Countesthorpe Academy · Countesthorpe, East Midlands
Teacher of Humanities
Required from August 2026
ECT/MPS/UPS
Permanent
Full-Time
Our Vision:
We have a compelling desire to provide high quality, personalised and rounded education for everyone, right in the heart of our local community. We believe that no school can be deemed successful unless all those around it are also successful, popular and flourishing. Hence, we believe that dynamic, mutually accountable collaboration and challenge between local schools as members of the LiFE MAT is the cornerstone of our future success.
Each of our schools needs to be seen as a leader of, and vital to, its local community; each school is regarded as fundamental to the identity of its surrounding community. In this capacity we will relentlessly promote the values of inclusion and the celebration of diversity, alongside personal responsibility and respect.
Our Values:
Ensuring that every student achieves positive, life changing outcomes
Providing a whole education: academic excellence co-existing with an exceptional commitment to activity beyond the school gate
The relentless pursuit of excellence by; expecting this of every person, every day; recognising and celebrating behaviours that lead to great progress and promoting and celebrating elite performance inside school and in the wider world
Valuing and promoting the celebration and understanding of diversity and qualities of our staff and students
Ensuring that all students and staff feel known, appreciated and supported
Committing whole-heartedly to collaboration within, between and beyond our academies
Ensuring our curricula are agents for the promotion of our values
Putting Your Trust in Our Trust: We believe in your development. Everything we do is about creating a team of committed professionals who share our ambition for young people. If you believe in this too, we are committed to providing an exciting, enjoyable and rewarding working environment.
Coaching:- Coaching is integral to our success. We support colleagues through coaching; enabling deep reflection, which has allowed us to build a bold, creative and aspirational culture, where collaboration with peers and new approaches to practice are encouraged.
Health and Wellbeing Strategies:- Having happy and healthy staff is key to a successful organisation. The Trust is committed to:- providing employees with a safe, healthy and supportive environment in which to work recognising that the health and wellbeing of our employees is important providing a supportive workplace culture where individuals healthy lifestyle choices are valued and encouraged.
We are committed to supporting colleagues to overcome the stigma and discrimination of mental health issues within the work place. To show our commitment to this we have publicly signed up to ‘Mindful Employer’ and the ‘Charter for Employers who are Positive about Mental Health’.
We believe it is important that we are role models to our students of