Graduate Trainee Teacher

Location

Luton, Bedfordshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Graduate Trainee Teacher 

The Stockwood Park Academy are seeking to appoint a Graduate Trainee Teacher who is enthusiastic, dynamic, and knowledgeable who will contribute to the intellectual and social development of students and support their achievement.

This is an ideal role for any candidates wishing to pursue a career in teaching and interested in a 2 year programme towards QTS,  initially with responsibilities as an LSA/ cover supervisor in year one, followed by the PGCE and QTS programme in Year 2.

Join us as a Graduate Trainee Teacher to kick-start your career in education and gain useful and relevant long-lasting skills in delivering classes and managing students.

We are looking to recruit someone who has the right attitude and will represent our positive ‘can do’ ethos that runs through our Academy.

The Stockwood Park Academy are proud of the unrivalled education experience offered.  You will certainly benefit from forward-thinking and supportive leadership, an encouraging and enthusiastic staff body and enterprising students.  Our academy has state of the art facilities, fit for all your teaching needs. 

If you want to grow and develop in a fast paced, dynamic, and successful Academy, come and join us at The Stockwood Park Academy!

Key Duties

·       Support the teaching and learning of individual or groups of students, using support strategies appropriate to their learning needs.

·       Contribute significantly to; the planning of teaching and learning work programmes and activities to achieve the aims of lessons.

·       Contribute to the monitoring, recording and assessment of student progress through observation and questioning, against student targets.

·       Assessing, recording, and reporting on the development, progress, and attainment of students, including records on student attendance at lessons together with class and homework set and undertaken.

·       Contribute to the development of a purposeful working atmosphere, implement, and monitor the school’s behaviour and any related policies and procedures. 

The successful candidate will have:

Essential

·       Have a passion for supporting students to learn.

·       Have an interest in a future career in teaching.

·       Have a degree level qualification in Sciences, Maths, Humanities or other

·       Have excellent command of the English language.

Desirable

·       Experience of working within a school setting.

·       Be able to work under pressure.

·       Work with pupils with confidence

·       Have a flexible nature

·       Be a great team-player

Job specifics

Start date:  July 2024

Salary:  Unqualified Teacher Scale 1-4 £20,598 - £27,406

Contract:  Full time, 2-year fixed term contract.

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

The Shared Learning Trust – Staff Benefits

We offer a fantastic range of benefits across our trust, supporting our staff in a variety of ways. From an extensive Wellbeing package to an onsite car wash, you can be reassured that we have your best interests at heart.

Perkbox and Perkbox Medical

NPQ’s Teacher Development Trust and training courses with The National College

Staff social events, including 5 a-side football and BBQs

Reduced gym membership rates and free on-site gym

Staff recognition with reward shopping vouchers

On-site Indian head or shoulder massage

Online delivery drop off service, including Amazon

Free eye test vouchers

Support for all staff with an experienced licensed counsellor

Free tea and coffee plus a reusable bamboo coffee cup for new starters

Free onsite car parking at all academies

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced pension employers’ contribution and death in service payment

Refer a friend £500 bonus scheme

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer. The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

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