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What skills and experience we're looking for

• A strong background in English, ideally including experience of teaching to GCSE.
• A passion for teaching, and a track record as a highly effective classroom practitioner
• The ability to inspire and motivate students and colleagues to achieve their best
• Highly effective interpersonal, communication, management and leadership skills
• A commitment to professional development
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

What the school offers its staff

Highfields is a vibrant and popular school with approximately 1300 students, including 200 in our sixth form. Our students are friendly and highly motivated.

Highfields are proud to be a part of East Midlands Education Trust (EMET), a partnership of schools whose mission is to raise the educational standards and improve the life chances of all the children within our Trust. Our schools are high performing schools who represent the full age range of 3-19, along with an alternative education provider, and we place great emphasis on collaborative working across the Trust within a family of schools approach. Our schools enjoy a high degree of ‘aligned autonomy’ whilst, at the same time, they are supported by a central trust team who help ensure our schools provide the highest quality of provision possible.

Commitment to safeguarding

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post, will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken during the recruitment process and this may include online searches. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.

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