Trainee Teacher at Ark Acton Academy Full Time

Ark Teacher Training

Location: Ark Acton Academy, Gunnersbury Ln, London W3 8EY

Salaries from: £23,000 to £25,000

Bursaries from: £15,000 to £27,000

Starting: September 2023

Closing date: Recruitment is running on a rolling basis until training places are full

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About the role:

You will be training to be a teacher in your chosen subject. This is a great opportunity to train to teach outstanding lessons and therefore help pupils achieve excellent academic results across their secondary education.

You will be able to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct, and be a role-model, positively impacting the academy more widely.

Ark Acton Academy is still recruiting for trainee teachers in the following subjects:

• Biology
• Physics
• Geography
• Music

About Ark Acton Academy:

Our mission is a simple one, to ensure that all Ark Acton students thrive at university or a real alternative and therefore live a life to be proud of. In order to make this happen we focus intently on two main areas of school life. Our academic curriculum and our extensive co-curricular programme.

We place the curriculum – what we teach – at the heart of the academy and it informs all decisions we make. We invest heavily in allowing staff to become curriculum experts and members of the SLT are regular speakers on curriculum design and implementation. 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 teaching and are committed to staff welfare and staff development.

About Ark Schools:

Ark is a charity that aims to transform children’s lives through education. In the UK, the strongest predictor of how a child will do at school continues to be what their parents do for a living – but why should this be the accepted status quo? By working in our network at one of our 39 schools, you will be directly making a positive impact on young people’s lives through high-quality teaching and thoughtful consideration of all backgrounds and needs, making educational equity a reality.

About Ark Teacher Training:

Ark Teacher Training (ATT) is a school-based programme offering the perfect mixture of theory and classroom practice to develop you into the best teacher you can be. Because we believe that every child, regardless of their background, deserves to have access to a great education, we work mainly in communities of lower income with a history of academic underachievement. We are very proud to have just received our second ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted in all categories! There are only a few ITTs in the UK that can say the same. Alongside this, our programme is also incredibly supportive and bespoke, as you will see below.

Key responsibilities:

• To plan, resource and deliver lessons to the highest possible standard that ensure learning and progress of all pupils
• To provide a nurturing classroom and academy environment that helps pupils to develop as learners
• To engage in daily professional development activities
• To help to maintain/establish discipline across the whole school
• To contribute to the effective working of the school

Key requirements:

• Grade C/4 or above in Maths GCSE and English Language GCSE (or equivalent)
• An undergraduate bachelor’s degree or will hold (or equivalent) prior to beginning your Initial Teacher Training
• You must have a degree or A level in the subject you wish to teach / a related subject
• Evidence of a commitment to working with young people
• Experience of overcoming challenges successfully
• Ability to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct
• An aptitude for teaching

View the full job description and person specification here

How to Apply:

• Applications can be made directly through our website here . If you’re applying through the DfE, please see our subjects here to ensure you apply for the correct route.

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Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; all successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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