Teacher of English

Function of the Post To plan and deliver high quality engaging and challenging teaching and learning across the full ability and age range of students, ensuring all students make rapid and sustained progress.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Plan and deliver high quality engaging and appropriately challenging lessons that inspire all students to share a passion for your subject and become independent learners.

2. Ensure all students make rapid and sustained progress in line with the assessment criteria for the scheme of work or qualification

3. Effectively assess student progress and understanding to inform future planning and make formative and summative assessment, including data for reporting purposes in line with academy procedure

4. Provide high quality marking and constructive feedback so that students are informed of how to improve their work.

5. Set and assess appropriate homework that matches individual student needs.

6. Take responsibility to ensure teaching assistants understand the aims and outcomes of your teaching to ensure an effective and collaborative contribution for the benefit of all students

7. Attend scheduled meetings of the academy and parents’ evenings as directed by your line manager or senior staff.

8. Make a positive contribution to the strategic aims, values and ethos of your subject area/s, the academy and the University of Chichester Academy Trust

9. Contribute to the wider life of the academy, such as leading on extra curricula activities.

Inclusivity: The Trust believes that everyone has the right to be treated equally and that the diversity of individuals and groups should be embraced, valued, and respected. The Trust is committed to eliminating any form of discrimination be it direct, indirect, harassment or victimisation, and to support this the Trust has a number of policies that you should ensure you are familiar with and compliant to. All policies are available on the Trust’s portal. Any breaches may lead to termination of employment.

Health and Safety Take responsibility for ensuring that workplace responsibilities within the Trust are carried out with full regard to, and in support of, the Trust’s Health and Safety policies. This will include ensuring Health and Safety priorities reflect a post-COVID-19 period. This might include acting as Health and Safety Co-ordinator, Fire Warden, Risk Assessor, First Aider or other Health and Safety Representative.

Sustainability and Environment: The Trust is fully committed to sustainable development and environmental initiatives. It accepts its environmental responsibilities and recognises the contributions it can make to the resolution of global, regional and local environmental issues. The Trust will continuously seek to improve its environmental performance and will comply, as a minimum, with all relevant environmental legislation, regulations and codes of practice. All staff are required to support the aims of the Trust’s Environmental & Sustainable Development Strategy.

Data Protection: You will be responsible for ensuring that workplace responsibilities, within the Section, are carried out in compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection legislation and the Employment Practices Data Protection Code 2002, especially concerning confidentiality, treatment of personal information and records management.

Right to Work: The current British and European Law states that the Trust cannot employ a person who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. Immigration guidance information is available on the HR Website for further information.

Safer Recruitment: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

Disclosure Service Certification from the Disclosure and Barring Service: This role does require you to hold an enhanced Disclosure Service certification from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is a registered body with the Disclosure Service, reference number 20537300005. New members of staff will be required to apply for Disclosure Service certification as part of the Trust’s staff recruitment process. Further information about the Disclosure and Barring Service is available from the DBS website at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/dbs or from the Trust’s Human Resources Department.