Teacher of English
Futures Institute Banbury
Oxfordshire
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- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2025
Job overview
Do you aim to deliver authentic, quality education in an efficient and interactive way, enabling children to develop the skills for success in the 21st century?
We are looking to recruit an exceptional candidate to the role of Teacher of English. This will provide an exciting and challenging opportunity to build upon the existing track record of success within English and make a real impact on further developing the academy literacy.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious practitioner, who wants to make a real impact on further driving up attainment and progress.
You will have the opportunity to work with specialist teachers in other schools as part of our Trust. Our professional development model ensures you can focus on teaching and continuously progressing your career unhindered by bureaucracy.
The successful candidate will be an experienced practitioner with a clear love for the subject, who really enjoys working with young adults and understands the privileged position teachers hold in the communities they serve. We want someone who will be willing to go the extra mile to ensure that the life chances and ‘cultural capital’ of all our pupils are maximised and who is totally aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here
We would be delighted to show you around our Academy in order to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment. We strongly advise a visit as this Campus is unique in many ways. Please contact Tina Timms. Please click on the applicant information pack for contact details.
How to Apply
Please click the ‘Quick apply’ button and fill in the TES application form.
When applying, please fill in the supporting statement section on the application form stating specific examples from your own experience demonstrating how you meet the professional expertise and skills criteria in the person specification
Interviews – TBC
Learn more about The Banbury Aspirations Campus on our website.
About Aspirations
Across our 16 Academies, Aspirations educate more than 9,000 pupils across the ages from 2 to 19 years, covering an area from West London to the Southwest of England. Operating since 2011, we have a consistent track record of improvement and success and offer excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities. We are determined that children receive an excellent education that prepares them for success in adult-life and are looking for people to join us who share our ideals.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and guarantee an interview for those with a declared disability should they meet the minimum criteria for the job. The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as “any physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities
Our Commitment to Safer Recruitment:
Aspirations are committed to safeguarding and undertake pre-employment checks in accordance with DfE requirements.
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About Futures Institute Banbury
- Futures Institute Banbury
- Ruskin Road, Banbury
- Oxfordshire
- OX16 9HY
- United Kingdom
Futures Institute Banbury is a secondary with sixth form in Oxfordshire, teaching students from the ages of 14-18. The school specialises in Space, Aerospace, Science and Maths, and is provisioned to accommodate 300 students, with 75 in each year group. Aspects of the curriculum will be developed and delivered by staff from the UK Space Agency, ESA and the National Space Academy programme. All students in Years 12 and 13 will follow at least three mainstream A level or Level 3 BTEC courses alongside real industry led project work assignments. Students at the Futures Institute will have close links and regular visits with the scientific research organisations and companies.
The school an Inspiration Training Venue which contains fitness equipment, such as exercise machines and weights. There is a discrete outside space for the use of the Futures Institute students only, as well as access to the extensive green sports fields and PE facilities on Aspirations Campus. The Futures Institute is based on the site of Wykham Park Academy Banbury, and share the same principal. The town of Banbury has a population of 47,000, and is 21 miles northwest of Oxford.
Principal
Julia Ingham & Carly Berry
Values and vision
Futures Institute Banbury delivers an exciting new design for Scientific and Mathematical Learning – a vibrant combination of high quality scientific education and industry-related interaction that will equip young people with the abilities and qualifications they need to prevail in competitive job markets. The aim of the school is to ensure that young people are well equipped to become skilled technicians, operators, engineers, scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs in aerospace and space related industries.
Futures Institute operates in a different way to a conventional school, including a longer academic day. This approach is designed to suit students who are looking to take an independent and responsible approach to learning; who are adaptable and dynamic when faced when challenges; and who are eager to work in collaboration with others.
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