September 2017

Dear Colleague

Teacher of Beliefs, Values & Citizenship - MPS/UPS – maternity cover

Full-time, fixed-term with effect from 2 January 2018

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy at Teign School. Teign is an academy that is part of Education South West (ESW) formed on 1 January 2017 following the merger of Templer Academy Schools Trust and Academies South West.

Staff at Teign place a high priority on achieving excellent results through building strong relationships with students, and there is a friendly, positive and professional ethos within school. We remain true to our comprehensive status, serving the supportive community in which we are based. Within the new curriculum and changes to examinations we continue to push to ensure that our students progress at a rate commensurate with the best schools in the country. Teign School was graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted in April 2015, who praised it as a ‘highly cohesive community’ where students achieve above national standards.

With this letter you should find the following documents:-

·  General information about the school

·  Information about the department

·  Job description

·  Person specification

·  OFSTED report – April 2015

·  Application form (with equal opportunities form) – available via Eteach

If you have a genuine desire to do the best for young people, then we would welcome your application. The school is committed to safeguarding pupils and personnel, and will conduct checks based on the information in your application. If you are selected for interview, safeguarding will feature in the interview programme.

If you wish to visit the school or have any questions about this role, please feel free to contact the school and ask to speak to my PA, Ruth Atkinson. Applications must be made via the Eteach link, and not sent directly to the Trust’s Personnel team. However, candidates invited to interview must supply a signed copy of their application form before their interview takes place. We would also request that interviewees bring to the interview original copies of relevant exam certificates, and where available original copies of their DfE registration and DBS disclosure.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 9 November 2017 (9am) with interviews to take place soon after.

Yours faithfully

Suzannah Wharf, Head of Teign School