers more time back
- We are ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
- We are always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
- We prioritise the professional development and growth of all our staff; every member of Team Dixons receives regular coaching
- We are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce and our staff work collaboratively to share resources and reduce workload
We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.
Visit our OpenSource platform to learn more about our approaches and culture.
Learn more
Full details of this role can be found in the job description and person specification.
Interviews are scheduled for week commencing 9 December.
Please visit www.dixonsaa.com or call us on 01274 089890 and speak to Angela Watson, Academy Administration Manager, to discuss the role further.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment for everyone at Dixons. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities and irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergent status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.
We are focused on delivering an ambitious equality, diversity and inclusion strategy as part of our 2-5 year plan. You can read more about this here.
Our trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
About Dixons Allerton Academy
- Dixons Allerton Academy
- Rhodesway, Allerton, Bradford
- West Yorkshire
- BD8 0DH
- United Kingdom
At Dixons Allerton Academy our mission is for all students to leave the academy saying “At DAA, I developed good moral principles and achieved, exceptional outcomes that allowed me to have ambitious life choices”
We will work tirelessly and to whatever it takes for our students to achieve this. We make no excuses for having incredibly high expectations. We work with families, students and each other to ensure all students leave prepared and equipped for their next stage in learning and life.
At Dixons, we are committed to making a difference where it matters most. We work to improve the future for thousands of children in the parts of the north of England where young lives are adversely affected by social and educational disadvantage.
We believe that every child, regardless of their background, should be able to fulfil their academic potential and go on to thrive amongst the demands and expectations of 21st century life.
We are ambitious for every child we teach and want to see a society that benefits from the contributions of our well-educated and empowered young people who come through our network of high-performing non-faith academies. We make a difference to young lives by being that difference and defying the disadvantage we see.
Dixons Academies Trust
The Dixons Academies Trust is a family of 17 schools in Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford and Leeds: 3 primaries, 11 secondaries, 2 all-through and one standalone sixth form. We are committed to making a difference where it matters most:
- Values driven
- Over 30 years of challenging educational and social disadvantage
- Ambitious for every child and highly inclusive
- Always in the top 5 nationally for progress at secondary
- Committed to recruiting a diverse workforce
- Exceptional colleagues will support you to be your best
- Low staff turnover
We establish high-performing non-faith academies which maximise attainment, value diversity, develop character and build cultural capital. By the age of 18, we want every student to have the choice of university or a high-quality apprenticeship.
For more about Dixons, visit www.dixonsat.com or our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/dixonsopensource
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