Hoe Valley School is:

• An oversubscribed secondary school that opened in September 2015 to serve the local community of South Woking
• Delivering innovative and exciting lessons to years 7-13
• Committed to ensuring our students leave us with excellent academic outcomes, the skills to be ‘work-ready’ and the traits of excellent global citizens
• Following the National Curriculum, where Maths and English are taught every day
• A Google School with ICT fully embedded in all curriculum areas
• Committed to learning which is relevant with links to the ‘real world’ of business, higher education and the local community
• In a state of the art, new School completed in September 2018 on Egley Road, Woking
• Committed to supporting our staff to have a good work / life balance by offering longer school holidays, bespoke CPD programmes, minimising paperwork and meetings, and ultimately by trusting our staff to deliver excellent outcomes

The Role

Have you enjoyed teaching in Primary and would like to develop your skills to help students make a smooth transition to Secondary School?

Our students need your expertise and we want to learn from you to improve our provision and outcomes for vulnerable learners. We are looking for a passionate, talented and specialist teacher to join our dedicated team. You will be part of the Year 7 transition team and you will have the exciting and unique opportunity to shape a KS3 curriculum that is bespoke, supportive and challenging and fit for the needs of 21st Century life. There is the potential for leadership roles both pastorally and academically in the future for the right candidate.

We are looking for an inspirational teacher who embraces creativity, innovation and is always looking for the very best practice in teaching. They will share the School's vision and the belief that all young people can achieve at high levels. The successful candidate will teach small groups of students a highly personalised curriculum for English and Maths and will also deliver effective and evidence-based small group interventions. They may also deliver study support sessions helping children with coursework and exam skills. They will work closely with our mental health lead and team of mental health practitioners to ensure students are offered a nurturing environment to enable them to catch up with their peers and make expected progress.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES (IN ADDITION TO THE TEACHERS’ STANDARDS)

Teaching and Learning

• Planning and preparing schemes of learning and lessons, which are bespoke and targeted for students with SEND
• To contribute to the design of the curriculum to ensure it is exciting, relevant, challenging and personalised
• To ensure that all students are making good or outstanding progress and that teaching and learning is of a high standard
• Promoting the general progress and well-being of individual students and of any class or group of students assigned to her/him
• To contribute to CPD across the School and share best practice via coaching, sharing planning and resources and following an 'open door' teaching policy
• To ensure Personalisation has a high profile across the School through offering vibrant and exciting learning opportunities for all students.
• To ensure that resources are organised and available to promote a purposeful environment for teaching and learning to take place, through a mix of traditional teaching techniques and specialist SEN teaching methods, integrating ICT where appropriate and via project based learning
• Advising and co-operating with other teaching staff, as well as other adults providing in-class partnership teaching, on the preparation and development of programmes of study and teaching materials.

Progress and Attainment

• To ensure assessment, feedback and monitoring is SMART, accurate and clearly moves students’ learning on particularly in English and Maths
• To rigorously analyse student data to inform planning and intervention programmes
• To lead and attend internal and external meetings as required
• To participate in the ASSESS, PLAN, DO, REVIEW cycle for students with SEND
• To feedback to students and parents / carers in line with the School policy
• Keeping records of the achievement and progress of students.
• Keeping records of, and profiles on, the Special Educational needs of students

Behaviour and Safety

• To collaborate closely with parents to ensure that they are aware of their child's progress, engaged in their development and in supporting them in their vision for the future
• To ensure the absolute safety of all students on and off site
• To model and enforce excellent standards of behaviour within and beyond the faculty
• To monitor students achievement, attendance, uniform, punctuality and behaviour and to respond promptly to issues in line with the school’s policies
• To participate in the School’s pastoral system as required

School Improvement 

• To support the School’s marketing and recruitment plan through attending events, contributing to marketing materials and via high quality interactions with feeder primary schools
• To embody the School’s values both on and off site
• To coach and mentor colleagues as appropriate
• To take on any other duties as reasonably required by the Senior Leadership Team

The above list is not exhaustive and maybe subject to amendment in due course in discussion with the relevant employee.

Application deadline Sunday 26th April 

Interviews week commencing Monday 4th May

The school reserves the right to close this vacancy early and/or amend advertised dates as required to secure the right appointment.