Teacher of English
Excelsior Academy
Newcastle upon Tyne
- £31,650 - £49,084 per year
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 17 January 2025
Job overview
Are you passionate about inspiring young minds through the power of language and literature? Join our dynamic team at Excelsior Academy as an English Teacher and make a lasting impact on the next generation.
As a Teacher of English at Excelsior Academy you will provide consistently high-quality teaching and enable the effective use of resources to facilitate high standards of learning and achievement for all pupils. Successful candidates will play an important role in our continuous drive for further improvement and will have the potential to work in Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
This post is suitable for an Early Careers Teacher or a more experienced colleague.
Excelsior Academy was opened in 2008 and became the first All Through school in Newcastle, offering education to pupils from 3 to 19 years of age. Excelsior serves one of the most challenging communities both in the region and nationally. All pupils in our primary, secondary and sixth form provision have access to the same high quality teaching, exceptional facilities and fabulous resources. Our purpose built building provides excellent facilities for the 1500+ pupils who study here. Approximately 200 pupils attend our primary school, 1100 in the secondary phase and 180 in the sixth form. We are a popular choice for our local community and are now oversubscribed in most year groups. Working at Excelsior will challenge you but the rewards are huge.
Excelsior is part of Laidlaw Schools Trust and prides itself on being a progressive, inclusive trust that supports every child to develop their talents whatever they may be.
At Laidlaw Schools Trust we appreciate the amazing work that our people do every day and like to reward our staff through benefits that are mentally, physically and financially rewarding. To see a complete list of our benefits please visit: https://www.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/120/benefits
Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to tour the Academy and meet the Principal and staff when making their application. Please contact Julia Mardling, PA to the Principal, on 0191 2288 400 to arrange an informal visit.
To see the full job description and person specification for this role please refer to the attached supporting documents.
To apply please visit: https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Teacher_of_English/274073
and complete our online application form.
If you require assistance with your application please contact: recruitment@laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk
Closing Date: 12 noon on Friday 17 January 2025
Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 20 January 2025
We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding. All successful appointments will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and a range of other pre-employment recruitment checks.
Attached documents
About Excelsior Academy
Excelsior Academy is an all-through school located in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. The school was first established in 2008, as a secondary school and sixth form (later split into three separate schools), and in 2012 it was decided that the school would merge with a local primary school, creating a new school for pupils aged 3-19. With around 1200 pupils, Excelsior Academy is larger than the average secondary school, and covers a culturally and economically diverse catchment area, a fact reflected in the school’s intake.
Principal
James Andriot
Values and Vision
Excelsior Academy works hard in order to ensure that the transition of pupils from primary to secondary provision is as smooth and non-disruptive as possible. As a relatively young school, it is able to make extensive use of a wide range of modern facilities and learning resources, and offer a diverse and far-reaching curriculum, with older pupils having numerous academic and vocational qualifications to choose from. Excelsior Academy also works hard to provide for pupils with special educational needs.
Ofsted
“Students are most enthusiastic about the academy and talk about being ‘privileged’ to have so many opportunities. They say that they particularly like the fact that they are respected and listened to. The percentage of students gaining five good passes at GCSE, including English and mathematics, has risen by an average of six percentage points each year since the academy opened in 2008. This was from a very low baseline.”
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