Below you will find the job vacancies we currently have available at Southmoor Academy.
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Teacher of Science
Post: Teacher of Science
Starting date: September 2021
Salary: MPS/UPS (£25,714 – £41,604)
Location: Southmoor Multi Academy Trust
Contract type: Full Time
Contract Term: Fixed term for 1 year
Are you a highly committed teacher who genuinely wants to make a difference to the lives of young people? As an experienced teacher, someone in the early stages of their career, or an ITT student, would you like to join a Multi Academy Trust that wants you to be happy and successful, and implements innovative strategies to support this? If so, read on!
We are a highly successful Multi Academy Trust currently comprising of two secondary schools: Southmoor Academy; a very successful and rapidly expanding 11-18 academy with a successful Sixth Form, and Sandhill View Academy; a rapidly improving 11-16 academy.
In November 2017, Ofsted said, “Southmoor Academy is a good and improving school where pupils are achieving well. The headteacher provides strong and effective leadership… effectively assisted by leaders at all levels. Good teaching, learning and assessment enable all groups of pupils to progress well.”
In March 2018, Ofsted said of Sandhill View Academy, “Leaders have taken firm action to improve the quality of subject leadership across the school, with the result that there is now a strong team with clarity about the areas that they need to improve further. Teachers, subject leaders and staff are enthusiastic and positive about the school’s current position and its ability to improve further.”
We are looking for an exceptional Teacher of Science to deliver all aspects of the curriculum. The best people can teach across the Multi Academy Trust and you will certainly have the opportunity to lead initiatives and possibly aspire to lead and teach in BOTH schools to contribute to the provision of an effective and consistent curriculum across the Trust. You must have the ability therefore to develop highly effective working relationships within schools in different contexts. However, we will work with you in order to match your aspirations and preferences to the school you feel most comfortable in.
You will be:
- a well-qualified practitioner with a passion for the subject
- a team-player who will take full advantage of working with an extended team across the MAT
- able to teach all aspects if the curriculum with the drive and enthusiasm to secure outstanding pupil outcomes
We offer:
- The opportunity to work with other highly successful leaders and teachers
- A-level teaching within your specialism if you want development in this area
- Support to grow within an organisation that wants you to be happy and successful, and implements really innovative strategies to support this
- Ambitious pupils taught in an environment where outstanding academic progression is the highest priority; over half of all KS4 pupils at Southmoor Academy (and an increasing number of pupils from Sandhill View Academy and schools across Sunderland) go on to study ‘A’ levels within the Trust, with a quarter of all sixth formers who took up university courses in September 2020 now attending a Russell Group institution
- Please visit Southmoor Way of Working for further information on what makes us different
Closing date for receipt of applications is 9.00am on Monday 15th March 2021.
Applications should be returned to Sam Ferry, HR Manager: Ferry.S@sandhillview.com
Prospective applicants are warmly invited to have an informal chat about the role and/or arrange a visit to our schools prior to application/interview. Please contact Sam Ferry on the email address above
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for the successful candidate.
• Teacher of Science Application Pack
Chief Executive Officer with Headteacher
Salary: circa £125,000 dependent upon experience
Required: September 2021
We are looking for a leader who believes they could do more
Southmoor Multi Academy Trust have an exciting opportunity to appoint an ambitious Chief Executive Officer who will also hold the responsibility of Headteacher of Southmoor Academy and Sixth Form, a school which is a local success story with national recognition.
This exciting, career defining, opportunity has arisen for an outstanding visionary leader. We are looking for a dynamic and innovative individual who will provide the strategic direction and educational leadership needed in shaping the future of the Southmoor Academy Trust and the success of Southmoor Academy and Sixth Form.
The candidate will:
- have proven leadership and management skills within diverse and complex organisations;
- be committed to social justice through the transformative power of education;
- be inspirational and credible;
- have a proven successful track record raising standards;
- be able to evidence at least two years of successful headship.
In this role you will have the freedom to set a success culture and innovate to make it happen. Despite significant levels of deprivation Southmoor has managed to become one of the highest achieving schools in the area. The challenge posed by deprivation remains but we have many positive fundamentals to build on and we want someone who can take us further and make us great.
Southmoor Multi Academy Trust consists of two secondary Academies, Southmoor Academy and Sandhill View Academy. Our academies have shared values and priorities and enjoy true partnership work in terms of staff development, working practices and student experiences. A Trust Board is responsible for the strategic direction and performance of the Trust.
We welcome visits to the Academy Trust, to arrange this please contact Sara Barwick (Trust Executive Assistant & Governance Manager) on 07860 929403.
Application packs are available from Emma Duffy, Avec Partnership Ltd, tel. 07585 919241 or email: emma.duffy@avec-partnership.com. Applications should be returned to Emma Duffy via email. Previous applicants for the Headteacher role need not apply.
Closing Date: 19th March 2021 at 12pm
Interview Date(s): 14th and 15th April 2021
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for the successful candidate.
• Chief Executive Office with Headteacher Application Pack