Teacher of English

The St Lawrence Academy is a thriving Church Academy that has successfully served its local community since opening in 2008 and provides children with fantastic opportunities for personal and spiritual growth. Directors of St Lawrence Academies Trust and the Diocese of Lincoln are looking for an inspirational, talented and experienced school leader; one who can lead the Academy towards achieving academic excellence for our students and enable them to fully flourish.

The St Lawrence is an-oversubscribed academy for 11-16 year old students of all abilities. Our PAN now stands at 165. We currently have a roll of 790, which is due to be 810 in September 2023.

We serve a diverse community in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. We are an inclusive Academy striving to meet the needs of all our learners in our caring environment. Students from all backgrounds and faiths, regardless of ability, are welcome. We are sponsored by the Diocese of Lincoln and have a strong Christian ethos.

We are looking for an ambitious and highly motivated individual to take on the role of:-

Teacher of English

MPS 1 -6

Required for September 2024

This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant and thriving English department working at The St Lawrence Academy. You will be part of a fantastic and highly motivated team that is determined to provide a transformational learning experience for every individual.  

The successful candidate will:

●Have a passion for teaching and the ability to deliver lessons to a high standard across both Key Stages

●Have the ability to create an inspiring and dynamic learning environment

●Demonstrate and share excellent subject knowledge and expertise

●Demonstrate a clear commitment to raising achievement and developing excellence

●Be passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people

●Be well organised, inspirational, ambitious and hard working

●Have the ability to meet deadlines, whilst remaining calm under pressure

●Have flexibility in approach, vision and commitment and a willingness to lead extracurricular activities

We can offer:

●An inclusive and inspirational church school environment within wonderful and vibrant new buildings

●Superb resources and facilities

●Supportive and engaged leadership team, with a track record of developing staff to middle and senior leadership

●An outstanding community of staff and local governing board who work as a strong team to best support our students.

●A broad 3 year Key Stage 3 curriculum and 2 year Key Stage 4 curriculum with a philosophy of valuing all subjects

●A bespoke programme of induction and professional development personalised to help develop individual staff*

●A  culture that prioritises students, their personal development and wellbeing, above everything else

●High standards and expectations of  academic success and care, support and personal development of our students

●Access to a laptop and to documents from home via Google documents and web based database

This post would suit:

●An ECT as our English department is strong, with good experience in developing staff

●An experienced teacher wishing to join our team of fantastic staff

For further details about The St Lawrence Academy and St Lawrence Academies Trust  and an application pack please see our website at www.tsla.co.uk 

The academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references, including your suitability to work with students.  Applications will only be considered from individual applicants on our standard application form, and not via CV alone or agencies.

For an informal discussion about either of the roles please contact the Curriculum and Progress Leader of English Donna MacDonald on 01724 842447 or email to dmacdonald@tsla.co.uk .

To apply please submit your completed application form, together with your formal letter of application to Lorna Johnson, PA to the Headteacher and SLT, to ljohnson@tsla.co.uk

Closing Date : Monday 17th June 2024  at 9am. Interviews To be confirmed

Why join us?

We offer:

Competitive salaries

Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions up to 18.5%

Generous annual leave and Bank Holiday entitlement

Flexible and agile working

A modern workplace with access to great technology

Salary sacrifice schemes- ie the option to purchase additional holidays or a bike to cycle to work

Family friendly policies supporting fostering, adoption and caring responsibilities

Our values and culture

We stay true to our values:

Equality of opportunity so everyone can have a good quality of life.

Striving for excellence and high standards.

Using our resources wisely and with integrity.

Promoting self-responsibility and people having choice and control over their own lives.

Our organisational goals are to be:

Progressive and enabling in our approach.

Financially and environmentally sustainable.

Safer recruitment

As an employer, we will:

· Promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers.

· Commit to the recruitment of a diverse workforce to best meet the needs of our customers.

· Ensure that recruitment decisions are based on reasonable and objective criteria, free from bias or unfair discrimination.

· Provide training for recruiters to ensure they are fully equipped with the skills to recruit the best people.

· Make reasonable adjustments to any aspect of the process to meet individual need, where known.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, we will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references which will be sought prior to interview.

The above post will be subject to a DBS check, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ds-code-of-practice) 'It is an offence for anyone barred from working with children or adults to apply to work in regulated activity with that group'

This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK and other pre-employment checks where applicable.