The posting
Our school is proud to be part of Anthem, a multi-academy trust that creates ambitious and successful schools where every child thrives.
Oxford Spires Academy aims to be a beacon of excellence at the heart of its local community, with a firm belief that all students are capable of making outstanding progress whatever their starting point. Oxford Spires Academy provides a safe, supportive and ambitious environment built on high expectations, strong relationships, pride, community and family, and is proud of its multicultural, multi-faith community where diversity is celebrated.
Purpose of Role
To implement and deliver an appropriately broad, balanced, relevant, and differentiated curriculum for students
To monitor and support the overall progress and development of students as a teacher & tutor
To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential
To use the OSA assessment cycle to collect and report accurate student data and to share with all parties
To implement appropriate interventions to enable all students to achieve their very best
To contribute to raising standards of student attainment
To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth
Main duties and responsibilities
Personal development
To take part in the school’s CPD programme by participating in arrangements for further training and professional development including your own personal development.
To engage actively in the Performance Management Review processes
Teaching responsibilities
To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work completed by the students
To assess record and report on the attendance, progress, development, and attainment of students and to keep accurate records as required
To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and to target set and provide references relating to individual students and groups of students
To ensure that ICT, Literacy, Numeracy, and the school subject specialism are reflected in the teaching/learning experience of students
To undertake a designated programme of teaching, plan, structure, and resource teaching and learning effectively.
To ensure a high-quality learning experience for all students
To use a variety of delivery methods which will stimulate learning appropriate to meet all student needs and demands of the syllabus
To maintain discipline in accordance with the school’s Behaviour Policy, and to encourage good practice with regard to punctuality, behaviour, standards of work and homework
To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, departmental and school policies and to mark, grade and give written/verbal and diagnostic feedback as required
To ensure the effective/efficient deployment of classroom support
To implement the school policies re Homework
General responsibilities
To attend team and whole school meetings in accordance with the school calendar as required
To maintain up to date and appropriate records and tracking for students within your area of responsibility
To communicate effectively with the parents/carers of students as appropriate and where appropriate, communicate and co-operate with persons or bodies outside the school
To be a Tutor to an assigned group of students, to register students and support students and to escort tutor group and attend school assemblies
To promote the general progress and well-being of individual students and of the tutor group as a whole
To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example
To promote actively the academy’s Policies & Procedures
To comply with the school’s Health and Safety policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate
To undertake any other duty as specified not mentioned in the above
To comply with the academy’s procedures concerning safeguarding and to ensure that training is accessed
Benefits
As part of Anthem Schools Trust, staff benefit from a supportive working environment and access to a range of employee benefits, including health and wellbeing support, professional development opportunities and financial benefits.
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, suitable references and other essential checks. Staff involved in recruitment and selection are trained in safer recruitment, and all staff and volunteers undertake child protection training.
