Teacher of Humanities

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The Priory Learning Trust (Somerset Business Award winner for Employer of the Year) is looking to recruit a teacher of Religious Studies and Humanities to work at Worle Community School - An Academy site in Weston-super-Mare, a five minute drive from the M5 junction, 2.9 miles from the beach, with strong public transport links.

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding career? At Worle Community School we are on an improvement journey - we are looking for staff to join our team and help us work towards our goals. If you are committed to improving outcomes for young people, being a part of a dedicated team and having a fulfilling career - we could be the right fit for you.

The Humanities department at WCSA is a really strong team of teachers who work collaboratively to deliver excellent History, Geography, Religious Studies and Sociology lessons to our students. The team is made up of teachers with a wide range of experiences and each subject benefits from being led by excellent subject leads who proactively are driving the curriculum forward.

The team support each other and work together to build a well-implemented curriculum, and this year are particularly working in embedding high quality adaptive teaching to support high standards from all students; embedding reading into the curriculum; and increasing opportunities for mode B learning alongside well established direct instruction and well-modelled learning. Whilst we would prefer an RS specialist we welcome applications from candidates from all humanities related disciplines.

At Worle Community School, we work hard to make our students, staff and communities PROUD of Worle. We aim to be, WCSA is a community school at heart - we focus on developing children and young people into well rounded individuals, who leave school not only with good grades, but also valuable life experiences and an aspirational mindset, with high expectations of, and for, themselves.

At WCSA, we also look after our colleagues. We offer high quality development opportunities and a supportive, dynamic and diverse workplace, highly supported by a hands-on team in all areas, from support, to teaching, to senior leadership.

We invest in staff to develop them as classroom practitioners. Staff benefit from:

• A coaching programme to develop their practice within the classroom, working together to find solutions to improve learning and progress for all students.


• An excellent CPD programme based around WalkThrus materials that really allows staff to make use of research informed pedagogy to embed effective teaching strategies in the classroom.


We are a flexible employer and will do our best to accommodate all types of working, so please do apply. We are an employer who takes staff workload seriously. For teachers at WCSA, we support staff with centralised systems where appropriate, a two week October half term break, and a sensible marking policy. We work together as one team to support each other, with the added benefit of being a part of a large Trust in the local area with opportunities that reflect this.

As a TPLT employee, you will have access to incredible employee benefits, including

• The PLaTform - Access to our dedicated wellbeing centre & exclusive shopping discounts.


• Healthshield - A fully funded Healthcare Scheme which provides services such as a 24/7 GP Line & Healthcare cashback.


• Discounted nursery fees at our Academy pre schools.


• CPD opportunities both internally & externally.


• A very friendly school community with dedicated, supportive & inspiring colleagues.


About The Priory Learning Trust:TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.At our heart is a passion to put 'Students First' and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also 'cherish' our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their
background.TPLT is also a successful Training School Alliance. This has been a great foundation on which to build for excellence. We know that this key focus on staff development will deliver exciting and effective learning to our children and young people.


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Employee discount


• Free flu jabs


• Health & wellbeing programme


• On-site parking


• Referral programme


• Store discount


Schedule:

• Monday to Friday