Teacher of French
Charles Read Academy
Lincolnshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- M1 – UPS 3 £31,650 - £469,084 per annum. Access to Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 6 November 2024
Job overview
Do you want to be part of a family team who are committed to working together to deliver opportunities for all, that genuinely cherishes individuality and celebrates creativity - all in a rural setting?
We require, for a September 2024 or January 2025 start, an enthusiastic and highly committed person who will be an excellent teacher of French. The right candidate will be a reflective, hardworking professional who combines excellent organisational and teaching skills with the ability to inspire and motivate students.
Whilst the initial role is in Charles Read Academy there is great scope to progress to different schools and roles across the Trust allowing staff opportunities for Post-16 teaching, leadership positions and the chance to take on network-wide responsibilities such as a Subject Lead where desired.
The Teacher of French post is suitable for an ECT looking for their first teaching role, or a more experienced teacher. Where appropriate additional responsibilities and a TLR are negotiable.
About the role
- To deliver excellent lessons that inspire our learners
- To be accountable for the curriculum provision for students in your classes
- To track the progress and achievements of students in your classes
- To ensure that strategies are in place to maximise achievement and address underachievement of students.
- To encourage a positive learning environment to support student progress
About our Academy
The Charles Read Academy is a small 11-16 school in Corby Glen, Lincolnshire and it serves the villages between Stamford, Bourne and Grantham. In 2016, we were ranked one of the most improved secondary schools in the country in the performance tables and were proud to be judged 'good' by Ofsted in our recent Ofsted in February 2022.
‘This is a school where staff want the very best for all pupils. There is a strong sense of community. Leaders are ambitious for what pupils can achieve. The values and culture of the school are woven through every aspect of school life. Pupils are proud of the school and want to do well. Behaviour in the school is excellent. The atmosphere in lessons is calm. Pupils and staff treat each other with mutual respect. Bullying is rare. Staff deal with it well.’ Ofsted.
We have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.
We are ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something genuinely different and exciting for those who join us. Our rural setting allows us the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking. Underpinned by our values of Confidence, Resilience, Ambition, Courage and Aspiration, we are student focused and we believe that there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. We have high expectations of our students and staff - and hold high aspirations and demonstrated complete belief in all our students.
Salary & Benefits
- M1 – UPS 3 £30,000 - £46,525 per annum
- Access to Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Regional networks of Trust colleagues and access to key leaders in Education
- Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
- Awards and Recognition Scheme
- Flexible working patterns
- Benefits Platform
- discounts on car leasing
- holiday discounts
- cinema tickets
- restaurant booking discounts
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Who we are looking for
- Have the capacity to generate energy and enthusiasm for learning
- Be able to raise achievement through motivating, challenging and inspiring our students
- Be a reflective and resilient practitioner
- Have high expectations of all students
- Have a commitment to inclusion;
- Help foster a culture of high expectations and achievement within the department;
- Have a commitment to the school’s ethos and vision
- Be able to establish strong relationships with students and staff
- Model professional standards across all areas of work.
We value our staff highly, and take work/life balance seriously; we realise a happy staff is an effective staff. The leadership of the Academy is determined to create an environment where teachers can carry out their core role of delivering excellent lessons. We have a clear and simple behaviour policy that is easy to administer. If action is needed beyond the basic classroom routines the pastoral and senior teams take the burden away from the teachers, conducting detentions, following up and liaising with parents on your behalf.
In addition to this, teachers are trusted to be professionals and as such we have
- No unannounced observations
- No lesson grading
- Meeting and INSET day time for joint team planning
Continuing Professional Development and Support
We aim to bring out the best in you as well as in our students and we understand the importance of quality CPD. Charles Read offers a range of development opportunities, with both internal and external providers, for staff at different stages in their career. We are responsive to staff needs; supporting them with training and development so that they can deliver excellent teaching.
Being part of the David Ross Education Trust enables us to collaborate with a range of staff from across the trust, both Primary and Secondary, as well as accessing CPD from HMIs and Ofsted trained staff. We are always keen to develop all our staff in which ever career direction they wish to go.
Apply now
To complete our on-line application form, please click 'here'.
The David Ross Education Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.
It is our objective to ensure that job applicants and staff are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential. We do not discriminate against any applicants on the basis of any protected characteristics.
The David Ross Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo vetting appropriate to the post, including a social media presence check and Enhanced DBS check. The successful applicant will be expected to adhere to all safeguarding, welfare and health and safety policies and procedures of the Trust.
