Early Career Teacher - English
Harwich and Dovercourt High School
Essex
- New
- Salary:
- Pay Range: Teachers Main Pay Scale (M1-M6)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st July 2024
- Apply by:
- 27 November 2024
Job overview
Harwich & Dovercourt High School
Early Career Teacher – English (Secondary)
Pay Range: Teachers Main Pay Scale
Actual Salary from £31,650 - £43,607 (M1-M6)
Start Date: July 2025
The Role
Harwich & Dovercourt High School is seeking a dynamic, motivated Early Career Teacher to join the school from July 2025.
We also have ECT vacancies for Teacher of English at the following schools:
- The Colne Community School
- Philip Morant School and College
- The Stanway School
- St Helena School
Please indicate on your application form if you wish to also be considered for any of these schools
As a Teacher, your key responsibilities will include:
- Teach your subject with enthusiasm
- Plan and deliver engaging lessons
- Assess and provide feedback
- Provide care, guidance and support to our young people
- Work as a member of a team
(The full details can be found in the attached Candidate Pack, Job Outline and Person Specification).
We're looking for you if you have:
- A willingness to keep up to date with subject knowledge & pedagogy
- Excellent interpersonal skills with both adults and children
- The ability to organise and prioritise your own workload
- A positive, helpful and courteous manner when carrying out your professional duties
Why work for The Sigma Trust?
We can offer you:
- Employment on Teachers Pay & Conditions
- Friendly and value driven workplaces
- A robust CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Employee benefits include:
- Excellent pension scheme
- A Health Cash Plan
- Free membership to Perkbox, offering discounts and savings
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care plan
- Annual free flu vaccination
- Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Eligible for Blue Light Card
Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.
Additional Information:
For additional information about the Trust and its schools, please visit our website https://www.sigmatrust.org.uk/our-academies/
Early Career Payments:
Over the last few years eligible teachers of Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Languages have been able to apply for an Early Careers Payment. Eligibility is based on when you start your initial teacher training course and your qualifications. If you would like to find out more please follow this link: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/early-career-payments-guidance-for-teachers-and-schools
Alongside this the government also has the Targeted Retention Incentive scheme. Payments range from £3,000 to £6,000, applicable subjects are Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computing. Eligible Sigma schools this year are Thomas Lord Audley School, Clacton County High School, Harwich & Dovercourt High School and Paxman Academy. If you would like to find out more please follow this link: targeted retention incentive payments for school teachers
You may wish to consider this as part of your application process. Although, please note these payments have not been confirmed for next year, therefore we can’t guarantee these payments will be available 2025/26. Please note if you are eligible for both the targeted retention incentive and early-career payments, you can only claim one of these additional payments in the same academic year.
To Apply
If you are currently registered with an ITT programme, we would love to hear from you.
To apply for this post, please follow the URL link provided below:
Please note that only fully completed application forms will be accepted and any CVs and accompanying covering letters will be disregarded. A Notes for Applicants document is attached for further information.
Successful applicants will be invited to attend an Assessment Day at one of our schools which will include a lesson observation, face to face interview and task.
- Closing date: Midnight, Wednesday 27th November 2024
- Interview date: 3rd – 5th December 2024
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.
The Sigma Trust is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. This is embedded in our vision ‘To Be Greater Than The Sum Of Its Parts’, where we believe we are strong and more successful working together, creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.
Attached documents
About Harwich and Dovercourt High School
- Harwich and Dovercourt High School
- Hall Lane, Dovercourt, Harwich
- Essex
- CO12 3TG
- United Kingdom
Harwich and Dovercourt High School (HDHS) is a popular, mixed 11-18 comprehensive situated on the north-east Essex coast. As one of the only Reading Schools in the country, we are bursting with innovative practice designed to nourish a love of literature and this forms a cornerstone of our curriculum in all subject areas. Students feel safe, valued and well-supported during their five to seven years with us. The school has made many improvements since joining the Sigma Trust in 2017 and is in an exciting phase of its development, led by an experienced headteacher and senior leadership team.
At Harwich and Dovercourt High School we strongly believe that no child should be left behind. It is our vision that every student should leave us having worked, read and learned together and having taken every opportunity offered to allow them to be successful in their chosen pathway for life. We believe that opportunity affords choice and choice affords a fulfilling adult life. It is our mission to maximise the potential for every student within their HDHS seven-year journey and empower them to reach their goals, whatever their starting points.
Every student is welcomed and unapologetically challenged to achieve their full potential and be the best possible version of themselves. Strong, positive working relationships with parents, carers and other stakeholders are at the heart of our commitment to the successes of our young people, who will go on to lead our community. We welcome local encouragement, support and belief as together we build real opportunities for our students’ futures.
Be a part of Harwich and Dovercourt High School’s ambition to become an outstanding school with the highest expectations for its young people.
● Do you want to work in one of the only Reading Schools in the country, bursting with innovative practices designed to nourish a love of literature in our young people?
● Do you want to work in a school with fantastic young people and staff who work hard and have a great community spirit?
● Do you want to work in a school that prioritises evidence-based research when developing its curriculum?
● Do you want to work in a school with excellent professional development opportunities for staff?
● Do you want to work in a school with a clear, systematic and centralised approach to student support, safeguarding, inclusion and behaviour?
● Do you want to work in a school with a small but steadily growing sixth form?
● Do you want to work in a school which is part of a large yet locally based Trust, which opens up a whole myriad of possibilities?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then please consider Harwich and Dovercourt High School as a place to make your mark and develop your career.
Harwich and Dovercourt High School’s ethos is built around the expectations that our students should be prepared to Achieve, Belong, Connect and Develop. Our new rewards system is built around these expectations and our pastoral systems are structured to help students develop in these areas which we consider crucial to their academic success.
HDHS is ambitious for all of our students in their pursuit of excellence, whether that is in the classroom, on the rugby pitch, in the dance studio or leading within the community. We are committed to achieving the highest standards and delivering an holistic education and experiences which prepare our students for the next stage in their education, training or work place.
Safeguarding
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.
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