Teacher of History at Furze Platt Senior School

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Expired
  Job Reference #
EDV/2025/FPSS/40050
  Location
Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ
  Contract Type
Permanent
  Contract Term
Full-Time
  Salary
MPS/UPS/Level plus London Fringe Allowance
  Closing Date
9:00am, 10th Feb 2025
  Start Date
April 2024
  Positions Available
1
   Positions Available        1
  Suitable for ECTs

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About this Role

Would you like to join a popular, oversubscribed school with excellent state of the art facilities? 

The History Department at Furze Platt Senior School is looking for a passionate and innovative teacher to join a very successful team that regularly achieves high results at GCSE and A level. We believe that history is a “cacophony of voices” and have created a diverse curriculum that helps students to engage with a variety of histories, cultures and narratives. In the most recent OFSTED, the department’s vision, curriculum and super curriculum were praised by the Chief Inspector. As someone with a passion for engaging students in their study of the past, you will have the opportunity at each Key Stage to enrich our students understanding of the past and to contribute to an excellent curriculum. For further information please click here

Furze Platt is a highly successful and inclusive mixed comprehensive school serving the children of Maidenhead.   At Furze Platt, 1500 students of all abilities develop the skills and qualities to enable them to excel in the futureWe are an ambitious, high-achieving and fully inclusive school in which our students are challenged and supported to achieve excellence.  We are well placed for access, with good transport links to and from London and surrounding counties.  Our school is very well resourced and equipped with many new facilities benefiting students and staff.   These include a state-of-the-art theatre, gym, fitness suite and new three-storey teaching block incorporating science laboratories and classrooms. We have introduced ‘Laptops for learning’ this year, so all pupils have access to their own laptop. 

We want our students to enjoy the time they spend with us by providing an education which is broad, stimulating and rewardingWe encourage all our staff to offer enrichment opportunities with over 50 clubs and societies being offered each term. We are proud of this range of extra-curricular opportunities including Duke of Edinburgh, ski and theatre trips, visits overseas to enhance language skills and historical knowledge and many others. 

We offer a friendly and harmonious campus atmosphere, with a Senior Leadership Team who genuinely want to see you succeed and develop.  Career opportunities allowing you to grow professionally within Furze Platt.  Furze Platt is the lead school for Teach Maidenhead, a teacher training partnership which offers School Direct teacher training giving staff the opportunity to develop their mentoring skillsECTs are allocated a mentor, a reduced timetable and the opportunity to attend training sessions run by specialists from within the school.    

We are keen to ensure that we support the physical and mental wellbeing of our staffDiscounted membership is available for the use of a fully equipped and well-maintained gym on-siteStaff are provided with a laptop and many have their own classrooms We offer access to an employee advice service (Education Support) which provides information, helpful resources, and a counselling serviceWe encourage community spirit and staff involvement through various social events, recent ones being “tea on the terrace” in the summer term, an orienteering event, murder mystery and cooking competitions, sports after school and a Furze Platt fantasy football leagueWe also ensure that freshly brewed coffee is ready for you during break-time with edible treats to help you through the week! 

Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitmentThis post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service. 




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