All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education" statutory guidance.
About Charles Read Academy
- Charles Read Academy
- Bourne Road, Corby Glen, Grantham
- Lincolnshire
- NG33 4NT
- United Kingdom
At CRA we have a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education for the 11-16 year olds in our local area in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration.
The vision we are passionately committed to providing is an exciting education where there is a relentless focus on high quality teaching and learning, a commitment to a broad and balanced curriculum and an absolute dedication to providing a wide range of opportunities that allow students to excel at what they are good at and enjoy as well as developing new talents, supported by excellent pastoral care. Students will gain transferrable life skills and they will know that they can positively shape their lives through choice not chance. As a school community we are energised and motivated by the prospect of changing lives, of raising community-wide aspiration and improving the life chances for all students.
We are student and learning focused. There are no limits to outstanding learning and outstanding achievement. Students, staff, governors and parents are totally focused on developing and improving the learning of the students underpinned by positive and respectful relationships. We have high expectations of them, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them. As a small academy we can quickly identify barriers to learning putting in support where necessary and equally spot talent and potential giving guidance, support and regularly offering exclusive enrichment opportunities, scholarships and bursaries so that our students can pursue their various talents.
We are proud to be at the heart of our local community, and regularly work with primary schools in the local area, running programmes throughout the year to secure a positive transition to secondary school. Building strong partnerships with parents is essential to realising a student’s potential therefore we are in regular contact with our families ensuring lines of communication are open.
Ethos, Vision and Values
At CRA we aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of confidence, resilience, ambition, courage, respect and aspiration.
Students develop Confidence through interacting positively with our academic and opportunity-enriched curriculum. They show Resilience in how they approach their studies to secure continual improvement and over time develop strong oracy and literacy skills enabling them to talk about their learning and communicate effectively. They show Ambition aiming to be the best they can be and can articulate what they need to do to improve. They develop Courage taking risks and removing barriers to learning; nothing holds them back. Students show Respect for themselves, others and for the environment, always leading by example. They always aim high demonstrating an Aspiration to achieve the best jobs, college and university places in the pursuit of excellence.
Through the promotion of these values and the ethos of the House system we encourage the students to feel a sense of belonging. We help them develop a strong cultural awareness becoming citizens who make positive contributions to our 21st century society. We believe all students can succeed given appropriate self-belief, challenge and support. Whilst we guide and nurture students holistically, we encourage them to take responsibility for their own learning and personal development ensuring they become lifelong learners who determine their own futures.
Whilst we demand high standards from our students we equip them with life skills to support them on their learning journey. They feel valued and understand they can positively shape their life through choice not chance.
Our priority is simply to provide an excellent education for all.
Curriculum Aims:
To create:
- ambitious students who enjoy learning, and make better than expected progress.
- Confident, culturally aware individuals who are able to form healthy and respectful relationships underpinned by our values
- Responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.
Strategic Intent
To develop a curriculum which:
- Creates an aspirational high achievement culture
- Personalises learning and opportunities
- Is broad and balanced with options that maximise student progress
- Promotes a growth-mindset culture creating opportunities for all students to suceed
- Raises academic achievement
- Which is enjoyable and enables students to develop and flourish as well-rounded individuals
Curriculum Rationale / Principles:
- Progress is planned for across a 5-year programme
- We maximise exposure to English, maths and science whilst retaining and a varied curriculum offer including the humanities, languages, sport and the arts.
- Additional time is given to English, maths and science to ensure that students have the necessary skills to compete in the world of work.
- Learning programmes support transition and effectively induct the students into secondary school life.
- We offer support and challenge helping students to progress beyond national expectations
- The curriculum is forever evolving to reflect the needs of our learners and to provide them with the essential skills needed in the 21st century.
- We are student focused; there are no limits for outstanding learning and outstanding achievement.
- We have high expectations of students, high aspirations for them and demonstrate complete belief in them.
Principal Sue Jones
Ofsted report
"The school has benefited very significantly from support from a sponsor trust. The trust has made a strong contribution to improving the school’s facilities, strengthening its leadership and improving the quality of teaching. Pupils’ achievement has improved since the last inspection, especially in English, mathematics and science. Pupils made good progress in these subjects last year. Middle-attaining pupils did particularly well. Some pupils made excellent progress. The school’s arrangements to safeguard pupils are strong. Pupils feel safe and know how to stay safe."
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