A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join an outstanding school, William Perkin CofE High School, which is part of the Twyford Church of England Academy Trust, and also support Teach West London Teaching School Hub at a pivotal moment in its growth. Teach West London is seeking an Initial Teacher Training Secondary RE Lead, initially from Sept 2024 – August 2025.
William Perkin CofE High School is seeking to appoint an RE teacher to join the outstanding RE department, combining this role with the ITT Secondary RE Lead responsibility.
Salary: MPS/UPS + £1,500 Honorarium
Closing date: midnight Sunday 19th May 2024
Interview date: Thursday 23rd May 2024
We are looking for an experienced and highly successful RE teacher who is passionate about teaching RE and also about working with trainee teachers and supporting teacher recruitment and retention. The successful person will become an important part of the Trust Curriculum team by playing a key role in training the next generation of high-quality West London (and Trust School) Early Career Teachers.
The post-holder will be joining an innovative, ambitious and energetic RE department that seeks to deliver an outstanding curriculum to students of all National Curriculum levels. We work collaboratively to create a curriculum that inspires, challenges and nurtures students, using aspirational and ambitious outcomes, which leads to thorough subject knowledge and sustained progress.
The main purposes of this teaching role are to achieve outstanding examination results for all classes taught, to lead an outstanding tutor group within a pastoral year team and to promote the school’s ethos and vision through, for example, active engagement with the school’s house system.
As regards the additional ITT role, the main responsibility will be to support with the design and delivery of Teach West London’s Initial Teacher Training curriculum through subject specific studies.
The role is targeted at individuals with a successful track record of supporting teachers early in their career (ITTs and / or ECTs) and of leading teachers in a curriculum area. Individuals must have expert knowledge of subject curriculum and pedagogy.
Whilst the teaching role will be based at William Perkin C of E High School, the ITT role involves delivering a weekly 2-hour Friday subject studies session at Ada Lovelace C of E High School, another school in the Twyford Church of England Academy Trust. The successful candidate will be given half a day off-timetable each week for the role.
You will join an ambitious and enthusiastic team that seeks to deliver outstanding Initial Teacher training and will be well supported by an experienced Initial Teacher Training Leadership Team.
Teach West London is the Teaching School Hub for the four London boroughs of Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, and Hounslow. Teach West London is a newly accredited Initial Teacher Training Provider, currently recruiting trainees to start delivery in September 2024. Our ambitious target for 2024/25 is to train 120 trainees (primary and secondary) in partnership with schools across West London. Over the next four years we aim to increase the number of teachers we successfully train each year up to 300. Teach West London is based at Ada Lovelace C of E High School. For more information about our initial teacher training programme, please visit the Teach West London website.
Successful Candidates will have:
- Highly successful classroom Teaching experience
- Experience of supporting teachers early in their career
- Experience of leading teachers in a curriculum area
- Professional attitude and approach to work
- Willingness and ability to work autonomously and flexibly
- Ability to organise, plan and prioritise work, paying attention to detail
We offer:
- Excellent professional development
- Positive working relationships at all levels
- A supportive and experienced Initial Teacher Training Leadership team.
- Opportunity to gain experience of Initial Teacher Training and the work of Teaching School Hubs
The school reserves the right to research shortlisted candidates on social media platforms and the internet, and the recruitment panel may take this information into consideration during the recruitment process
The Twyford Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undergo the child protection screening appropriate to the post, including an enhanced disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) and references from previous employers. For more information about the DBS please see https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check. The post-holder will also be expected to read and adhere to the Trust’s Child Protection Policy, and any other Safeguarding documents stated within this.
The Twyford Church of England Academy Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community. We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME) and disabled people are currently under-represented among our staff, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.