About
The role includes providing inspirational high-quality support to our students to ensure the best possible start to their secondary education and to provide targeted support in English to bridge the gap in learning to support students' progress. This is a role whereby you can make a real difference by promoting a nurturing and supportive learning environment and to embrace a high quality support to our students to ensure the best possible start to their secondary education. It will be necessary to undertake one to one and small group sessions to address individual learning needs and to collaborate with teachers to reinforce key concepts and skills. It is critical to have a deep understanding of primary to secondary transition process and provide support to colleagues.
It will be necessary to support students who are struggling with the adjustments to a new academic environment, offering guidance to students to adapt to new learning practices and the culture of a secondary school. A prerequisite will be to plan and teach high quality lessons to support students in making good or outstanding progress and to maintain a stimulating, engaging and safe learning environment.
The transition of our pupils from Year 6 in Primary School into Year 7 at Oxted School plays a crucial part in our students’ success and development and enjoyment of secondary school life.
Note
We would welcome applications from teachers of other subjects, not just necessarily English.
The role can start either April 2024 or September 2024.
About us
Our reflective and skilled staff and wonderful students make Oxted School a rewarding and invigorating place to work. Our exceptional staff care about our pupils and really do ‘Bring out the Best’ in everyone.
The inclusive community values, which are so important to us, mean that you will be well supported by both your colleagues and the Senior Leadership Team. We pride ourselves on the high-quality professional development and career progression opportunities available to all our colleagues, and we work hard to ensure that staff wellbeing and workload are central to our approach. Our colleagues also thrive on their commitment to our wide range of extra-curricular activities, including being one of the largest Duke of Edinburgh centres in the country.
Benefits
- Local Government Pension Scheme, including generous employer contributions
- Cycle to work/Technology scheme, Sainsbury's Loyalty Discount and access to other discount schemes
- Free Flu Vaccinations and Eye tests
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to GymFlex
- Long service award
Essential Criteria
We are a values-based organisation and seek to recruit individuals who can demonstrate our values.
Our values will be assessed through the selection process, so we ask all applicants when providing their supporting statement to also incorporate not only how they meet the essential criteria for the role but to also demonstrate our values.
Our values are
- Integrity - displaying honesty and having strong moral principles
- Partnership - working together and taking collective ownership to achieve the same goals
- Advocacy - working hard on behalf of others to maximise their success
- Resilience - finding success again after something difficult or negative has happened
- Compassion - displaying empathy towards and a desire to help other
- Aspiration - aiming high to achieve success
Please ensure your supporting statement reflects our Values
Safeguarding Information
The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment”.