Job Description

THE THOMAS LORD AUDLEY SCHOOL

NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHER OF COMPUTING

Pay Range: Teachers Main Pay Scale

Starting Salary £25,714

Start Date: July 2021

The Role

The Thomas Lord Audley School are seeking to appoint a Newly Qualified Teacher of Computing to join a team of dedicated teachers. The successful candidate will teach students across Key Stage 3 and 4 and will take ownership of their own extra-curricular clubs.

Please see further information about the school's Computing department in a separate document. Please also read the letter from the headteacher.

As a Teacher, your key responsibilities will include:

● Teach your subject with an enthusiasm

● Plan and deliver engaging lessons

● Assess and provide feedback

● Provide care, guidance and support to our young people.

● Work as a member of a team

We're looking for you if you have:

● A willingness to keep up to date with subject knowledge & pedagogy;

● excellent interpersonal skills with both adults and children;

● the ability to organise and prioritise your own workload;

● a positive, helpful and courteous manner when carrying out your professional duties.

(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification)

Why work for The Sigma Trust at The Thomas Lord Audley School?

We can offer you:

● Employment on Teachers Pay & Conditions

● Friendly and value driven workplaces

● A robust CPD training programme that enables you to flourish

● Opportunity to teach across the year groups.

● Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships

● Employee Benefits:

o Employee Assistance Programme (Staff Wellbeing scheme), Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, access to discounted Gym Membership at selected local gyms and discounted cinema tickets.

Staff have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the Sigma Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships. Currently, our Head of Computing is providing excellent support for other colleagues across the Sigma Trust.

Additional Information:

For additional information about the Trust and its schools, please visit our website https://www.sigmatrust.org.uk/our-academies/ and www.tla.essex.sch.uk

To Apply

If you are currently registered with an ITT programme in Computing, we would love to hear from you. We are able to offer an early start of July 2021, upon completion of your training.

To apply for this post, please complete an application form, available from The Sigma Trust/this website and return it to recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk quoting reference 495. Please read the Notes for Applicants document attached.

Closing date: Friday 29th January 2021 at 10.00am.

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 and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our schools.

Information about the School

The Thomas Lord Audley School is a high performing, over-subscribed 11-16 comprehensive school with just under 800 students (capacity 840), situated to the south of Colchester. It is the "most improved school in Essex" (Essex LA September 2016). It serves a diverse catchment area including Old Heath, Monkwick, Shrub End and the villages to the south of Colchester including the community of Mersea Island.

Categorised as good and rapidly improving in its recent Ofsted inspection, it has been commended for the quality of its leadership, the standard of its teaching, and the welfare, behaviour and achievement of its pupils.

On 1 September 2016, the school joined The Sigma Trust, a partnership of schools with The Stanway School, St Helena School, Clacton County High School, Monkwick Junior School and Monkwick Infants School and Nursery. In the past, the school has benefited from the Stanway Federation’s programme of seconding high quality staff between schools and the development of wide-ranging in-service training which has led to on-going school improvement. Working in collaboration with all the schools within The Sigma Trust can only enhance this development.

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.