Job Introduction
Crestwood Community School is one school with two campuses serving central Eastleigh. Our pastoral structure has 300 students per year, with 150 allocated to each campus. There is a Year Leader for each year group, who stays with their year group as they progress through the school, on each campus, taking charge of 150 students. There is a close liaison with the Year Leader on the other campus and a sharing of resources, such as assemblies. The challenge for the successful applicants will be to ensure effective communication between tutors, the Year Leader at the other campus, over cohort progress, assemblies and extra-curricular activities, and to manage pastoral support. The teaching allocation is 36 per fortnight out of 50 lessons.
The Year Leaders are focused on pastoral care and progress. They are well supported by 4 Pastoral Support Workers across both campuses who are non-teaching and deal with the day-to-day enquiries from parents and staff. There is also a fabulous Inclusion Support Faculty that provides support for SEND students, parenting support, alternative provisions, mental health support and counselling services. In addition, we have an attendance team of 2 and an Education Welfare Leader who works with Year Leaders to support good attendance and punctuality in school. The PDL programme is centrally written to be delivered in tutor time. In short, you will be very well supported in this role.
We operate a behaviour system via Arbor and this enables Year Leaders to monitor individuals and groups of students. Each Year Leader will undertake an assembly per week with their year groups to ensure pertinent and timely messages are disseminated; this is in addition to one whole school assembly each week. Each Year Leader will have a team of 5 tutors. Tutor time runs from 8.30am - 09.00am each day and consists of a taught behaviour curriculum and PDL/ Wellbeing programme, which needs to be monitored regularly for quality. In addition, Year Leaders will regularly review the progress that their students make in the curriculum and give feedback to SLT about trends and particular areas to address.
Key aspects of the role include monitoring and analysing attendance and behaviour trends. Having a holistic view of the year group’s academic progress and challenging underperformance. A fundamental part of the role is developing good relationships with parents and outside agencies to support children in being able to be the best version of themselves at Crestwood.
You will have a teaching specialism in one of the following subjects: English, Design and Technology, Languages (French and Spanish), PE, Maths, Drama, RE or PSHE. This post offers significant career development as you prepare for further promotion.
As a school, we take staff well-being seriously. We offer staff the following:
wellbeing weeks, with no commitments scheduled after school
free lunch every day
half termly cooked breakfasts
accrued inset days, taken as twilights, giving staff an additional 4 days off a year
One well being day per year (during term-time), to be taken at their chosen time (after a qualifying period)
weekly thank you bulletin
birthday cards
heads discretionary leaves of absence for family events
acts of random kindness
access to mental health first aiders
For the successful candidate, a commitment to raising standards and a passion for developing young adults is essential: this entails a commitment to all learners, to excellence for all, and a belief that a good school makes a significant difference to learners’ life chances, levels of attainment and the wellbeing of the community as a whole.
As a new member of staff you will be well supported: we have a comprehensive induction process, and you will be given an Induction Mentor and a ‘professional buddy’. Crestwood prides itself on developing its staff through bespoke coaching and training. Many members of the faculty have been successful in gaining promotion within the school.
We will ensure that the successful candidate has:
comprehensive induction including a dedicated mentor
continuous professional learning, development and improvement
the opportunity to contribute to raising standards for all our students
Your application should comprise the Hampshire Teacher Application form (which can be found on our website). Applications, with the names and addresses of two referees, should be returned to hr@crestwood.hants.sch.uk. Please include a paragraph on what specialisms you could bring to Crestwood Community School.
Please note we cannot accept a CV as a means of application. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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