What skills and experience we're looking forIf you have:A passion for teaching.A professional understanding of inclusion and.....
What skills and experience we're looking for
If you have:
A passion for teaching.
A professional understanding of inclusion and strategies for engaging learners.
A commitment to safeguarding within a school setting.
…. then CCHS is the school for the next step in your career.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for The Sigma Trust, Clacton County High School?
We can offer you:
• A Competitive Salary
• Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
• Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Employee benefits include:
• Excellent pension scheme
• A Health Cash Plan
• Free membership to Perkbox, offering discounts and savings
• Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eye care plan
• Annual free flu vaccination
• Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
• Discounted cinema tickets
• Eligible for Blue Light Card
Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.
Further details about the role
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Clacton County High School for a qualified teacher of Science to join an excellent team of colleagues within the Science faculty.
Our school has its own sixth form college, Sigma Sixth, with a campus in Tendring located within a short drive away drive from the school.Although, based at a different site it is very much part of the mainstream school and, for the right candidate, there is the possibility of teaching up to key stage 5 if appropriate.
Without doubt, this is an exceptionally exciting time to join our staff, the school is highly respected within the local community and is continuing to expand.We have a recent addition to the main school site; a new build with six brand new modular classrooms and a 4-court sports hall. The sixth form college is also a very modern, bright environment with excellent facilities.
Clacton County High School is part of the Sigma Trust and works closely in collaboration with the other schools within our trust family.As a result, we are innovative and always learning from each other to ensure that we deliver an exciting and progressive educational experience for our students.We continually develop and adapt our curriculum offer, improve the facilities and encourage participation in extra-curricular activities to give our students a breadth of opportunities.
As a school, we are determined never to stand still and as a result of this commitment, we are seeking an enthusiastic member of staff to become part of our CCHS team.It is important that the successful candidate is a dedicated and inspirational teacher and a great role model to their students.
Our guiding principles of‘Higher Expectations, Raising Aspirations, Transforming Lives’for all students and ‘Discover Yourself, Define Your Future’for the sixth form, together with our PROUD values, permeate throughout the school and reflects the passion and drive within all staff at CCHS and our sixth form college.
We would be delighted to welcome your application if you feel inspired to be part of the CCHS experience, and have a commitment to understanding who we are, what we value and the culture we are creating. We want to recruit the best staff and invest in them believing this will lead to the best education for our students, our commitment is to both our staff and students.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Should you be successful during the shortlisting process interviews will be held face to face at the school.
Some of your key responsibilities will include:
To be an effective professional who demonstrates thorough curriculum knowledge, that
he/she can teach and assess effectively, take responsibility for professional development
and raise student achievement.
To provide a high-quality learning experience and improve outcomes for all students.
Inspire trust and confidence in students and colleagues.
Demonstrate analytical thinking to improve the quality of students’ learning.
Set high expectations for students and maintain good class management.
Use Assessment for Learning strategies to provide feedback to learners and engage them
in their learning.
Contribute to the development and implementation of school policies.
(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).
Commitment to safeguarding
The Sigma Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and other vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristics. creating a workplace which celebrates diversity.
