English Teacher

About The Role
Job purpose
We are looking for a candidate that will contribute to developing Ark Acton Academy into a great school by teaching a challenging English curriculum, teaching highly effective sequences of lessons, and constantly reflecting on your practice.

Objectives

• To deliver consistently excellent sequences of lessons to pupils to enable them to develop a deep understanding of the subject.
• To support the development of a knowledge-led disciplinary curriculum.
• To take responsibility for proactive personal professional development to build own capabilities continuously.
• To constantly reflect on your practice and commit to the multiple layers of training and development available at Ark Acton.
• To make a valued contribution to the school's pastoral and enrichment programmes; including trips and school visits.
• To epitomise the vision and values of Ark Acton Academy and at all times adhere to the staff code of expectations.

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Benefits
At Ark Acton we have stripped away anything we feel gets in the way of being a great teacher so that we can focus on the main thing. This includes:

• Feedback policies that sit at department level
• No graded lesson observations
• No report writing
• No parent's evenings
• Only 2 data points a year
• No termly data metrics to track progress

We are heavily committed to staff welfare and development, and this includes:

• Weekly staff training and coaching for every teacher
• Subject-specific knowledge development
• Free use of our leisure centre
• Access to the school counsellor
• Access to Ark's employee rewards and benefits programme.

Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark here.

About Us
We are a diverse and vibrant academy, having every language on the DfE census represented in our school. We are proud to be a true comprehensive academy and we maintain this comprehensive intake right through into our 6th form.
We place the curriculum - what we teach - at the heart of the academy and it informs all decisions we make. We are looking for someone who shares our belief in disciplinary thinking and who will help improve and refine our curriculum thinking.
In the words of Alex Standish, we believe that "school subjects then are a way of inducting children into the intellectual habits of humankind, and hence into a disciplinary conversation about knowing our world" and we are looking for someone who shares this belief to join our team.

Visit arkacton.org to learn more about us.

Diversity and inclusion:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone - staff and students - can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark's diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.

Safeguarding statement:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark's safer recruitment process, please click this link.