Werneth School
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom
Job description
GRADE: MPS or UPS, and TLR2C
LOCATION: WERNETH SCHOOL, HARRYTOWN, ROMILEY, STOCKPORT. SK6 3BX
START DATE: SEPTEMBER 2024
CONTRACT TYPE : PERMANENT /FULL TIME
CLOSING DATE: TUESDAY 12TH MARCH 2024
INTERVIEWS: TBC
Education Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
OUR SCHOOL ….
Werneth School is an 11-16 comprehensive school in Stockport with 1050 students of all abilities: we serve a wide range of student backgrounds and a supportive community. Housed in a purpose-built new building (opened November 2017) with new resources and interactive boards in every classroom, the school has been through a rapid period of change. Student numbers are stable and academic performance is improving. The school benefits from an exciting partnership with the Manchester United Foundation to raise aspiration in our students. The school has now joined the Education Learning Trust based at Gatley Primary School, converting to academy status in January 2021. We are already benefiting from the collaborative work of a family of 5 schools, including another secondary school.
Our offer to you … .
▪ A vibrant and supportive staff body who are proud of their school
▪ A comprehensive mix of students who have always been interested in languages
▪ A welcoming school environment with excellent new resources and facilities.
▪ A focus across the school on developing a new, dynamic curriculum.
▪ Excellent CPD and support
▪ A headteacher and SLT who are committed to continual improvement, innovation and creative thinking. SLT are supported by enthusiastic and able leaders at all levels.
▪ A school with an ethos of inclusion and a commitment to know our children well
▪ A school with stable student numbers year on year.
▪ A school with a purpose-built new (November 2017) building and resources
▪ A supportive Multi Academy Trust with a firm focus on collaborative learning, supporting school development and sharing good practice across schools in the Trust.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Subject Leader of Modern Foreign Languages.
OUR LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT….
If you have a passion for languages, and a desire to inspire our students, we want to receive your application.
For further details of this exciting opportunity, please see the and person specification.
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
● exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
● school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
● opportunities for professional development and leadership
● a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
● Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Further details and an application form are available from the school website:
. You can also speak to Mrs Catherine Humphreys ( Head’s PA ) on 0161 494 1222 extension 1022 should you require any further information. You can book a discussion with the headteacher by contacting Mrs Humphreys and could also arrange a look around school if that would be helpful.
Completed applications should be sent to [email protected]
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