DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Come and join us at Rossall for a unique, immersive route into teaching. Surrounded by exceptional, supportive colleagues, teaching our delightful pupils, you will have the opportunity to develop your teaching practice in the most welcoming of environments. With our wide curricular offer, including A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTECs, there is so much scope to teach the length and breadth of the curriculum from Year 7 all the way through to Sixth Form. As well as a generous starting salary you will have access to a number of additional benefits that accompany life on school site in a thriving boarding community. Your teacher training will be paid for and for those who progress through to our Early Careers programme you will also have access to a rich CPD programme tailored to you - a key part of this is the Leadership Academy, designed to support those with aspirations and ambition to lead learning communities.

The school has a strong record of training new teachers, with an experienced and friendly staff body to ensure that the successful candidate receives outstanding levels of support throughout their training.

Benefits

• Starting salary up to £35,000

• Teacher training through Buckingham University

• ECT training through ISTIP (Independent Schools Teacher Induction Panel)

• On site accommodation in shared housing with other trainees

• Meals in the Dining Hall as part of the boarding community during term time

• Opportunity to broaden pastoral experience and accelerate career through Deputy Houseparenting

• Opportunity to contribute to a rich co-curricular programme of sports and performing arts

• Leadership Academy which runs alongside Early Careers training for those aspiring to progress into Educational Leadership

• Access to the school gym and swimming pool

Who We Are Looking For

• Graduates with an excellent academic track record including a 2:1 degree in a discipline related to the subject they are applying to teach

• Dynamic future teachers wishing to get straight into teaching in the classroom

• Ambitious, energetic individuals who want an immersive experience of education and life in a thriving boarding school

WHAT WILL MY WEEK LOOK LIKE?

• You will be allocated a 60 - 70% timetable as a trainee and an 85 - 90% timetable as an ECT

• You can expect a timetable that ensures a variety of classroom experiences and learning opportunities

• You will be allocated a subject mentor who will support you inside and outside the classroom

• All trainees and ECT’s also benefit from mentoring by a member of SLT dedicated to ensuring the best possible early professional experience

• You will benefit from the highly personalised Rossall CPD programme that includes regular sessions dedicated to those at the outset of their careers, as well as workshops and training on a diverse range of topics within pedagogy and safeguarding. Our unique Leadership Academy will provide you with another strand of professional development in the areas of educational leadership

• You will have the chance to get involved in and contribute to our rich activities programme - sport, drama, music, Duke of Edinburgh, CCF - with plenty of opportunities for personal development and access to courses and qualifications

• You will undertake duties associated with being a teacher at a boarding school

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE END OF MY TRAINING YEAR?

• Your progress is reviewed throughout your time on the programme

• For those who join us as trainees, there will be the opportunity to continue on to the Early Careers programme as an ECT

• All ECTs undergo the statutory induction overseen by ISTIP

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE ON SITE AS A TRAINEE?

• Beach side location

• Shared accommodation with others at a similar stage in their careers

• Community atmosphere with colleagues and boarders

• Meals with the boarding community

• Regular social events

• Life on the doorstep of the Lake District

• Boarding trips to area of cultural interest - Manchester, Liverpool, Hadrian’s Wall etc.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION please contact the Senior Deputy Head, Dina Porovic (d.porovic@rossall.org.uk).