About Us
At Harris Clapham Sixth Form we want our students to be hugely ambitious, to dream bigger and to realise their aspirations, with the help of great teaching, a rigorous curriculum and a fantastic extra-curricular offer that broadens horizons and sparks curiosity.
We are a community who work together for the greater good of our academy; there is a culture of mutual respect and kindness between staff and students.
Our academy is brand new and benefits from being a state-of-the-art building. It has been especially designed to deliver a Sixth Form education.
Main Areas of Responsibility
The purpose of your role will be:
*To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum for students and to support a designated curriculum area as appropriate.
*To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher/form tutor
*To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
*To contribute to raising standards of student attainment
*To share and support the academy’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
Your main areas of responsibility will fall under the areas of:
*Operational and strategic planning (including lesson planning, developing resources and syllabuses, and contributing to the departmental plan)
*Curriculum planning
*Staff development (including continuing professional development and engaging fully in the Performance Management Review process)
*Quality assurance (including contributing to the process of monitoring and evaluating the subject area)
*Management of information (including maintaining appropriate records and tracking student progress)
*Communications with students, parents and other stakeholders
*Pastoral system (including being a form tutor to a selected group of students)
*Teaching, ensuring a high quality learning experience for students
For further details, please download the job pack.
Qualifications & Experience
The successful candidate will:
*Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
*Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school
*Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
*Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor
*Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students’ work
*Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff
*Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards
*Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students
*Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary
*Have good written and spoken communication skills
*Be able to lead and manage their own work effectively
*Have excellent time management skills
*Be able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies
Professional Development & Benefits
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.