About the role
James Marks Academy, The Commons, Welwyn Garden City, Herts
AL7 4RZ
Tel: 01442 256915
Website: www.jamesmarks.herts.sch.uk
Pay: UPS + SEN point 1
Start Date: 01/09/2025
English Teacher
- Does the thought of shaping the English curriculum, with your subject leader in a new free school excite you?
- Are you passionate about your subject and driven to support pupils to reach their full potential?
- Do you want to work in a Trust where 100% of colleagues answered either ‘strongly agree’ (97%) or ‘agree’ (3%) to the question ‘I am proud to be a member of staff’? With 84% responding ‘strongly agree’ and the remainder ‘agree’ to the question ‘I enjoy working at this school’ in the anonymous staff survey.
Are you the ambitious and committed professional we are looking for? If so, please note our staff retention rate has remained static at 96% for three years and there is a reason for this: we offer an exceptionally rewarding place to work. This is partly due to the amazing progress our pupils make socially, both emotionally and academically, whilst allowing for the real ‘work-life’ balance teaching smaller groups affords.
Our belief is that we can support an excellent teacher with high expectations to work successfully with all pupils. Hence, expertise in the classroom and the desire to learn will always be significantly more important than SEN experience.
We are therefore looking to recruit an enthusiastic, reflective and committed individual with aspirations for future progression within a thriving and unique organisation.
The successful applicant will join our team of experienced teachers and tutors and teach small groups. You must be proactive in your approach, working closely with parents, our staff team and other agencies to find workable solutions and responses to engage pupils, and support their well-being and attendance. You should also be willing to spend time with our pupils outside of lessons to build the essential relationships that shape the Trust and allow us all to flourish. This role offers work life-balance in abundance, administration tasks are kept to a minimum and smaller groups mean teachers have the opportunity to focus on our priorities, building relationships and delivering quality first teaching.
We'd love you to visit - please contact Mandy Crow - 01442 256915 (ext. 203) term time only to arrange a visit.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this obligation. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure by the DBS.
Visit available any time prior to the closing date.
Applications Close: 9am on Monday 24th February 2025
Shortlisting: From Tuesday 25th February 2025
Successful candidates notified by: Thursday 27th February 2025
Interviews: Week Commencing Monday 3rd March 2025
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